num_pages: 2
description: Set in the Oklahoma dustbowl during the Great Depression, Billie Jo has a great deal to forgive. Her father, for causing the accident that killed her mother. Her mother, for leaving when Billie Jo needed her most. And she must forgive herself for being the cause of her own sorrow. Daddy's too wrung out to help Billie Jo much, and there's no on else to care. So at fourteen, Billie Jo must heal herself -- even if it means tearing up her roots, and leaving behind everything she's ever known.
language: English
title: Out of the Dust
titlecomplete: Out of the Dust
characters: Billie Jo
genres: Fiction, Classics, Young Adult, Historical, Childrens, Read For School, Historical Fiction, Middle Grade, Poetry, School
ratings_count: 75495
places: Oklahoma, The United States of America
awards: awardedAt: 883641600000
name: Newbery Medal, awardedAt: 883641600000
name: Scott O'Dell Award, awardedAt: 915177600000
name: Vermont Golden Dome Book Award
publisher: Listening Library