Out of the Dust Written by: Karen Hesse Billie Jo is the main character in this book and also my favourite character. She is basically the one that tells the story. It is as if she writes poetry and makes a book of it or tells a story through her poetry. Billie Jo has short red hair, rosy cheeks and freckles, a wide mouth and cheekbones like bicycle handles; she has long fidgety legs, narrow …showed first 75 words of 936 total…

…showed last 75 words of 936 total…ght in front of you. The authors unique style of writing in which he uses only poems makes the book that much more interesting. I have read this book several times and not once did I find any part of it boring. In fact my eyes still get watery reading some parts of the book. If any one asks me to suggest a book, the first one that comes to my mind is this one.