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Summary: Out of the Dust
Review: Out of the DustHave you read books about courage, sadness, and accidents
Well Karen Hese is an asome author. She wrote a book call Out of the Dust.
The main character in this story is Billie Jo, A young girl that live in Oklahoma with her family. A lot of accidents happened in her life. If you like happy books well let me tell you that this book is not for you. This book is more about sadness, and courage.
She lives in a farm were her father grows wheat, and her mom has an apple tree. Her house was really small, they barely had room for the three of them. They did not strong walls to support the dust. They also didn't have a very good roof. She didn't mine living in a small house. If you will like to know more about this book look it in your local library.
This book was very good to read. I really like the book. Especially because it was the type of book that I like to read. This was a very good because it was humorous. It is a very good book because it has a lot of courage. I really recommended to other people because you learn a lot in this book because it is base on a true story.
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Summary: Out Of the Dust
Review: Out Of the Dust Want to read a book that has loneliness, courage, and accidents? If so, read Out Of the Dust. Karen Hesse is an awesome writer. The main character in this book is a girl named Billy Jo. She loves to play the piano. Billy Jo is trying to find peace in Oklahoma. After the big accident her life in horrible. It is scarring her inside and out. Her father doesn't like to talk about it. The only thing that can make her happy is by playing the piano but she can't with her burned hands.
Her father's farm is being terrorized by dust storms. He doesn't stop giving up on his wheat. If you want to know what the big accident or more about the book, read it! It's great.
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Summary: Out of the Dust
Review: Out of the Dust Have you ever heard of a book that has courage, sadness, accidents, and
Curiosity? We'll you guessed right, it's Out of the Dust. Billie Jo lives in Oklahoma were there are dust storms. All the crops were gone except Billie Jo's mom's apple trees. Her mom and dad get in a fight because her dad wants to re-plant his wheat. Meanwhile, her mom was pregnant with a baby boy. After a few days later an accident happened which changed Billie Jo and her Dads life forever. To find out what happened to Billie Jo's mom check out the book at a local library.
I thought the book was fabulous because it was emotional for me. Billie Jo's experience for me was also exciting, because she would do things her mother told her not to do. Also she was curious, by going away and finding certain people and certain things. I recommend this book because if you're an emotional person you would love this book. So grab it, read it, and love it!!
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Summary: Out Of The Dust Is The BBBBEEEESSSSTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Review: The book was a true story and I almost thought it wasn't true because it was so sad.I really felt bad far the auther because of all the sand that was messing up her life. If I could ask the auther one question I would ask:"How could you live with no mom ,no brother sand always in the wrong place,and a father who didn't say much." Anyone who wants to read it try to face the facts of true life. (But I have to say it was very good.)
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Summary: Out of the Dust
Review: Karen Hesse has done an incredibly great job on writing the book Out Of the Dust. You know that people say to never judge a book by its cover. This book has a boring cover, but it is a very sad and interesting book to read. Billie Jo, one of the main characters, is resilient throughout the book, because she has lost somebody she really loved. She goes through a lot of bad times in her life. One is that her father started to drink because he wanted to forget the pain that he felt after losing his wife, Billie Jo's mother, while she was pregnant. I loved this book and I will read over and over.
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Summary: Courage
Review: Can you imagine if you lived when the Great Depression was occurring? If you lived when there was terrible dust storms in Oklahoma? Well if you read Out Of The Dust by Karen Hesse you will know how it feels. Out Of The Dust is about a little girl named Billie Jo and her father going through a very bad time in there life. In the book her mom dies pregnant and Billie Jo was planning on having a little brother. Billie Jo loves to play the piano. But I know this book is all about courage cause she has courage for loosing her brother and mother. If you like sad and courageous books believe me you will love Out Of The Dust.
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Summary: DANGER
Review: Losing your mom can get you in DANGER, just like what happed to Billy Jo. She left from her house and met a stranger near by. They slept together in the street. When the sun rose Billy Jo opened her eyes and she was scared. The stranger was gone and he left a picture of him and his family. If I were Billy Jo I wouldn't run away from home because you never know what will happen unless you're a fortuneteller. I think she ran way because her dad was really drunk and she couldn't stand living there with a person that is going to ignore her all her life. So kids what ever you do don't run away from home, and stay out of DANGER.
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Summary: Inspirational
Review: This is an inspirational story of Billie Joe's experiences of growing up during the Dust Bowl. This book gives an indepth peek into Billie Joe's life through her diary entries. Through out the book, she discusses the drought, problems at home, and her love for playing the piano.
This is a good book to tie in with history courses. It gives a real life account that children can understand.
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Summary: Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse
Review: Out of The Dust by Karen Hesse In her award-winning book, Out of the Dust, Karen Hesse paints a picture of life in Oklahoma during the dust bowl period so real that you can almost feel the grit in your teeth. Set in poetic form, Hesse tells the story of Billie Jo and her life of poverty and pain in depression era Middle America. The two rays of hope in her somewhat dismal life are her ability to play the piano, and the anticipated birth of a sibling. Both these dreams are shattered in a tragic accident that leads to the death of her mother and newborn brother and scars her hands. The accident strains her already tenuous relationship with her father. Billie Jo rises slowly from despair and begins to play the piano again. Sadly, her previous means of escape doesn't ease the ache in her heart, so she runs away from home. She discovers in her cross-country journey by train that you must deal with your problems instead of escaping them.
It's easy to see why Hesse won the Newberry Award for this book. Her brilliant character development and her use of words to paint a picture of life in a world far from our own make this book a classic in the making.
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Summary: Excellent Book for All Ages
Review: This book was required for my Children's Literature class. Just about everyone in my class liked this book, and their ages range from 18 years old to 60+. I liked all of the poems. This story would have been excellent if it wasn't in poetic prose, but the style Hess used enabled the story to be told in fewer words that had more meaning. Another reason I liked the poetic prose is because there was a definite rhythm! It made me feel that Billy Jo was telling us her story through piano playing. Some of her songs were happy, and some were sad. LUCKILY, this is one story that Disney will never try to make a movie out of. I recommend this book for older children up through adult.
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