Title Out of the dust / Karen Hesse

Edition First edition Published New York : Scholastic Press, 1997

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Description 227 pages ; 20 cm regular print Series Newbery Medal winner, 1998 Newbery Medal winner ; 1998 Summary 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 Notes Includes 'After words' Winner of the Newberry Medal ; Winner of the Scott O'Dell Award ; An ALA Notable Children's Book ; An ALA Best Book for Young Adults ; A school Library Journal 'Best Book of the Year' ; A Booklist 'Editor's Choice' ; A Publisher's Weekly 'Best Book of the Year' Audience Middle School Notes AR 5.3 3.0 Accelerated Reader MG 5.3 3.0 Quiz: 18783 ALA Best Books for Young Adults, 1998 ALA Notable Books for Children, 1998 Newbery Medal, 1998 Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction, 1998 Ten Best Books for Young Adults, 1998 Subject American fiction -- 20th century. Burns and scalds in children -- Fiction. Burns and scalds -- Fiction. Children's poetry, American. Depressions -- 1929 -- Juvenile fiction. Depressions -- 1929 -- Juvenile poetry. Depressions -- 1929 -- United States -- Fiction. Depressions -- 1929. Dust storms -- Juvenile fiction. Dust storms -- Juvenile poetry. Families -- Oklahoma -- Fiction. Farm life -- Juvenile fiction. Farm life -- Juvenile poetry. Farm life -- Oklahoma -- Juvenile fiction. Farm life -- Oklahoma -- Juvenile poetry. Poetry -- Juvenile fiction. Poets, American. Depressions -- 1929 -- Fiction. Dust storms -- Fiction. Farm life -- Oklahoma -- Fiction. Novels in verse. Poetry -- Fiction. SUBJECT Oklahoma Panhandle (Okla.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh90000941 -- Fiction. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001562 Oklahoma http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79046257 -- Juvenile fiction. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001687 Oklahoma http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79046257 -- Juvenile poetry. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001675 Oklahoma -- Fiction. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008108624 Oklahoma -- History http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85094474 -- 20th century -- Fiction Genre/Form Novels in verse. Fiction. Poetry. LC no. 96040344 ISBN 0590360809 0590371258 0590376195 0606156658 9780590360807 9780590371254 9780590376198 9780606156653

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