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The Resource Out of the dust, Karen Hesse
Out of the dust, Karen Hesse
Resource Information
The item Out of the dust, Karen Hesse represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System.This item is available to borrow from 16 library branches. This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
Resource Information
The item Out of the dust, Karen Hesse represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System.
This item is available to borrow from 16 library branches.
This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
- Summary
- In a series of poems, fifteen-year-old Billie Jo relates the hardships of living on her family's wheat farm in Oklahoma during the dust bowl years of the Depression
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 227 p.
- Note
- Awarded the 1998 John Newbery Medal by the American Library Association
- Isbn
- 9780590360807
- Label
- Out of the dust
- Title
- Out of the dust
- Statement of responsibility
- Karen Hesse
- Subject
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- Newbery Medal -- Juvenile fiction
- Dust storms -- Juvenile fiction
- trueFarm life -- Oklahoma
- Farm life -- Oklahoma -- Juvenile fiction
- trueFathers and daughters
- trueFourteen-year-old girls
- Historical fiction, Juvenile
- trueLoss (Psychology)
- trueMothers -- Death
- trueOklahoma -- History -- 20th century
- Oklahoma -- History -- Juvenile fiction
- Poetry -- Juvenile fiction
- trueSelf-acceptance in teenage girls
- trueTeenage girls
- trueTeenage pianists
- trueWheat farming
- Depressions -- 1929 -- Juvenile fiction
- trueDepressions -- 1929-1941
- trueDiscontent in teenage girls
- trueDroughts -- Dust Bowl (South Central United States)
- trueDust Bowl (South Central United States)
- trueDust storms
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- In a series of poems, fifteen-year-old Billie Jo relates the hardships of living on her family's wheat farm in Oklahoma during the dust bowl years of the Depression
- Award
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- Newbery Medal, 1998.
- Scott O'Dell Historical Fiction Award, 1998.
- ALA Notable Children's Book, 1998
- Booklist Editors’ Choice: Books for Youth, 1997
- YALSA Best Books for Young Adults, 1998
- School Library Journal Best Books, 1997.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 076100
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Hesse, Karen
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel
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- 5
- 12
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Dust storms
- Farm life
- Depressions
- Poetry
- Newbery Medal
- Oklahoma
- Label
- Out of the dust, Karen Hesse
- Note
- Awarded the 1998 John Newbery Medal by the American Library Association
- Dimensions
- 20 cm.
- Extent
- 227 p.
- Isbn
- 9780590360807
- Lccn
- 96040344
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) BRD51746123
- CARL0623292366
- (OCoLC)36123638
- Label
- Out of the dust, Karen Hesse
- Note
- Awarded the 1998 John Newbery Medal by the American Library Association
- Dimensions
- 20 cm.
- Extent
- 227 p.
- Isbn
- 9780590360807
- Lccn
- 96040344
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) BRD51746123
- CARL0623292366
- (OCoLC)36123638
Subject
- Newbery Medal -- Juvenile fiction
- Dust storms -- Juvenile fiction
- trueFarm life -- Oklahoma
- Farm life -- Oklahoma -- Juvenile fiction
- trueFathers and daughters
- trueFourteen-year-old girls
- Historical fiction, Juvenile
- trueLoss (Psychology)
- trueMothers -- Death
- trueOklahoma -- History -- 20th century
- Oklahoma -- History -- Juvenile fiction
- Poetry -- Juvenile fiction
- trueSelf-acceptance in teenage girls
- trueTeenage girls
- trueTeenage pianists
- trueWheat farming
- Depressions -- 1929 -- Juvenile fiction
- trueDepressions -- 1929-1941
- trueDiscontent in teenage girls
- trueDroughts -- Dust Bowl (South Central United States)
- trueDust Bowl (South Central United States)
- trueDust storms
Genre
Included in
- trueClassic Historical Fiction (Teens)
- trueScott O'Dell Historical Fiction Award
- trueThe Great Depression and the 1930s : Fiction for Grades 6-8
- trueYALSA Best Books for Young Adults: 1998
- trueALA Notable Children's Books: 1998
- trueBooklist Editors' Choice - Books for Youth - Older Readers Category: 1997
- trueDepression Era, 1930s : Fiction for Grades 3-5
- trueNatural Disasters : Fiction for Grades 6-8
- trueNewbery Medal
- trueSchool Library Journal Best Books: 1997
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- Award
- Newbery Medal, 1998.
- Award
- Scott O'Dell Historical Fiction Award, 1998.
- Award
- ALA Notable Children's Book, 1998
- Award
- Booklist Editors’ Choice: Books for Youth, 1997
- Award
- YALSA Best Books for Young Adults, 1998
- Award
- School Library Journal Best Books, 1997.
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