John Newbery Medal
In verse form, Ms. Hesse relates the horrific events and affects of the dust storms in the 1930s. The character Billie Jo must not only endure the relentless dust storms in OK but must adjust to life with deformed hands from a fire that transformed her life in an instant-losing a mother, a newborn sibling and her ability to play piano.
Great word choice/figurative language
*Highly recommend.
Strategies: inferring, cause/effect, visualizing, synthesizing, connections (T-S, T-T)
*Highly recommend reading The Great American Dust Bowl by Don Brown before reading this book to build schema.
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