A 14-year-old girl Billie Jo and her family faced the hard life on the farm of Oklahoma in 1934-1935 during the Dust Bowl. Severe dust storm buried all the farm, family and their hope. One day, Ma got a terrible accident from the stove by kerosene that Dad placed next to it. It took Ma and Baby's lives. Also, Joe burnt her arm. How would Jo overcome the tragedy and find hope again? I recommend this historic fiction to anyone who wants to find hope in the despair like the Dust Bowl.
Jung J.L., grade 6