Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse
Out of the Dust

Karen Hesse

Out of the Dust

Karen Hesse

230 pages first pub 1997 (editions)

fiction historical poetry young adult emotional reflective medium-paced
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Told in free verse in the spare and haunting voice of 14-year-old Billie Jo Kelby, Out of the Dust is a journey to the heart of a family caught in the Oklahoma dust-bowl. It is the story of Ma, who sees the idea of herself burn away with every par...

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