Fighting for the Forest: How FDR's Civilian Conservation Corps Helped Save America
by P.O. Pearson
In an inspiring middle grade nonfiction work, P. O’Connell Pearson tells the... read more
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- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Nonfiction
Year Published 2019
Word Count 39,304
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 1080L
- ATOS Reading Level: 7.6
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 505101, 7.0 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- History
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- History
- Conservation of natural resources
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945--Juvenile literature
- Forest conservation--United States--History--Juvenile literature
- Conservation of natural resources--United States--History--Juvenile literature
- Roosevelt, Franklin D
- Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.)
- United States
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature | Environmental Conservation & Protection
- Juvenile Nonfiction | History | United States - 20th Century
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature | Trees & Forests
- Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.)--History--Juvenile literature
- Forest conservation
- Juvenile Nonfiction | History | Symbols, Monuments, National Parks, etc.
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Awards & Distinctions 2

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2021
Environment, Energy, Ecology Selection, 2020

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