A review by janagaton
Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse

4.0

This was a required reading for my Young Adult Literature college course, but I enjoyed reading it anyway. I think it's an extremely well-written book from the perspective of a little girl simply trying to survive the Dust Bowl. Billie Jo goes through quite a lot, to say the least, and has to learn to grow up really fast. It didn't make me as emotional as I initially expected, but Karen Hesse definitely knows how to write vividly and realistically, therefore invoking sympathy for her characters.