Billy and the Rebel: Based on a True Civil War Story (Ready-to-Read Level 3)
(Paperback, Reprint)
Publishing Details
Billy and the Rebel: Based on a True Civil War Story (Ready-to-Read Level 3)
By (Author) Deborah Hopkinson
Illustrated by Brian Floca
Simon & Schuster
Aladdin Paperbacks
1st May 2006
Reprint
United States
Classifications
Children
Non Fiction
FIC
Physical Properties
Paperback
48
Width 152mm, Height 229mm, Spine 5mm
88g
Description
This story is based on the life of Billy Bayly, a real boy who lived in Pennsylvania during the Civil War and had an unlikely friendship with a Southern soldier.
Author Bio
Deborah Hopkinson is the author of numerous award-winning children's books, including Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt, winner of the International LiteracyAssociation Award;Girl Wonder, winner of the Great Lakes Book Award;and Apples to Oregon, a Junior Library Guild Selection. She received the 2003 Washington State Book Award for Under the Quilt of Night. She lives in Oregon. Visit her onlineat DeborahHopkinson.com.
BrianFlocais the author and illustrator of the acclaimed picture booksLocomotive, winner of the Caldecott Medal and aNew York Timesbestseller;Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11;andLightship,each a Robert F. Sibert Honor Book. He is the illustrator of numerous additional books, including AvisPoppy series. You can visit him online at BrianFloca.com.
