Out Of The Dust (Apple Signature Edition)
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Out Of The Dust (Apple Signature Edition) description
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 |
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| The book that I read was, "Out of the Dust", by Karen Hesse. It was about a young girl that lived on a farm, during the years of 1934-1935 who went through life changing incidents. She learns more about life than she can imagine. In the book a family member dies, which changes her whole life. She soon finds out, that change is best for her. In my opinion I found that this book was not that great. It didn't catch my interest and the book didn't give me a good or bad feeling, which made it very boring to me. Also, I couldn't connect to the characters in this book, and I feel that i enjoy the book better when I am able to connect to the characters. It had parts in it that grabbed my attention yet not enough to keep me interested. Even though I did not think the book was that well written, I did like that it was written in poetry form. This book has been my first poetry formatted book, that I have read, and found it rewarding to read it. I now perfer books written in poetry form, rather than regular written books. |
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