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SOUTH PARIS — The Paris Public Library’s Novel Idea Book Club will discuss “Out of the Dust” by Karen Hesse, a junior/young adult historical fiction novel, Tuesday, Oct. 16, beginning at 6:30 p.m. at 37 Market Square.
In a series of free verse poems, 15-year-old Billie Jo relates the hardships of living on her family’s wheat farm in Oklahoma during the dust bowl years of the Depression. Her mother has died and her father is too distraught to help his daughter much. While others flee from the dust bowl, Billie Jo is left to find peace in the bleak landscape of Oklahoma.
“Out of the Dust,” published in 1997, has won several literary awards, including a New York Library “100 Titles for Reading and Sharing,” Booklink’s Best Book of the Year, Book List Editor’s Choice, School Library Journal Best Book of the Year, Publishers Weekly Best book of the Year and the esteemed 1998 Newbery Medal for the most distinguished children’s book from the previous year.
New members are always welcome. For more information, contact the library at 207-743-6994.
