Billy and the Rebel Based on a True Civil War Story

by Hopkinson, Deborah; Floca, Brian

• ISBN13: 9780689839641
• ISBN10: 0689839642
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-03-01
• Publisher: Simon Spotlight

Summary

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.Ready-to-Read books offer children a world of possibilities at four different reading levels:Pre-Level 1Recognizing Words Word repetition Familiar words and phrases Simple sentencesLevel 1Starting to Read Simple stories Increased vocabulary Longer sentencesLevel 2Reading Independently More-complex stories Varied sentence structure Paragraphs and short chaptersLevel 3Reading Proficiently Rich vocabulary More-challenging stories Longer chapters

Author Biography

Deborah Hopkinson is the author of numerous award-winning children's books, including Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt, winner of the International Literacy Association 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 online at DeborahHopkinson.com.

Brian Floca is the author and illustrator of the acclaimed picture books Locomotive, winner of the Caldecott Medal and a New York Times bestseller; Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11; and Lightship, each a Robert F. Sibert Honor Book. He is the illustrator of numerous additional books, including Avi’s Poppy series. You can visit him online at BrianFloca.com.