Literature Guide: Out of the Dust (Grades 4-8)

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Summary: Out of the Dust
Review: I love the book Out of the Dust. It is about a girl namedBillie Jo and her life during the Dust Bowl. I give this book fivestars because you can really understand all of her problems. You feellike she is your best friend because the author describes her so very well. Billie Jo's life is hard because of the Dust Bowl. The book is easy to understand and I recommend it to anyone who likes adventures.

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Summary: TERRIFIC reading, a touching book
Review: I read this book in less than a few hours. As a poet and writer myself, I am impressed with her free verse structure for the book--original and somehow lending to the bleak atmosphere Hesse portrayed. The story left me pensive, wondering at who these people were that could hang on year after year with no hope; I wanted to find out more about that era. Her descriptiveness so convincing, I thought I felt dust in my eye when I rubbed it and could almost imagine the taste of dusty "chocolate" milk. Every child should read it...A superb book! Kudos! :)

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Summary: THE BEST BOOK EVER WRITTEN!
Review: I don't really like to read but this book i just couldn't put down. I loved it so much that i read 100 pages in one 2hour period. this book shows the life of a tomdoy in her rural home during the time of the Dust Bowl. This is a book that i would reccomend to everyone!

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Summary: Great book have to read it.
Review: Out of the Dust by Karen Hessing.If you Like reading all kinds of stories then this is the book for you. This book is about this family that lives on a farm. The book tells different stories on each page. This book gets confusing after a while,but if you like sad stories this is the book for you.

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Summary: Out Of The Dust Review By a KID
Review: Billy Jo is a girl whose father always wanted a boy. Billy Jo has to face her mother's death, burnt hands and that she is unable to play the piano. Her mother died giving birth to her little brother who died after a few months.Billy Jo has to face the terible dust storms and her father's new girl friend.

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Summary: A MUST read book!
Review: This book was filled with emotion. When the fire eventually takes the lives of her mother and unborn brother, you feel her pain. Yes, this book was mainly about hope and despare, but any book that makes you feel an emotion is worth reading! The story has realistic views of a child's feelings. It is a fiction everyone should read!

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Summary: out of the dust- best book i ever read
Review: this was a great book because it shows how life was like in theplains of the united states.

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Summary: This was one of the best books ever
Review: If you like to read sad stories then this is the book foryou.It is filled with a lot of excellent parts.There are a lot of sadparts and a lot of good parts, but it becomes definetly a sad story. Overall I would prefer this book for a lot of readers who enjoy to read sad stories.

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Summary: A good book for a Sunday
Review: The book I liked best was Out of the Dust because it was an interesting book.It told the story about the life of Billie Jo and what happened to her family.It is a very good book.

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Summary: This is a great book!
Review: This is a really cool book! I read it for an english festival at my school. It was about a girl named Billy Jo who went through some terrible times in the dust bowl of Oklahoma. She trys hard to survive.