I think the book, Out of the Dust was a good to great book. It leads through Billie Jo's life in the dust bowl and how she felt and the ways that she suffered through those two years. When the accident happened between Billie Jo and her mother, it changed Billie Jo for ever. She no longer could play the piano, and her hands were scared for life, where they would peel and crack untill they were blistered again and again. At the end of the book, Billie Jo's father finds another woman to love, and at first, she doesn't really appreciate her, but tords the very end, she learns to like her, and can't wait untill she finally stays for good...