Billie John Mistake's Out Of The Dust

Out of the dust is a good book to read because it shows how people can change over time and you even can get through the hardest times.Out of the Dust is about a little girl named Billie Jo.She lives during the great depression where food, money, and water is very scarce. She lives with her mom and dad in a little house with a small farm.Her mom teaches how to the piano and Billie Jo wishes to be famous in playing it.The one day a very unfortunate event happens which cause her pregnant mother to get badly hurt.She was burned and her and the baby didn't make it.She and her father go through a lot of trouble and bad times.But in the end everyone's happy. Setting in this book is very important.Billie Jo lives near Joyce City, Oklahoma, during …show more content…
The main character in this book is Billie Jo.She is a red haired girl with freckles that loves apples.She is tall and skinny who loves to play piano.In the story Billie Jo is strong and courageous.She runs away from home realizing that she left her father behind.She grows throughout the story from being unsure and just imaging to being brave and being truthful. There are three types of conflict i seen in this story.They are character v.s nature, character v.s self, and character v.s character.In the book character v.s nature was Billie Jo and her parents facing the struggles of living in the dust bowl.This is because they didn't get much rain so there crops wouldn't grow to make money off of, but they never gave up hope.Character v.s character takes place in the story because after Billie Jos mom died her and her father fell off.They both felt guilty about her mom's death and grew depressed.The most important conflict in this story is character v.s self.Billie Jo go's through a lot and often fights with herself.She struggled to decide to leave her father behind and leave the dust bowl or to stay and be