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Billy and the Rebel: Based on a True Civil War Story (Ready-to-Read Level 3)

Deborah Hopkinson, Brian Floca (Illustrator)

$17.99 $7.98

Publication Date: March 1st, 2005

Publisher:

Simon Spotlight

ISBN:

9780689839641

Pages:

WinterRiver Books & Gallery

3 on hand, as of Apr 25 12:27pm

(Fiction: 5 to 9 Years)

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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.

Ready-to-Read books offer children a world of possibilities at four different reading levels:

Pre-Level 1 Recognizing Words

Word repetition
Familiar words and phrases
Simple sentences

Level 1 Starting to Read

Simple stories
Increased vocabulary
Longer sentences

Level 2 Reading Independently

More-complex stories
Varied sentence structure
Paragraphs and short chapters

Level 3 Reading Proficiently

Rich vocabulary
More-challenging stories
Longer chapters

About the Author

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.