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

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Summary: Out of the Dust
Review: The title of the book is Out of the Dust. The main characters
are Billy Jo and her father. Her mama gets killed by an accident and her brother dies also two days after their mother. After that Billy Jo and her father grow apart. She runs away, but eventually returns. Billy manages to overcome alot. I rate this book a 10 because I feel that no matter what life's little obstacles you are thrown with, you can eventually manage to overcome them.

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Summary: Casey's review
Review: The book I read was Out of the Dust. the author is Karen Hesse. Out of the Dust is about a fourteen year old girl named Billi Jo. the hardships her family & many others faced was the dust bowl. Dust storms constently came through the peoples houses and destroyed their wheat crops. There family and friends started moving out and away from the dust. After Billie's mother and newborn baby brother died Billie had a chance to move out o the dust. but she decided to stay and help her father on the farm.
My opinion of this book is it is really good. If I had to rate this book I would rate it a 8.

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Summary: Out of the Dust: Erica's Review
Review: The book I recently read was "Out of the Dust", by Karen Hesse. "Out of the Dust" is about a girl named Billie Jo and the hardships she and many others went through in the era known as the Dust Bowl. When dust storms sweep the wealthy wheat fields, including many of the wheat farmer's homes, people start moving out of the Dust Bowl. As the wheat whithers away, some farmers give up hope. Billie Jo's father continues to work out in the field in hopes of a decent wheat harvest, though his hopes are continually shattered. After Billie Jo's mother dies in an accident that involved Billie Jo, she soon gets the decision of leaving the dust for good, along with her father, or stay and face her problems. She decides to stay and face the hardships, together with her father.

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Summary: Out of The Dust
Review: Out of The Dust,by Karen Hesse is a historical ficton novel,that take place during the dust bowl. A girl named Billie is trying to survive the dust bowl, and trying to keep what little family she has close to her. There are many challenges for her to get through. My opinion for Out of The Dust is that it is an okay book. My rating for the book on a scale of 1-10, I would give it a 7. I liked the poetry, but I did not like the fact thatshe tried to runaway from it all.

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Summary: My Review of Out of the Dust
Review: Out of The Dust is a book written by Karen Hesse. This book is
about a girl and how she wants to get" out of the dust." She is able to walk away from her home and the dust storms,but she doesn't.In this book a tragic accident happens and Billie Jo has to get through it. After the accident Billie learns life lessons.
I really like the book Out of The Dust. This was my 2 time reading it. It is a very interesting book. I would rate this book with 10 points maby even 11

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Summary: Lauren's Review
Review: Out of the Dust is about a girl named Billie Joe and her family trying to survive the Dust Bowl. Billie Joe's mom is cooking one day and she decides to pour water on the stove. Instead of water, it is kerosene. Fire is all over her and the baby. They died from the fire and Billie Joe had scars all over her hands and arms. Billie Joe also loves to play the piano. She gets offered a lot of places to play. Billie Joe is my favorite character. She is brave and has a lot of positive aditude about everything. Her dad is not really the brightest person in the world, and I think he should have talked to Billie Joe about what happened. I don't like reading little poems. I rate this book a 4 on a scale of one to ten.

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Summary: The Greatest Review in The World
Review: The the name of the book I am reviewing is Out Of the Dust. The author is Karen Hesse. Karen's book is about a young girl who has a terrilbe accident that results in her losing both her mother and little brother. She has to deal with the everyday troubles of a teen and with the guilt of her mother's and brother's death. After the death it is just her and her father. In time, they lose touch, but slowly they gain it back. I rate this book a 10 on a salce from 1-10. This book is all a good book is supposed to be. It has both funny and sad parts to it which makes it enjoyable.

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Summary: Out of the Dust
Review: Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse is a really good book. I think it is sort of sad in some parts like when Billie Jo's mother and brother Franklin die. I also think they have a really rough life. For example, they have no money; they all work really hard on the farms, and no one hardly has anything to eat. The little kids had to wear masks to keep the dust out of their lungs. This book is really easy to read and I give it a rating of 10.

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Summary: Out of the Dust
Review: Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse is a really good book.The book is really easy to get into.It is about a girl named Billie Jo and her parents.They live on a farm in Oklahoma, and they have to survive dust storms. Billie Jo and her mother get burned badly.This book is interesting, but sad.I learned a lot about history and dust storms. I also liked how it was written in free verse poems. I rate it a 10.

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Summary: My Review of Out of the Dust
Review: I recently read Out of the Dust and I enjoyed it. It has a family so realistic who withstands so many hardships. Billie and her family live with dust day in and day out.The thing that really touched me was that through all the duststorms, they never complained. Sure they could have complained,but they didn't. When most people today complain, they complain about breaking nails and stocks not being high enough and that is really nothing to complain about.The family could have complained and they didn't.My opinion of this book is, that you can't takes so many things for granted in life. If I had to rate this book from 1 to 5, I would give this book a 10.