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by Karen Hesse

ISBN: 0590376195
Author: Karen Hesse
Language: English
Publisher: Scholastic Inc (January 1, 1998)
Pages: 227
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Something Lost, Something Gained. Now Livie’s gone west, out of the dust, on her way to California

Something Lost, Something Gained. Now Livie’s gone west, out of the dust, on her way to California, where the wind takes a rest sometimes. And I’m wondering what kind of friend I am, wanting my feet on that road to another place, instead of Livie’s.

Karen Hesse's Out of the Dust (1998 Newberry Medal winner) is a poignant coming of. .It surprised me when I learned the entire book would continue this way, written in blank verse

Karen Hesse's Out of the Dust (1998 Newberry Medal winner) is a poignant coming of age story chronicling a young woman's struggle with loss and hardship during Oklahoma's Dust Bowl. Written in blank verse, its rhythm somehow matches the spare landscape and emotional toil of the protagonist. It surprised me when I learned the entire book would continue this way, written in blank verse. I had never read a novel with this format before, and after some initial resistance to it, I came to enjoy the way the words flowed on the page as Billie Jo, 14, voiced her thoughts about herself, her family, and her place in a world wracked with misery.

Hesse wrote this novel in a very unique way, she chose to tell the story in sparse first-person, free-verse poems. This novel takes place in Oklahoma around 1934-1935 about the struggles families in Joyce City faced surrounding the dust bowls. The main character, Billie Jo's tells of the personal struggle to survive during the Depression. The book is written in free verse, which is so appropriate as 14-year-old Billie Jo talks about the free-floating sand and dust on her family's dirt-scratching Oklahoma wheat farm during the 1930s dust bowl.

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Related Book Resources. Out of the Dust Vocabulary Builder. These words from Out of the Dust, a poem cycle that reads as a novel, may be unfamiliar to students. 4-8. Discussion Guide. Out of the Dust Discussion Guide. Use these writing prompts, cross-curricular activities, discussion points, and more to explore the novel-in-verse Out of the Dust and the struggles of the Dust Bowl years of the Depression. Out of the Dust Teaching Guide. Get discussion questions, writing prompts, a booktalk, and more ideas for teaching with Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse.

Out of the Dust is a verse novel by Karen Hesse, first published in 1997. Billie Jo begins with how her father wants to have a son instead of a daughter; he loves her anyway, but treats her like the son he doesn’t have, rough and tough. The opening of the book also describes the dust storms causing trouble on farms, a vital part to the rural farming community, for it is a homestead area

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In Out of the Dust Karen Hesse writes a moving coming of age story about Billie Jo Kelby, a Depression era teen who suffers first hand through the deprivations of the Okahoma Dust Bowl

In Out of the Dust Karen Hesse writes a moving coming of age story about Billie Jo Kelby, a Depression era teen who suffers first hand through the deprivations of the Okahoma Dust Bowl. The novel is told through the eyes of Billie Jo herself, who experiences many types of loss in a coming of age story that will have you groaning with compassion for Billie Jo and her small community's almost insurmountable challenges. Ultimately, though, this is a story about overcoming loss and hardship and living with grief.

Karen Hesse is the award-winning and critically acclaimed author of many books for children. Her titles include Witness, The Cats in Krasinski Square, and the Newbery Medal winner Out of the Dust, among many others. She lives in Vermont with her husband and two teenaged daughters.

A girl raised by dolphins must choose between two worlds in this critically acclaimed novel about what it means to be a human being.

1 013. Published: 1996. Using prose that is both sparse and powerful, she builds the tension with a slow crescendo of inevitability that ends in violence, but also offers up an unforgettable lesson on the true power of friendship and acceptance. A girl raised by dolphins must choose between two worlds in this critically acclaimed novel about what it means to be a human being.

The most popular book of that title-Karen Hesse Lesser-known books . The book about the dust bowl is called Out Of The Dust. Demian is the name of a novel that was written by Hermann Hesse and published in 1919

Asked in History, Politics & Society. Asked in Karen Gillan. Demian is the name of a novel that was written by Hermann Hesse and published in 1919. It is a fictional book but Hesse used his real life experiences in the field of psychoanalysis to write it.

When Billie Jo is just fourteen she must endure heart-wrenching ordeals that no child should have to face. The quiet strength she displays while dealing with unspeakable loss is as surprising as it is inspiring.Written in free verse, this award-winning story is set in the heart of the Great Depression. It chronicles Oklahoma's staggering dust storms, and the environmental--and emotional--turmoil they leave in their path. An unforgettable tribute to hope and inner strength.

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Gavinranadar

I am 11 years old so don't judge my review. When It started i was a little new to this style of reading. When I read books all the way from first grade magic treehouse to Harry Potter they all have styles that they have been written like. I think this author aimed for a more detailed writing. Along the story I was interested about this style I have been reading and outlining random occasions but detailing them greatly I was confused at first but as I went along it got better as I had a better understanding of the style the author was trying to write and it was great. I have had a great time reading this book and strongly recommend this to everyone, well except maybe 4 year olds. Parents they'll drive you crazy with question. But great book. Deserves a lot!

