this page is...

I know I'm not the group leader, but this page is just too amazing!!! Read it and you will figure out why I posted about it. This author really knows how to write a book! On page 206 Billie jo is describing her thoughts "As we walk together, side by side, in the swell of the dust, I am forgiving him, step by step, for the pail of kerosene. As we walk together, side by side, in the sole-deep dust, I am forgiving myself for all the rest." This is the kind of page that makes me lose myself in the book, amazing, really powerful. :)

hello, jus a little somethin

I really like this line and I was wondering if any of you liked it too? Not just because I like it, but it also is really interesting. "My fingers leave sighs in the dust." Eee it's so cool how you can find so many of these little interesting bits in this book.

pg.128

This page is also really powerful and interesting (This is after Billie jo's mom is dead and her hands are ruined). It makes you want to feel what she is feeling (restless and anxious), to be able to give her empathy and reassurance because of her situation. On page 128 Billie jo is thinking "but if I played right enough, maybe they would see past my hands.Maybe they could feel at ease with me again, and maybe then, I could feel at ease with myself." It's makes you want to give her something, I actually don't really know what I feel about this page, but I know it's a really important part in the book (in my perspective). Any thoughts or ideas?

pg.71

I think this page is my fav (71) it's really interesting, u guys should read it again (if u haven't already). Two of the sentences are really powerful they almost sum up the whole page. "'Billie Jo threw the pail,' they said. ' An accident,' they said. Under their words a finger pointed." and the other one is on pg.72, which I won't say because it makes no sense unless u know the rest of the page.

poppies

Hi, out of the dust group members(sorry I can't say that without sounding cheesy, anyways) this post is about pg.44 which is not exactly the page we are on but I think we missed a really powerful part of the book. (I will make another post related to this weeks pages also). On pg.44 Billie jo says "I wish I could see poppies growing out of this dust." The context of the page is she is remembering what her dad told about how he fought in the great war of France and that he saw the wild poppies blooming in trail of the fighting.  The sentenca itself is not powerful at all, but the meaning of it. I think the meaning of it is Billie jo wants some hope she wants something to hold on to, but hope is the key word. What do you guys think?