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Summary: Dust Storms of the Dust Bowl
Review: "Out of the Dust" is about a long legged girl named Billie Jo Kelby. Billie Jo lives on a farm with her family and her mother is expecting a baby boy.
This story takes place in the Dust Bowl of Oklahoma. The Kelby family grows wheat. When the wheat doesn't grow the family had to live with what they had. This family is quite poor and the wheat isn't helping at all. No wheat, no money.
In this book, I felt a true connection with the main character. I actually felt like I was on the family farm. This is the greatest historical fiction novel I have ever read. I would recommend it to anyone over the age of 11. I wouldn't recommend this book to anyone younger because of the english that they spoke and it would be tough for them to understand it. On a scale from one to ten, I would give "Out of the Dust" a ten and a half.
Please read this book, the author does a wonderful job defining what things mean. If you love sad endings to books, this is the book for you!
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Summary: Out of the Dust
Review: I recently finished reading the book "Out of the Dust" by Karen Hesse. We are studying the Great Depression in history, and my History teacher thought it would be appropriate to read this book for further knowledge, and in depth descriptions. I think that reading this book, while studying the Great Depression is a great combination, and results in a rapid increase of knowledge. One of the most unique characteristics about this book is that it is written in diary format, completely in free verse poems, by Billie Jo, a 13-year-old girl living in Okalahoma, during the dust bowl. The best thing about expressing literature in poetry is that it adds emphasis on the dramatic parts; they also add emotion to places where emotion makes history a reality. Page upon page, Billie Jo describes how the dust storms impact the crops, as well as everyday life, and also how it feels to be living in the middle of the biggest dust storm in all of America; the Dust Bowl. As Billie Jo describes life during a dust storm, you are swept from your everyday life and brought into the reality of being in a dust storm. The descriptions are great, you feel as if you are Billie Jo, venturing into the wind, not being able to see, dust filling your mouth. This book explains the causes, effects, and impacts of the Great Depression, as well as many aspects of The New Deal. The FERA (federal emergency rescue association), a program in The New Deal, helps Billie Jo and her family with the farm, the CCC is also mentioned in the book. The story is not all about the dust storms however; "Out of the Dust" has a great plot, with many different things to pull you in farther. Many events happen that will alter Billie Jo's life forever, a horrible accident scars Billie Jo both mentally and physically, after which her relationship with her father will never be the same. As Billie Jo pursues to sort out her many family problems she surprisingly digs deeper into her soul than she ever thought was possible, finding things out about herself that she had never known before. I enjoyed this book very much, and I know you will too. If you enjoy learning more, while having suspense and a great, enthralling plot, this book is definitely for you!
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Summary: This book really stinks!
Review: The theme of this book is death. You meet someone, you like them, they either die or move to California. Sorry I ruined all the book talks about. This is the kind of book that kids hate, and yet teachers think they love. It is really depressing when everyone dies.
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Summary: Out of the Dust review by Ryan M.
Review: I was fascinated by the well written free-verse poetry in the book Out of the Dust. I loved how Billie Jo Kelby held on against what happened in the accident, all the dust, and her hunger. She survived all the chllenges without giving up. This is the first free verse poetry book I've read and I love it. After the death of her mother, the only thing that remained from her mother was a piano. She loves playing the piano, but she can't with her burned hands. She must survive with her past. Her father won't talk to her and barely looks at her. She feels she must leave and get out of the dust and try a new life. She is on the train west when she realizes that her father is still back in Oklahoma in the dust. She gets on nother train and goes back. When she gets off the train she sees her father. This I liked because her father starts to be there for her, starts talking to her, but most importantly its forgivness between Billie Jo and her father. Karen Hesse mad this book sad, but at the same time you realize that it's reality and to be thankful your not in it. You see what these people went through just to survive their life and this time period. I love how Karen Hesse made this such an extrodinary book! I can't wait for another.
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Summary: Out of the Dust
Review: Out of the Dust Review "I don't know my father anymore. He sits across from me, He looks like my father, He chews his food like my father, He brushes his dusty hair back Like my father, But he is a stranger." (Hesse, 76) This is the first stanza to my favorite poem, " The Empty Spaces." In this poem the narrator, Billie Jo, explains how she and her father are gradually separating from each other because a terrible accident happened in their family. This amazing book written by Karen Hesse is a book of poems. It is about thirteen year old Billie Jo and her life during the Dust Bowl. Billie Jo has a powerful love for pianos and leaving the dust in Oklahoma. This marvelous book includes many examples of figurative language. My favorite simile is "The wind roared like fire," which refers to the blustery winds during another horrid dust storm. All of these poems have great depth and meaning. I would recommend this book to ages 10-14.
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Summary: A Very Good Story
Review: I think the book was good. It made me think about how tough it was living through dust storms and living without a mom and without a little brother. Living without a mom that teaches you piano lessons and having those lessons dissappear when she dies is really hard. So she's trying to move on and regain those lessons and memories.
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Summary: Out of the Book Wonderful!
Review: The book called out of the dust is a great book! I loved how she explained what the land looked like and how the people relate to the weather when there were major dust storms. It was fun to learn about how a family interacted then and the dust. The girl did a great job explaining her life in detail but not making it to detailed to where it got very boring.
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Summary: Out of the Dust
Review: I thought that it was a very interesting book(in a good way), and I liked the way it was written -in free verse-, I have not ever seen that before. It was also very educational and I learned a lot about that time period and the Dust Bowl. For instance, I had no idea that the dust was in their food, and beds, and drinks, and mouths, or even in the buildings. Another thing was that this book, unlike many other historical-fiction books, was that it was not boring, it kept hold of my intrest constantly. Over all, I enjoyed this book, and I'm not just saying this, I mean it, I liked this book and would recommend it to anybody who needed a good one to read.(I only gave it 4 stars because nothing is perfect)
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Review: I was a good book in which exposed you to the harsh reality of the dust how often people died and how hard it was to keep on to hope even through severe hardships. I give it a 4 out of 5
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Summary: A Book Review for the Wonderful Book 'Out of the Dust'
Review: This book really opened my eyes. I had no idea how difficult it was to live in the Dust Bowl during the Great Deppression. The way the book was written in free verse poetry helped convey the book's powerful message. I loved the way the book ended. It left you feeling hopeful that Billie Jo's life would turn around and become joyful again.
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