num_pages: 227
description: Also see: Alternate Cover Editions for this ISBN [ACE]  
  ACE #1
This gripping story, written in sparse first-person, free-verse poems, is the compelling tale of Billie Jo's struggle to survive during the dust bowl years of the Depression. With stoic courage, she learns to cope with the loss of her mother and her grieving father's slow deterioration. There is hope at the end when Billie Jo's badly burned hands are healed, and she is able to play her beloved piano again. The 1998 Newbery Medal winner.
language: English
title: Out of the Dust
titlecomplete: Out of the Dust
characters: Billie Jo
genres: Fiction, Historical, Poetry, School, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Read For School, Classics, Childrens, Historical Fiction
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: Scholastic