LitCharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in Out of the Dust, which you can use to track the themes throughout the work.
Nature, Survival, and the Dust Bowl
Poverty, Charity, and Community
Coming of Age
Family and Forgiveness
Summary
Analysis
Once again, Billie Jo and the rest of her grade do an excellent job on their state tests. Billie Jo wishes she could run home and tell her mother and hear her say, “I knew you could.”
Previously, Billie Jo was unimpressed with her mother’s unenthused response to her test scores. Now, she would do anything just to hear her mother’s voice.