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Out of the Dust is a 1997 novel by acclaimed children's author Karen Hesse, which won the 1998 NewberyMedal. The novel is a collection of free verse poems, making it a unique entry in the world of ChildrensLiterature. The plot deals with its protagonist Billie Jo Kelby, struggling to survive in the Oklahoma dust bowl during the Great Depression.

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Out of the Dust is a 1997 novel by acclaimed children's author Karen Hesse, which won the 1998 NewberyMedal. The novel is a collection of free verse poems, making it a unique entry in the world of ChildrensLiterature. The plot deals with its protagonist Billie Jo Kelby, struggling to survive in the Oklahoma dust bowl during the Great Depression.TheGreatDepression.


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* TheGreatDepression: The novel takes place smack dab in the middle of this period, from 1934 to 1935.
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* WellDoneSonGuy: Billie tries repeatedly to make her mom and dad proud of her over the course of the book. She doesn't really succeed with her mom, but [[spoiler: does with her dad when she returns home from her trip out the Panhandle]].
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* InspirationallyDisadvantaged: Billie is a ''very'' [[DownplayedTrope downplayed]] example, but she ''does'" overcome her crippled hands to play piano, despite everyone's, [[WellDoneSonGuy including her father's,]] doubts.

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* InspirationallyDisadvantaged: Billie is a ''very'' [[DownplayedTrope downplayed]] example, but she ''does'" ''does'' overcome her crippled hands to play piano, despite everyone's, [[WellDoneSonGuy including her father's,]] doubts.
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* InspirationallyDisadvantaged: Billie is a ''very'' [[DownplayedTrope downplayed]] example, but she ''does'" overcome her crippled hands to play piano, despite everyone's, including her father's, doubts.

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* InspirationallyDisadvantaged: Billie is a ''very'' [[DownplayedTrope downplayed]] example, but she ''does'" overcome her crippled hands to play piano, despite everyone's, [[WellDoneSonGuy including her father's, father's,]] doubts.
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* InspirationallyDisadvantaged: Billie is a ''very'' [[DownplayedTrope downplayed]] example, but she ''does'" overcome her crippled hands to play piano, despite everyone's, including her father's, doubts.
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* PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad: [[InUniverse In-universe,]] one of the TalentShow contestants, Birdie Jasper, thinks this is going on when Billie gets a prize, claiming the judges are "just being nice to a cripple." The other performers disagree.

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* PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad: [[InUniverse In-universe,]] one of the TalentShow contestants, Birdie Jasper, thinks this is going on when Billie gets a prize, claiming the judges are [[InspirationallyDisadvantaged "just being nice to a cripple." "]] The other performers disagree.

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* PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad: [[InUniverse In-universe,]] one of the TalentShow contestants, Birdie Jasper, thinks this is going on when Billie gets a prize, claiming the judges are "just being nice to a cripple." The other performers disagree.



* TalentShow: Billie enters one about halfway through the book; she wins second-place.

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* TalentShow: Billie enters one about halfway through the book; she wins second-place.second-place and earns two dollars.
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* TalentShow: Billie enters one about halfway through the book; she wins second-place.
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* IntergenerationalFriendship: Arley and Billie Jo.

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* IntergenerationalFriendship: Arley and Billie Jo. At the end, [[spoiler: Louise, as well]].
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* IntergenerationalFriendship: Arley and Billie Jo.
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* DreamCrushingHandicap: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted;]] at first, it seems like this trope'll be played straight when Billie's [[spoiler: hands are crippled in the freak accident, making it much tougher for her to play piano.]] However, local musician and friend Arely Wanderdale tries to convince her to perform in a city-wide TalentShow anyway, and she does, winning second-place. By the end of the novel, [[spoiler: she's playing piano [[CharacterDevelopment on the regular again]].]]

