num_pages: 159
description: Fourteen-year-old Fern and her family face challenges and hardships when they move to a farm in South Dakota.
language: English
title: Dust of the Earth
titlecomplete: Dust of the Earth
ratings_count: 13
places: South Dakota
awards: awardedAt: 157795200000
name: Lewis Carroll Shelf Award, awardedAt: 157795200000
name: Spur Award
category: Best Juvenile Fiction
publisher: Signet