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Simon Spotlight, 2006-01-03

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

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

Ready-To-Read, Ready-To-Reads, Ready-To-Read - Level 3 (Quality), and Ready-To-Read - Level 3

Deborah Hopkinson, Author

Brian Floca, Illustrator

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SKU:9780689833960

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Told with simple language, this emotional story is based on historical accounts of the real Bill Bayly, who defends his family farm near Gettysburg from Rebel troops looking for an AWOL soldier--only a boy--who has been taken in by Bill's mother. Full color.
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Age Range • 6-8

Pages • 48

Subjects • Gettysburg • Battle of • Gettysburg • Pa. • 1863 • United States • History • Civil War • 1861-1865 • Desertions • Soldiers

Categories • Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Friendship • Juvenile Fiction | Historical | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877) • Juvenile Fiction | Readers | Beginner

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.
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