The Storm in the Barn by Matt Phelan

From chapters.ca:
Tall tale. Thriller. Gripping historical fiction. This artful, sparely told graphic novel - a tale of a boy in Dust Bowl America - will resonate with young readers today. In Kansas in the year 1937, eleven- year- old Jack Clark faces his share of ordinary challenges: local bullies, his father's failed expectations, a little sister with an eye for trouble. But he also has to deal with the effects of the Dust Bowl, including rising tensions in his small town and the spread of a shadowy illness. Certainly a case of "dust dementia" would explain who (or what) Jack has glimpsed in the Talbot's abandoned barn - a sinister figure with a face like rain. In a land where it never rains, it's hard to trust what you see with your own eyes - and harder still to take heart and be a hero when the time comes. With phenomenal pacing, sensitivity, and a sure command of suspense, Matt Phelan ushers us into a world where desperation is transformed by unexpected courage.

Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse

From the back of the book:
When Billie Jo is just fourteen she must endure heart-wrenching ordeals that no child should have to face. The quiet strength she displays while dealing with unspeakable loss is as surprising as it is inspiring. Written in free verse, this award-winning story is set in the heart of the Great Depression. It chronicles Oklahoma's staggering dust storms, and the environmental--and emotional--turmoil they leave in their path. An unforgettable tribute to hope and inner strength.

Woody Guthrie: Poet of the People by Bonnie Christensen

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This book celebrates the life and times and the spirit of an American original - the great fold musician Woody Guthrie. His most famous song, "This Land is Your Land," is sung by schoolchildren today nearly as often as [the American] national anthem. And his songs expressing the thoughts and feelings of ordinary Americans during the Great Depressions and the 1940s are still heard whnever people gather to sing out for peace or the environment or justice.

Jake and the Kid by W. O. Mitchell

From chapters.ca:
Set in the forties and fifties, these stories take us back to a simpler, gentler world, the one we all like to think we grew up in. The Kid at the centre of the stories is a boy on a Saskatchewan farm "down Government Road from Crocus, which is on the CNR line between Tiger Lily and Conception." Jake is the hired hand who helps the Kid''s mother run the farm (and who played a huge role in Canadian history, what with capturing "Looie Riel" and all), and who now keeps the Kid abreast of events in the greater world and in Crocus.

Also, According to Jake and the Kid (cover shown here)

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

From chapters.ca:
When feeble-minded Lenny Small and his protector George Milton arrive to work on a ranch in the Salinas Valley of California, they dream of the day when they can own their own farm. But when Lenny accidentally kills the ranch owner's daughter-in-law, their lives are changed forever.

Bud, not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis

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I squeezed my bag to my stomach and ran. The train was going faster and faster. People were jumping on and reaching back to help others. I finally got to the tracks and was running as hard as I could. I looked up into the boxcar and saw Bugs
I used both hands to trow my suitcase at the train. Bugs caught it and as he set it behind him the blue flyer blew out of the twine and fluttered outside the door. But it was like a miracle, the flyer flipped over three times and landed right in my hand. I slowed down and put it in my pocket.
Bugs reached one arm out and screamed, "Bud, don't stop! Run!"