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Out of the Dust Out of the Dust is a book wrote by Karen Hesse. Karen Hesse has wrote many children books in her lifetime. The book is also a Newbery Medalist. A Newbery Medalist is an award for an outstanding children book. In this book the characters suffer loss and grief. In the beginning the main character in this book is Billie Jo. Billie Jo is a red headed girl who lives with her ma and pa. Billie Jo went through many horrible dust storms. Her favorite things is playing the piano and apples. Billie Jo is a really talented pianist for her age at fourteen. Another for example similarly in the book her Pa was drunk like a squirrel in the road. He put a pot of carisen into the house and the Ma was cooking and threw the carisen

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