HESSE, Karen Additional Author mixed material bibliography New York Scholastic Paperbacks 1999 en English

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227 p.; 19 cm. This gripping story, written in sparse first-person, free-verse poems, is the compelling tale of Billie Jo's struggle to survive during the dust bowl years of the Depression. With stoic courage, she learns to cope with the loss of her mother and her grieving father's slow deterioration. There is hope at the end when Billie Jo's badly burned hands are healed, and she is able to play her beloved piano again. The 1998 Newbery Medal winner. Farm life - Fiction Depressions - 1929 - Juvenile fiction Dust storms - Juvenile fiction F 9780590371254 RAFFLES CHRISTIAN SCHOOL To Learn , To Lead , To Love F HES o s1501163 9780590371254.jpg.jpg 8765 2017-02-01 08:48:39 2017-02-01 08:48:39 machine generated