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* DreamCrushingHandicap: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted;]] at first, it seems like this trope'll be played straight when Billie's [[spoiler: hands are crippled in the freak accident, making it much tougher for her to play piano.]] However, local musician and good friend Arely Arley Wanderdale tries to convince her to perform in a city-wide TalentShow anyway, and she does, winning second-place. By the end of the novel, [[spoiler: she's playing piano [[CharacterDevelopment playing piano on the regular again]].]]]]
* TheMentor: Arley Wanderdale, who's more of a father figure to Billie than Bayard, her actual dad.
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* SecondPlaceIsForLosers: Subverted, Billie Jo is proud of herself when she wins second-place in the TalentShow.
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* DreamCrushingHandicap: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted;]] at first, it seems like this trope'll be played straight when Billie's [[spoiler: hands are crippled in the freak accident, making it much tougher for her to play piano.]] However, local musician and friend Arely Wanderdale tries to convince her to perform in a city-wide TalentShow anyway, and she does, winning second-place. By the end of the novel, [[spoiler: she's playing piano [[CharacterDevelopment on the regular again.]]

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* DreamCrushingHandicap: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted;]] at first, it seems like this trope'll be played straight when Billie's [[spoiler: hands are crippled in the freak accident, making it much tougher for her to play piano.]] However, local musician and friend Arely Wanderdale tries to convince her to perform in a city-wide TalentShow anyway, and she does, winning second-place. By the end of the novel, [[spoiler: she's playing piano [[CharacterDevelopment on the regular again.again]].]]
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* Dream-CrushingHandicap: Subverted; at first, it seems like this trope'll be played straight when Billie's [[spoiler: hands are crippled in the freak accident, making it much tougher for her to play piano.]] However, local musician and friend Arely Wanderdale tries to convince her to perform in a city-wide TalentShow anyway, and she does, winning second-place. By the end of the novel, [[spoiler: she's playing piano on the regular again.]]

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* Dream-CrushingHandicap: Subverted; DreamCrushingHandicap: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted;]] at first, it seems like this trope'll be played straight when Billie's [[spoiler: hands are crippled in the freak accident, making it much tougher for her to play piano.]] However, local musician and friend Arely Wanderdale tries to convince her to perform in a city-wide TalentShow anyway, and she does, winning second-place. By the end of the novel, [[spoiler: she's playing piano [[CharacterDevelopment on the regular again.]]
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* Dream-CrushingHandicap: Subverted; at first, it seems like this trope'll be played straight when Billie's [[spoiler: hands are crippled in the freak accident, making it much tougher for her to play piano.]] However, local musician and friend Arely Wanderdale tries to convince her to perform in a city-wide TalentShow anyway, and she does, winning second-place. By the end of the novel, [[spoiler: she's playing piano on the regular again.]]
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* DeathByChildbirth: [[spoiler: Ma, who dies giving birth to Billie's would-be brother.]]

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* DeathByChildbirth: [[spoiler: Ma, who dies giving birth to Billie's would-be baby brother.]]
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* DeathByChildbirth: [[spoiler: Ma, who dies giving birth to Billie Jo's would-be brother.]]

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* DeathByChildbirth: [[spoiler: Ma, who dies giving birth to Billie Jo's Billie's would-be brother.]]
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* BodyHorror: [[spoiler: Happens to Ma after Billie Jo accidentally douses her in kerosene. She dies shortly after.]]

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* BodyHorror: [[spoiler: Happens to Ma after Billie Jo accidentally douses her in kerosene. She dies shortly after.]] It also happens to Billie herself, as her hands [[spoiler: become crippled due to third-degree burns.]]



* DeathByNewberyMedal: [[spoiler: Poor, ''poor'' Ma. Franklin too. Mr. Kelby also got ''very'' close to dying from skin cancer had it not been for Billie Jo returning home when she did]].

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* DeathByNewberyMedal: [[spoiler: Poor, ''poor'' Ma. Franklin too. Mr. Kelby Daddy also got ''very'' close to dying from skin cancer had it not been for Billie Jo returning home when she did]].
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* DeathByChildbirth: [[spoiler: Ma, who dies giving birth to Billie Jo's would-be brother.]]
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* BodyHorror: [[spoiler: Happens to Ma after Billie Jo accidentally douses her in kerosene. She dies shortly after.]]
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Out of the Dust is a 1997 novel by acclaimed children's author Karen Hesse, which won the 1998 NewberyMedal. The novel is a collection of free verse poems, making it a unique entry in the world of Children'sLiterature. The plot deals with its protagonist Billie Jo Kelby, struggling to survive in the Oklahoma dust bowl during the Great Depression.

