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by Karen Hesse (Author) "Billie Jo writes about a friend who is moving to California ("where the wind takes a rest sometimes"), about the wind, the sand, the dust,..." (more)
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Like the Oklahoma dust bowl from which she came, 14-year-old narrator Billie Jo writes in sparse, free-floating verse. In this compelling, immediate journal, Billie Jo reveals the grim domestic realities of living during the years of constant dust storms: That hopes--like the crops--blow away in the night like skittering tumbleweeds. That trucks, tractors, even Billie Jo's beloved piano, can suddenly be buried beneath drifts of dust. Perhaps swallowing all that grit is what gives Billie Jo--our strong, endearing, rough-cut heroine--the stoic courage to face the death of her mother after a hideous accident that also leaves her piano-playing hands in pain and permanently scarred.

Meanwhile, Billie Jo's silent, windblown father is literally decaying with grief and skin cancer before her very eyes. When she decides to flee the lingering ghosts and dust of her homestead and jump a train west, she discovers a simple but profound truth about herself and her plight. There are no tight, sentimental endings here--just a steady ember of hope that brightens Karen Hesse's exquisitely written and mournful tale. Hesse won the 1998 Newbery Award for this elegantly crafted, gut-wrenching novel, and her fans won't want to miss The Music of Dolphins or Letters from Rifka. (Ages 9 and older) --Gail Hudson --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

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In a starred review of the 1998 Newbery Medal winner, set during the Depression, PW said, "This intimate novel, written in stanza form, poetically conveys the heat, dust and wind of Oklahoma. With each meticulously arranged entry Hesse paints a vivid picture of her heroine's emotions." Ages 11-13.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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4.0 out of 5 stars it's a good story, July 19 2004
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This review is from: Out of the Dust (Paperback)
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I recommend this book to anyone that's 13 years old and up because the first part of the story is emotional. Billy's mom died. "Ma died that day giving birth to my brother." Billy's mom died because of the fire in which she was burned badly. This is why I recommend this book to older kids. I like this book because when people that are close to you pass away it shows how you can get on with your live. "I was invited to graduation, to play the piano." This citation shows that people start to think that Billy is normal, and she can play the piano again.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book. Makes you think about what you have., July 4 2004
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This review is from: Out of the Dust (Paperback)
I read Out of The Dust when i was probably 11, and i LOVED it! For me, i love stories with a lot of drama and stories that make me cry. Some people don't like that feeling when reading a book. like i said though, i like it. As well as tears, there were also some laughs. it's a quick read and deffinately a good one!
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1.0 out of 5 stars NO GO FOR BILLIE JO, Jun 16 2004
This review is from: Out of the Dust (Paperback)
I'm sorry but unless you are looking to throw yourself in a state of depression, this book is of no use to you.
The story is about a girl who loses almost everything she has in a fire taking place around the time of the Dust Bowl. Sounds happy, huh?
And when I say that the girl, Billie Jo, loses almost everything, which is closer to 'everything' than 'almost', I mean, she loses almost everything.
Family? Her mother and unborn brother die in a kitchen fire, and the saddest part is that their deaths could have been prevented if Billie Jo hadn't flung boiling water out the door her mother had been walking through, and as you might imagine, that causes grief for Billie Jo, and her father as well. In fact, he goes on to become an alcoholic, or something like it, who lives in oblivion to pretty much everything. Even Billie Jo suffers from physical pain, when her hands were severely burned from the pot of boiling water she had unintentionally flung at her mother, causing her death.

Belongings? Well, her family, or as the previous reviewer put it, 'what was left of it'..(I give you credit, whoever you are!) ...lost their fields, which were their main staple of income, in the dust bowl.
Now, you might think that I'm exaggerating, but I assure you I am not. Before I had read it, my friends had told me how sick a book this was (and darn it, I couldn't agree more) and I just read it because I thought THEY were the ones exaggerating.
So, you can be like me, If you wish, and go along and read it, which might not be such a bad idea, so you can get a taste for yourself how morally depressing this book is, or you can play it safe and not risk the nightmares.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Terribly depressing with no uplifters whatsoever
This must be one of the worst pieces of literature I have ever read in my 16 years. Thank you, Waldron Mercy Academy, for providing me with such lovely book suggestions to... Read more
Published on Jun 14 2004 by QUEEN_OF_EVERYTHING

4.0 out of 5 stars A Very Good Story
I think the book was good. It made me think about how tough it was living through dust storms and living without a mom and without a little brother. Read more
Published on May 20 2004 by Laura M.

1.0 out of 5 stars This book really stinks!
The theme of this book is death. You meet someone, you like them, they either die or move to California. Sorry I ruined all the book talks about. Read more
Published on May 6 2004

4.0 out of 5 stars Out of the Book Wonderful!
The book called out of the dust is a great book! I loved how she explained what the land looked like and how the people relate to the weather when there were major dust storms. Read more
Published on May 5 2004

4.0 out of 5 stars Out of the Dust
I thought that it was a very interesting book(in a good way), and I liked the way it was written -in free verse-, I have not ever seen that before. Read more
Published on May 3 2004

4.0 out of 5 stars book
I was a good book in which exposed you to the harsh reality of the dust how often people died and how hard it was to keep on to hope even through severe hardships. Read more
Published on May 1 2004 by Rolin

5.0 out of 5 stars A Book Review for the Wonderful Book 'Out of the Dust'
This book really opened my eyes. I had no idea how difficult it was to live in the Dust Bowl during the Great Deppression. Read more
Published on April 27 2004 by wellfinethen

5.0 out of 5 stars shannon gilliam
we read this book in texas history.I liked it alot it had a pretty sad ending but it gave me a really good glimpes of what happend back then during the great deppresion it wasn't... Read more
Published on April 22 2004

3.0 out of 5 stars It is an OK book(Tiger10)
It talks about the dust storms and how bad they were. I found it interesting because the dust storms were terible. Read more
Published on April 22 2004

3.0 out of 5 stars OUT OF THE DUST?
the book was very interesting. karen hesse has a very beautiful way of describing Billi Jo and her love and hunger for the piano because the way she talked about the piano in her... Read more
Published on April 21 2004 by Jordana Maxwell

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