Grari

My son read this in 6th grade and I thought it was a very unique way to tell a story. My son found the reading very interesting and he asked plenty of questions about the stories and characters. Hesse wrote this novel in a very unique way, she chose to tell the story in sparse first-person, free-verse poems. This novel takes place in Oklahoma around 1934-1935 about the struggles families in Joyce City faced surrounding the dust bowls. The main character, Billie Jo's tells of the personal struggle to survive during the Depression. Billie Jo learns to cope with the loss of her mother and her father's deterioration.

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Out of the Dust tells the story of fourteen-year-old girl Billie Jo, who must learn to navigate life in the midst of the 1930’s Dust Bowl which has taken a toll on her small town in Oklahoma. Billie Jo lives with her father and pregnant mother. Billie Jo’s family is the picture of perseverance, surviving through relentless dust storms, failing farms, and crippling poverty, refusing to give up and head west as many families around them are doing.

Billie Jo’s love and talent for playing the piano carries her through the darkest of times, until a tragic accident involving herself and her mother disables her from playing. Navigating a now strained relationship with her father without the piano to comfort her, Billie Jo struggles to find her place in a life that seems too hard to manage. When home seems like the darkest and most hopeless place to be, Billie Jo sets out in search of another life, but to her own surprise she finds that maybe home is where she was always meant to be.

Written as a series of poems from Billie Jo’s perspective, author Karen Hesse intimately connects readers to the hardships of life living in the Dust Bowl and makes us yearn for rain and new beginnings just as Billie Jo does. Hesse’s use of verse drives this novel with descriptive details and real emotion, successfully investing readers in the book’s themes of hardship and perseverance. Hesse’s book serves as a historical lesson about the reality of life for a group of Americans living during Franklin D. Roosevelt’s presidency, and provides readers with a real lesson that running away from problems is never the way to fix them.

Gela

This award winning book, published in 1999, tells a fascinating story in an amazing way. When my friend Margie called and said I am bringing you a book you absolutely must read, and told me the title, I said, "Isn't that a Scholastic book for students?"
"Yes," she replied "and you are going to love it."
She was right.
I read the book through in a couple of hours that night, then went back and read it again, slowly.

The book is written in free verse, which is so appropriate as 14-year-old Billie Jo talks about the free-floating sand and dust on her family's dirt-scratching Oklahoma wheat farm during the 1930s dust bowl.
The youngster stoically copes with one loss after another and finds no one to confide in. Billie Jo's mother is absorbed in her long-desired pregnancy, and Billie Jo's silent father seems to think only of the soil, growing plants and digging a hole to retain water.

The piano in the living room of their tiny house becomes a focal point, demonstrating that some beauty was able to peek through those dismal dust-filled days. Billie Jo learns to play the musical instrument from her talented mother, and makes a name for herself at school. The three are looking forward to the baby's arrival, when another disaster strikes.

While many of their neighbors begin heading west as the fierce dust storms force them out, Billie Jo's father says they have lived through hard times before and they are staying put no matter what. Her mother accidentally splashes a pail of kerosene while making tea and runs screaming out the door from the resulting flames. Billie Jo grabs the pail and throws it out the door --- just as her mother rushes back inside. Altho Billie Jo tries to beat out the flames with her hands, it is a futile effort. Her mother is fatally wounded and a few days later the long awaited baby is stillborn, adding to Billie Jo's grief. Also Billie Jo's hands are so burned and scarred she can no longer play the piano.

Billie Jo is so overcome with guilt, shame, and grief she finally runs away only to discover how much she needs her father and the farm. The book ends on a happy note with her father able to tell her that he loves her, a friendly neighbor begins bringing them food and makes her father smile again.
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The big surprise for me was learning the author was not writing her own biography, because she made it so believable. Karen Hesse lived in Baltimore and only drove through the Great Plains area. Then she began researching the dust bowl years and many of the stories in this book are taken directly from newspaper items of the day. I have recommended this book to everyone I know.

Wyameluna

This book is beautiful! If you read Out of the Dust and The Grapes of Wrath, you see historically how they match. The neat thing about reading these two books is that Out of the Dust shows a family who stayed to weather the results of the Dust Storm and The Grapes of Wrath is an account of a family that fled to seek solace and work in California. Then if you listen to Woodie Guthrie's songs about the dust storm, you'll find how acutely his lyrics follow Karen Hesse's story line. Furthermore, if you look at the documentary Surviving the Dust Storm, you'll find even more similarities. I used to teach the two novels and love both of them. Karen Hesse's poetry is intriguing, so wonderful to analyze as well as to read. The characters, so well drawn, are so real and so touching. I want to read it over and over. A myriad of ages can enjoy this book and on many levels. If you are a teacher, this book is a must-teach. I taught it on the 9th grade level. It lends itself so well to symbolism, to tone, to figurative language, to imagery.