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02328aam a2200265 4500 001 A24A668C12F111ED8ECC9F313FECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220803010025 008 220708s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 020 $a 1803140801 020 $a 9781803140803 040 $d TxAuBib $d SILO 100 1 $a Harrison, Suzette D. 245 1 $a The Dust Bowl Orphans. 264 1 $a London, UK : $b Bookouture, $c 2022. 300 $a 350 pages : $b paperback ; $c 20 cm. 520 $a The dust cloud rolls in from nowhere, stinging our eyes and muddling our senses. I reach for my baby sister and pull her small body close to me. When the sky clears, we are alone on an empty road with no clue which way to go⦠Oklahoma, 1935. Fifteen-year-old Faith Wilson takes her little sister Hopeâs hand. In worn-down shoes, they walk through the choking heat of the Dust Bowl towards a new life in California. But when a storm blows in, the girls are separated from their parents. How will they survive in a place where just the color of their skin puts them in terrible danger? Starving and forced to sleep on the streets, Faith thinks a room in a small boarding house will keep her sister safe. But the glare in the landladyâs eye as Faith leaves in search of their parents has her wondering if sheâs made a dangerous mistake. Who is this woman, and what does she want with sweet little Hope? Trapped, will the sisters ever find their way back to their family? California, present day. Reeling from her divorce and grieving the child she lost, Zoe Edwards feels completely alone in the world. Throwing herself into work cataloguing old photos for an exhibition, she sees an image of a teenage girl who looks exactly like her, and a shiver grips her. Could this girl be a long-lost relation, someone to finally explain the holes in Zoeâs family history? Diving into the secrets in her past, Zoe unravels this young girlâs heartbreaking story of bravery and sacrifice. But will anything prepare her for the truth about who she isâ¦? 541 $d 20220708. 611 27 $a Dust Bowl Era (1931-1939.) 650 7 $a Orphans. 650 1 $a Refugees. 941 $a 2 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20231107010132.0 952 $l SHPC094 $d 20220803011632.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=A24A668C12F111ED8ECC9F313FECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search