Out of the Dust
by Hesse, Karen
YALSA Top TenNewbery MedalSLJ Best BookNCTE Notable Children's Books in the LanJefferson Cup Award/HonorScott O'Dell AwardALA Notable/Best BooksDroughts
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AR Book Level
5.3
AR Points
3
Word Count
19,756
Interest Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Genre
Fiction
AR Quiz #
18783 EN
About this book
In a series of poems, fourteen-year-old Billie Jo relates the hardships of living on her family's wheat farm during the drought in Oklahoma. Text contains disturbing imagery, gender bias and alcohol abuse.