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Commentary On Out Of The Dust By Karen Hesse

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Today I am going to write about Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse. She got a newbery medal for the most distinguished contribution to american literature for children. The main characters are Billie Jo plus her mom and dad and Mad Dog. she lives in Oklahoma where dust is taking over. Her best friend Livvie moved to California to get away from the dust after that her mom dies a terrible death but before that her mom was pregnant and while pregnant her mom was burned bad by fire while in pain she gave birth to her brother but died with his mom right in her arms Life was wonderful, her dad was bringing money from farming wheat. Her mom was alive and Billie Jo was playing the piano she never did before. All that changed in one day because of dust
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