Billy Creekmore
Subtitle: [a novel]
By: by Tracey Porter
Edition: 1st Harper Trophy ed.
Publisher: Joanna Cotler Books/HarperTrophy
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 305
ISBN-13: 9780060775728
Subjects: Juvenile fiction; Circus; Fiction; Historical fiction; Orphanages; Coal mines and mining; Self-reliance; History
Description: In 1905, ten-year-old Billy is taken from an orphanage to live with an aunt and an uncle of whose existence he was previously unaware. He enjoys his first taste of family life until his work in a coal mine and his involvement with a union bring trouble. He then joins a circus in hopes of finding his father.
Notes: "A journey similar in style to that taken by Huck Finn"--Cover.

Extras inside include meet the author, writer, reader and behind the scenes.