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Out of the Dust is a 1997 novel by acclaimed children's author Karen Hesse, which won the 1998 NewberyMedal. The novel is a collection of free verse poems, making it a unique entry in the world of Children'sLiterature.ChildrensLiterature. The plot deals with its protagonist Billie Jo Kelby, struggling to survive in the Oklahoma dust bowl during the Great Depression.
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Out of the Dust is a 1997 novel by acclaimed children's author Karen Hesse, which won the 1998 NewberyMedal. The novel is a collection of free verse poems, making it a unique entry in the world of children's literature. The plot deals with its protagonist Billie Jo Kelby, struggling to survive in the Oklahoma dust bowl during the Great Depression.

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Out of the Dust is a 1997 novel by acclaimed children's author Karen Hesse, which won the 1998 NewberyMedal. The novel is a collection of free verse poems, making it a unique entry in the world of children's literature.Children'sLiterature. The plot deals with its protagonist Billie Jo Kelby, struggling to survive in the Oklahoma dust bowl during the Great Depression.
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Out of the Dust is a 1997 novel by acclaimed children's author Karen Hesse, which won the 1998 NewberyMedal. The novel is a collection of free verse poems, making it a unique entry in the world of children's literature. The plot deals with its protagonist Billie Jo Kelby, struggling to survive in the Oklahoma dust bowl during the Great Depression.

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Out of the Dust is a 1997 novel by acclaimed children's author Karen Hesse, which won the 1998 NewberyMedal. The novel is a collection of free verse poems, making it a unique entry in the world of children's literature. The plot deals with its protagonist Billie Jo Kelby, struggling to survive in the Oklahoma dust bowl during the Great Depression.Depression.
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* DeathByNewberyMedal: [[spoiler: Poor, ''poor'' Ma. Franklin too. Mr. Kelby also got ''very'' close to dying from skin cancer had it not been for Billie Jo returning home when she did]].
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Out of the Dust is a 1997 novel by acclaimed children's author Karen Hesse, which won the 1998 NewberyMedal. The novel is a collection of free verse poems, making it a unique entry in the world of children's literature. The plot deals with its protagonist Billie Jo Kelby, struggling to survive in the Oklahoma dust bowl during the GreatDepression.

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Out of the Dust is a 1997 novel by acclaimed children's author Karen Hesse, which won the 1998 NewberyMedal. The novel is a collection of free verse poems, making it a unique entry in the world of children's literature. The plot deals with its protagonist Billie Jo Kelby, struggling to survive in the Oklahoma dust bowl during the GreatDepression.Great Depression.
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Out of the Dust is a 1997 novel by acclaimed children's author Karen Hesse, which won the 1998 NewberyMedal. The novel is a collection of free verse poems, making it a unique entry in the world of children's literature. The plot deals with its protagonist Billie Jo Kelby, struggling to survive in the Oklahoma dust bowl during the Great Depression.

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Out of the Dust is a 1997 novel by acclaimed children's author Karen Hesse, which won the 1998 NewberyMedal. The novel is a collection of free verse poems, making it a unique entry in the world of children's literature. The plot deals with its protagonist Billie Jo Kelby, struggling to survive in the Oklahoma dust bowl during the Great Depression.GreatDepression.
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Out of the Dust is a 1997 novel by acclaimed children's author Karen Hesse, which won the 1998 Newbery Medal. The novel is a collection of free verse poems, making it a unique entry in the world of children's literature. The plot deals with its protagonist Billie Jo Kelby, struggling to survive in the Oklahoma dust bowl during the Great Depression.

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Out of the Dust is a 1997 novel by acclaimed children's author Karen Hesse, which won the 1998 Newbery Medal.NewberyMedal. The novel is a collection of free verse poems, making it a unique entry in the world of children's literature. The plot deals with its protagonist Billie Jo Kelby, struggling to survive in the Oklahoma dust bowl during the Great Depression.
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Out of the Dust is a 1997 novel by acclaimed children's author Karen Hesse, which won the 1998 Newbery Medal. The novel is a collection of free verse poems, making it a unique entry in the world of children's literature. The plot deals with its protagonist Billie Jo Kelby, struggling to survive in the Oklahoma dust bowl during the Great Depression.

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