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A review by robbynjreeve
Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse
3.0
REQUIRED READING
I had read this book when I was about 10 and remembered loving it! I still do.
Taking place in Oklahoma during the dust bowl, Hesse's novel follows the struggles Billy Joe must face. Not only is does she have to cope with the financial struggles her family faces as they lose their crops to the dust, she also has to deal with the loss of her mother and her piano-playing hands to fire. Deciding she can't take it anymore, Billy Joe decides to run away to start a new life. Not long after, she realizes the only life worth living she left back in Oklahoma with her father.
I had read this book when I was about 10 and remembered loving it! I still do.
Taking place in Oklahoma during the dust bowl, Hesse's novel follows the struggles Billy Joe must face. Not only is does she have to cope with the financial struggles her family faces as they lose their crops to the dust, she also has to deal with the loss of her mother and her piano-playing hands to fire. Deciding she can't take it anymore, Billy Joe decides to run away to start a new life. Not long after, she realizes the only life worth living she left back in Oklahoma with her father.