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Synopsis
In a series of poems, fifteen-year-old Billie Jo relates the hardships of living on her family's wheat farm in Oklahoma during the dust bowl years of the Depression.
| Size | | Length: | 227 pages | | Height: | 7.5 in | | Width: | 5.3 in | | Thickness: | 0.5 in | | Weight: | 5.6 oz |
Publisher's Notes
First Line: "As summer wheat came ripe,/so did I,/born at home, on the kitchen floor./Ma crouched,/barefoot, bare bottomed/over the swept boards,/because that's where Daddy said it'd be best."
Industry Reviews
"The poem/novel ends with only a trace of hope; there are no pat endings, but a glimpse of beauty wrought from brutal reality."
Kirkus Reviews (09/15/1997)
"The verse format may intimidate some kids, but if they read only the first few pages, they'll be hooked, as it quickly becomes a gripping survival story, related with the emotional punch and vivid imagery of poetry."
San Francisco Chronicle Book Review - Linda Perkins (02/08/1998)
"More than vivid storytelling, 'Out of the Dust' gives a face to history....a literary groundbreaker as stunning as Oklahoma's dust bowl recovery."
Five Owls - Thomas S. Owens
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