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Billy Creekmore
Contributor(s): Porter, Tracey (Author)

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 ISBN: 0060775726     ISBN-13: 9780060775728
Publisher: HarperCollins
OUR PRICE: $6.64  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: December 2008
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Annotation: With only a tin box that holds precious mementos of his beloved mother and mysterious father, Billy Creekmore travels from the coal mines of West Virginia in the early 1900s to the spectacular world of a traveling circus, in search of his past, his future, and his own true self.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Family - Orphans & Foster Homes
- Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure - General
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical - United States - 20th Century
Dewey: FIC
Age Level: 8-12
Grade Level: 3-7
Lexile Measure: 930(Not Available)
Physical Information: 0.75" H x 5.19" W x 7.67" L (0.49 lbs) 336 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 20th Century
Features: Ikids, Price on Product, Price on Product - Canadian
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 115803
Reading Level: 5.4   Interest Level: Middle Grades   Point Value: 9.0
 
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Publisher Description:

He is a motherless child,
a coal miner,
a circus star,
a con artist,
a seer,
a hero,
and a survivor.

This is the tale of Billy Creekmore, a young boy with mystifying powers and the gift of storytelling. But his life in the Guardian Angels Orphanage is cruel and bleak, and when a stranger comes to claim Billy, he sets off on an extraordinary journey. From the coal mines of West Virginia to the world of a traveling circus, he searches for the secrets of his past, his future, and his own true self.

Contributor Bio(s): Porter, Tracey: -

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.
 
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