Billy the Kid

Billy the KidWilliam H. Billy the Kid Bonney Jr. loves to take risks. But Billy's luck runs out when, during a train heist, a passenger recognizes the nineteen year old outlaw. Fed up with his bad ways, Sheriff Willis Monroe, Billy's own cousin, decides to track him down. The Kid's two timing partners are hunting him, too and a posse wants Billy (and the sheriff) dead. This gripping fictional tale imagines William Bonney's fate had his life of crime taken a very

William H. Billy the Kid Bonney Jr. loves to take risks. But Billy's luck runs out when, during a train heist, a passenger recognizes the nineteen-year-old outlaw. Fed up with his bad ways, Sheriff Willis Monroe, Billy's own cousin, decides to track him down. The Kid's two-timing partners are hunting him, too--and a posse wants Billy (and the sheriff) dead.

This gripping fictional tale imagines William Bonney's fate had his life of crime taken a very different turn. Fans of adventure will be riveted by Theodore Taylor's fresh take on a legendary character.

Includes an author's note about the real Billy the Kid.


Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Published: 08/01/2006
ISBN: 9780152056513
Pages: 208
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.60d

Review Citations: Kliatt 09/01/2006 pg. 28
Publishers Weekly 08/07/2006 pg. 62

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 87372 / Billy the Kid
Reading Level: 5.3 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 7