Hey everyone! I am excited that I got to be the 1st cousin to post! I just got finished reading a book called Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck. John Steinbeck is an amazing author that has written alot of books, such as East of Eden, Of Mice and Men, Grapes of Wrath, The Red Pony, Travels With Charley, and others. The book is during the time of the Dust Bowl, and for those of you who dont know what that is, this link attached explains what it is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dust_Bowl.
The Joad family lives in Okahoma, and none of them have jobs, so they are forced to pack up and leave there house with barely enough money, and a tiny car. The Joad techinically consists of 12 people, but an old family friend tags along. They traveled to California to find work with picking peaches, and cotton, and peas. The book goes along, the Joad family going through lots of difficulties and trials. They go through death in there family, and there family splitting apart from lack of faith and hope. The Joads try to stick together, and earn money to feed there family, and keep a job. I would definetely rate this book a 5/5. I took alot of patience, but it was so worth it. I would highly reccommend this book to anyone in Middle School-High School and beyond. You wont regret reading this book.
