Comparing Nyle and Billie Jo

In the books Phoenix Rising and Out of the Dust written by Karen Hesse, the main characters Nyle and Billie Jo are very similar in many ways. Both of the stories deal with teenage girls during a very difficult time in their lives and they both survive the events that happen physically and emotionally. One of the biggest similarities is that they both have to deal with the loss of their mother and their father even if only losing her father emotionally in Billie Jo’s c...