| Out of the Dust (Scholastic Gold) Contributor(s): Hesse, Karen (Author) |
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ISBN: 0590360809 ISBN-13: 9780590360807 Publisher: Scholastic
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: October 1997 Annotation: 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. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Classics - Juvenile Fiction | Historical - United States - 20th Century - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dewey: FIC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LCCN: 96-40344 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Age Level: 10-13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grade Level: 5-8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Physical Information: 0.89" H x 5.26" W x 7.76" L (0.64 lbs) 240 pages | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1930's - Cultural Region - Heartland - Demographic Orientation - Rural - Geographic Orientation - Oklahoma - Topical - Death/Dying | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Features: Dust Cover, Ikids, Price on Product, Table of Contents | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Awards: Maine Student Book Award, Third Place, Grades 4-8, 1998 Maine Student Book Award, Third Place, Grades 4-8, 1999 Scott O Dell Award for Historical Fiction, Winner, Historical Fiction, 1998 Newbery Medal, Winner, Children's, 1998 Bookseller's Choice, Winner, Young Adults, 1998 Young Reader's Choice Award, Nominee, Grades 4-8, 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 08/25/1997 pg. 72 Kirkus Review - Children 09/15/1997 pg. 1458 School Library Journal 09/01/1997 pg. 217 Booklist 10/01/1997 pg. 330 Booklist Ed Choice Youth 01/01/1998 pg. 733 SLJ's Best Books 12/01/1997 pg. 25 New York Times 02/01/1998 pg. 24 ALA Best Books Young Adults 01/01/1998 pg. 1214 ALA Notable Children's Books 01/01/1998 pg. 1224 Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/1997 pg. 73 - Superior,Well Above Average School Library Journal 12/01/1997 School Library Journal 09/01/1997 School Library Journal 04/01/2005 pg. 56 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Quiz #: 18783 Reading Level: 5.3 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 3.0 |
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| Publisher Description: Acclaimed author Karen Hesse's Newbery Medal-winning novel-in-verse explores the life of fourteen-year-old Billie Jo growing up in the dust bowls of Oklahoma.Dust piles up like snow across the prairie. . . .A terrible accident has transformed Billie Jo's life, scarring her inside and out. Her mother is gone. Her father can't talk about it. And the one thing that might make her feel better -- playing the piano -- is impossible with her wounded hands.To make matters worse, dust storms are devastating the family farm and all the farms nearby. While others flee from the dust bowl, Billie Jo is left to find peace in the bleak landscape of Oklahoma -- and in the surprising landscape of her own heart. |
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