Billy Creekmore

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Billy Creekmore knows nothing of his parents except for picture postcards from his father and tales of his mothers death during childbirth. Growing up in the cruel clutches of the Guardian Angels Home for Boys, Billy longs to escape. When a stranger comes to claim him, Billy sets off on an incredible adventure, from the coal mines of West Virginia to the spectacular world of a traveling circus. Faced with an uncertain future and a mysterious past, Billys extraordinary journey is one of survival, truth and, ultimately, hope.

This sweeping Dickensian saga, set in the early 1900s, is a classic tale of courage, adventure, and suspense, and a one-of-a-kind hero you wont soon forget.

Author Bio

Tracey Porter is the author of Treasures in the Dust and A Dance of Sisters. Her most recent novel, Billy Creekmore, was named to Oprah.com's Kids' Reading List, compiled by the American Library Association. For the past twenty years she has taught middle school at Crossroads School in Santa Monica, California. She lives with her family in Los Angeles.