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The narrator choice for the CD did not do this job. I am a middle school teacher. She spoke very quickly, rushing from page to page. My classes include readers who are behind or not on grade level. I thought if I ordered the book on CD students would be given an opportnity to better understand the narrator. My class ended up reading the book aloud rather than listening to the CD. I was disappointed with the CD, but my students enjoyed the content of the novel.
Although this is a young adult novel, this book can be read by readers of all ages. I don't prefer the poetic style, but the writer's close attention to historical detail kept my attention. Discover the experience of life during the Depression with this intriguing, fact-filled, emotional novel.
I haven't read this book, but students in my 6th grade class have read it and they really love it. One student said it was her favorite book. Another student said it was sad, but she liked it. Another student said it was a meaningful book.
I think it should be a classic. Also She can no longer have some one else always taking care of her, so she learns to take care of herself.
They keping each other after a sad lost in their family. This novel is mainly from Billy Jo's side of the view, starring Billy Jo as an eleven year old girl who has to make money for her and pa.Although there are many other characters in some of the chapters, Billy Jo decribes them as if they were describing themselves.
This an outstanding novel about a girl and her father that have to live with each other during the dangurous dust storms. Billy Jo discovers that she can't always think about that past, and focous on the future.
For instance, Mad Dg is Billy Jo's only friend, he is always tring to help Billy and her pa to get money. She hated how he made her go into compentitions to win money, but she still loved him.
Billy Jo is one of the best, most outstanding character I have ever read about.I would recommend this book to any girl ages 8-12 and love historical fiction because they will love just like me.
Out of the Dust is Billy Jo's story of life with Daddy and Ma on their Oklahoma farm during the dust bowl. Billy Jo narrates her story in a series of free-verse poems dated as journal entries. Hers is a hard life even before a pail of kerosene ignites setting the homestead on fire, killing Billy Jo's mother, and maiming the narrator. This is a challenging book to read, but worth repeated reads as Hesse's poetry shares insight into the everyday dramas of everyday people during an epic era of American history.
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