false 25346 22 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. <p> 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 <I>The Music of Dolphins</I> or <I>Letters from Rifka</I>. (Ages 9 and older) <I>--Gail Hudson</I> 808243 1997 Out Of The Dust total:4181|5:1208|4:1501|3:989|2:348|1:135| 4181 15842 5105 705 2 5 false false Sun May 25 12:41:38 -0700 2008 Sun May 25 12:42:43 -0700 2008 2 3 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed May 21 00:41:52 -0700 2008 Wed May 21 07:27:59 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 3 false true Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Jan 09 05:37:33 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 13 02:26:43 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Fri Jan 30 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 08 17:48:10 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 08 17:52:06 -0800 2009
Billie Jo tells the story of her life as a young girl living during the De...more...]]> 1 2 false false Sun Nov 23 20:51:15 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 23 20:54:59 -0800 2008 5 1 false false Wed Oct 22 17:54:05 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 22 17:57:21 -0700 2008 1 more...]]> 3 1 false true Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sat Nov 10 13:56:18 -0800 2007 Tue Feb 19 18:58:33 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 2 false true Wed Jan 14 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 14 18:30:54 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 14 19:23:32 -0800 2009
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Karen Hesse portrays a stark and realistic view of the character's struggle to survive the dust bo...more...]]>