Billy Creekmore - A Novel

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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.

Product details

• Authors: Tracey Porter, Porter Tracey
• Publisher: Harper Collins Usa
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 8 to 12
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.12.2008
• EAN: 9780060775728
• ISBN: 978-0-06-077572-8
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 194 mm x 17 mm
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books; 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, United States of America, USA, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories, JUVENILE FICTION: Family / Orphans & Foster Homes, JUVENILE FICTION: Classics, JUVENILE FICTION: Action & Adventure / General, JUVENILE FICTION: Historical / United States / 20th Century, JUVENILE FICTION: Travel, JUVENILE FICTION: Action & Adventure / Survival Stories, JUVENILE FICTION: Biographical / United States, JUVENILE FICTION: Historical / United States / 19th Century, JUVENILE FICTION: Family / Stepfamilies, JUVENILE FICTION: Historical / United States / 21st Century