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Summary: Out of the Dust review
Review: The novel, Out of the Dust was very well written. Ms.Hesse made me feel like I was right there with Billie Jo in most moments. During the dust storms I could almost feel the dust pressing on my chest, smothering me, choking my senses, all thanks to Ms.Hesse's vivid imagery. I could almost feel the dust clogging my nose and mouth. Karen Hesse's exceptional adjective choices drew me into the story quickly making me want to read more and more. I also liked the way Billie Jo's poems seemed to dance across the page, especially when she was talking about playing the piano. I liked how Ms.Hesse made Billie Jo's life so real. Billie Jo had her up times and down times just like all of us. This book was a good read. Out of ten I would give this book an eight, because it was so easy to read and was written so well.
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Summary: Out of the Dust
Review: The Newbery Medal award winning novel Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse was an excellent depiction of life in the Dust Bowl around the 1930's. This story is written about the hardships and joys of 12-year-old Billie Jo Kelby. She lives on a small farm with her pregnant Ma and Pa. Life is hard and laborous for her but she still has time to play her piano. She is very talented and has a hunger for playing. Dispite the hardships of everyday life Billie Jo is still happy. Then, the horrific and terrible loss of her Mother and infant brother in a accident she is pulled into a world of dispair and bitterness. Her relationship with her father diminishes as they drift apart. Billie Jo must pull through the great loss of her mother and regain her relationship with her father. This is a sad and heart-warming novel that all teens should read. Karen Hesse has a unique writing style and a gift for writing. I think that this is a very good book and i give it 5 out of 5 stars, I highly recommend this to anyone.
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Summary: Out of the Dust
Review: Out of the Dust was an intersting novel which gave a descriptive look at what the dustbowl and dust storms were like. The poems Billie Jo wrote were interesting, and told of her life in the dustbowl. They described her hardships, and fun times of her life. There was only one thing that I didn't like. I thought the book became somewhat boring, and uneventful at times. But other than that, Out of the Dust was a great novel to read.
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Review: I enjoyed reading Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse. I liked the unusual poem format of the book. It made it seem like you were inside Billie Jo's mind and were reading her thoughts. This made me get involved in the story more, and I wondered how each event would effect her. Another thing I enjoyed about the book was how Billie Jo described the dust storms in her poems. The vivid and detailed language made you feel like you were there, and I could picture what the storm would have looked like in my head. The one thing I didn't like about Out of the Dust were some of the longer poems. Sometimes they got boring while you were reading and made you want to skip to the next poem. Over all though I liked out of the dust, and I think the characters and plot were developed well throughout the book.
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Summary: Out of the Dust Review
Review: I read the book Out of The Dust by Karen Hesse. I would rate this book an 9 out of 10. This book gives an excellent explanation of went on during the Dust Bowl. I really enjoyed this book. I like the way how Karen Hesse used poems for her novel. That made it very fun and easy to read. These poems are very descriptive. Some of these poems helped me get a mental picture. The one reason I wouldn`t rate this a 10 is because of the depression. There are many poems in this book that are very depressing, considering the Dust Bowl was a very depressing time. I would recommend this book to anyone. Out of the Dust is extremely well written and very interesting.
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Summary: Into the dust.....
Review: The novel Out of the Dust, by Karen Hesse, is a wonderful heartwarming story about teenager, Billie Jo Kelby, trying to emotionally and physically survive what seems the never-ending dust storms. Throughout this novel Billie Jo is both emotionatly and physically challenged in order to survive in the end. After her pregnant mother and unborn brother die in a tragic accident, in which Billie Jo herself is hurt, the large burden of taking care of her silent father and the home her mother left behind takes a great toll on Billie Jo. He relationship between her father and her dissappears and Billie Jo begins to feel abandoned and alone. Soon Billie Jo herself belives that unless she can get out of the Dust Bowl, she, like the wheat, will just shrivel up and die. Join Billie Jo on her epic journey to get out of the dust.
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Summary: Out of the Dust
Review: Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse was a terrific book. This book describes a young girl's life during the Dust Bowl. Throughout the book Karen Hesse uses metaphors and similies to describe how the Dust Bowl is affecting Billie Jo's life. She also uses very descriptive words that help you to understand what it was like to live in the South during the time of the Dust Bowl. I found this book to be very interesting and informative. I gave this book 4 out of 5 stars because of the descriptive details and the poetry format. With the poetry format Karen Hesse was able to get right to the point without using as many words as it would take in a conversation novel. I would recommened this book to people who enjoy learning new things.
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Summary: Out Of The Dust
Review: "After seventy days of wind and sun, of wind and clouds, of wind and sand, after seventy days of wind and dust, finally a little rain came." "The dust came tearing up fields where the wheat, stood helpless. I watched the plants, surviving so many droughts and so much wind, I wathced them fry or flatten, or blow away, like bits of cast-off rags. You can't stop the dust." These are some of the most descriptive poems in the novel! I enjoyed reading this novel immensely. Karen Hesse gives you, as the reader, a vivid description of the dust storms and what it was like to live and experience life in the Dust Bowl during the Great Depression. The novel is told through a fourteen-year-old girl's eyes named Billie Jo. Billie Jo makes you understand the sufferings and many hardships that her and her family have endured. As time goes on, things get worse for Billie Jo, a horrible accident has killed her Ma, scarred Billie Jo's hands, and left her only with her father. Billie Jo and her father hardly ever talk, will Billie Jo ever survive with her Daddy? You will have to find out for yourself when you read Out Of The Dust.
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Review: Billie Jo,a 13 year old girl living during the Dust Bowl and the Great Depression. Billie Jo lives in a small panhackle shack with her pregnant mom and her dad out in the desert prarie. Billie Jo has a hunger for playing fierce piano and a fondness for apples. After a teribble accident that left her mother dead along with her baby brother not yet a day old out of the dust. Billie Jo's hands left unable to play or do anythinng may change her forever. Billie Jo is left on her own with no one to talk to because her father has also changed because of the accident. Later on Billie Jo runs away and then relizes that she can only grow were she is. When Billie Jo comes back her father is there to open her with his arms wide open they slowly begin to revive thier realationship. A new woman in her and her father's life that may help her life become again once normal.
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Summary: Out of the Dust
Review: Out of the DustFarmers have plowed up thousands of acres of the Southern plains prairie to plant wheat. Now a drought has struck the plain and the soil has turned to dust. Dust storms that block out the sun kill animals, people, and crops. Dust is every where and piles up like sand dunes. Out of the Dust is a compelling story about a girl living through the depression in the dust bowl. Billie Jo, the girl in the story, has to overcome many difficulties to survive in the dust bowl. Such as a terrible accident that transformed Billie's life forever. It is amazing that the dust bowl really happened. I like how the book intertwines historical facts with a fictional story line. It is very interesting to see what really happened in the dust bowl. Before I read Out of the Dust I didn't know much about the dust bowl. I gave it 5 out of 5 stars because the book was full of historical facts but not boring. I liked how you could really understand how Billie Jo was feeling as she faced the problems that the dust bowl caused. I would highly recommend Out of the Dust to readers that want to learn about history and still enjoy the book at the same time.
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