| Billy and the Rebel: Based on a True Civil War Story (Ready-To-Read Level 3) Repackage Edition Contributor(s): Hopkinson, Deborah (Author), Floca, Brian (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0689839642 ISBN-13: 9780689839641 Publisher: Simon Spotlight OUR PRICE: $16.19 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2005 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Friendship - Juvenile Fiction | Historical - United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877) - Juvenile Fiction | Readers - Beginner |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2001022982 |
| Lexile Measure: 550 |
| Series: Ready-To-Reads |
| Physical Information: 0.41" H x 6.36" W x 9.12" (0.47 lbs) 48 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Geographic Orientation - Pennsylvania - Topical - Civil War - Topical - Friendship |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 86009 Reading Level: 3.2 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher 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 |
Contributor Bio(s): Hopkinson, Deborah: - Deborah Hopkinson is the author of numerous award-winning children's books, including Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt, winner of the International Reading 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 for the Night. She lives in Oregon. Visit her onlinw at DeborahHopkinson.com.Floca, Brian: - Brian Floca is the author and illustrator of Locomotive, winner of the 2013 Caldecott Medal; Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11, a Robert F. Sibert Honor Book and a New York Times Best Illustrated Book; Lightship, also a Sibert Honor Book; and Racecar Alphabet, an ALA Notable Children's Book. He has illustrated Avi's Poppy Stories, Kate Messner's Marty McGuire novels, and Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan's Ballet for Martha: Making Appalachian Spring, a Sibert Honor Book and winner of the Orbis Pictus Award. You can visit him online at BrianFloca.com. |