Out of the Dust
Karen Hesse
Summary
This story is about a girl named Billie Jo born with the looks of her father, she was thought to be a boy but turned out to be a girl. Billie Jo goes through many trials and tribulations throughout her life, but nothing seemed to knock her down. She is always helping her father take care of the little but very meaningful posessions to keep everything okay. After her mothers death she struggles. She does her best to keep her dreams alive.