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Out of the dust / Karen Hesse.
In a series of poems, fifteen-year-old Billie Jo relates the hardships of living on her family's wheat farm in Oklahoma during the dust bowl years of the Depression.
Record details
- ISBN: 0590371258
- ISBN: 0590360809
- Physical Description: 227 p. ; 20 cm.
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : Scholastic Press, 1997.
Content descriptions
| Awards Note: | Newbery Medal book, 1998. |
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| Subject: | Dust Bowl Era, 1931-1939 > Fiction Dust storms > Fiction. Farm life > Fiction Depressions > 1929 > Fiction Poetry > Fiction. |
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- Baker & Taylor
In a series of poems, fifteen-year-old Billie Jo relates the hardships of living on her family's wheat farm in Oklahoma during the dust bowl years of the Depression. - Baker & Taylor
A poem cycle that reads as a novel narrates the story of fifteen-year-old Billie Jo and her battle against the elements during the Oklahoma Dust Bowl of 1934. By the author ofThe Music of Dolphins. Reprint. Newbery Medal - Baker & Taylor
In a series of poems, fifteen-year-old Billie Jo relates the hardships of living on her family's wheat farm in Oklahoma during the dust bowl years of the Depression - Scholastic
Acclaimed author Karen Hesse's Newbery Medal-winning novel-in-verse explores the life of fourteen-year-old Billie Jo growing up in the dust bowls of Oklahoma.Out of the Dust joins the Scholastic Gold line, which features award-winning and beloved novels. Includes exclusive bonus content!"Dust piles up like snow across the prairie. . . ."A terrible accident has transformed Billie Jo's life, scarring her inside and out. Her mother is gone. Her father can't talk about it. And the one thing that might make her feel better -- playing the piano -- is impossible with her wounded hands.To make matters worse, dust storms are devastating the family farm and all the farms nearby. While others flee from the dust bowl, Billie Jo is left to find peace in the bleak landscape of Oklahoma -- and in the surprising landscape of her own heart.