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Out of the Dust Study Guide

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by Karen Hesse
About 83 pages (24,817 words)
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Out of the Dust Study Guide consists of approx. 83 pages of summaries and analysis on Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse. Browse the literature study guide below:

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Beginning: August 1920: Billie Jo is born in 1920 in a cabin in Oklahoma. She has a fondness for apples and piano. Her Ma has tried to have other children, but none have lived. She is now pregnant again. When Billie Jo was born, Daddy wanted a boy. Their only family is Aunt Ellis and Great-Uncle Floyd. Billie Jo will be fourteen when the baby comes. (read more)
      Winter 1934,
      Spring 1934,
      Summer 1934,
      Autumn 1934,
      Winter 1935,
      Spring 1935,
      Summer 1935,
      Autumn 1935,

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