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Out Of The Dust By Karen Hesse: An Analysis
I have put a lot of effort into making sure this Readers Guide is a helpful tool to have alongside you when reading Out of the Dust, by Karen Hesse. The vocabulary activity I have created gives depth to the environment in which this novel takes place. The vocabulary words I chose to define are rarely used in modern times because they describe a very dirty and gloomy wasteland, something many of us live far from. Understanding these words is vital to comprehending the devilish wasteland where novel takes place. For the activity, each definition has a blank line in front of it, you must write the proper word from the vocabulary into the empty line. The new book cover I designed has a clean and simple look, though it speaks many words by providing
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