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Billy Creekmore
By Porter, Tracey
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-06077-570-4 978-0-06077-571-1
- Publisher
- Cotler HarperCollins
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on July 1, 2007
Gr 4-7 Porter has successfully woven elements of David Copperfield, Oliver Twist, and Huckleberry Finn into the character of Billy Creekmore, a 10-year-old "orphan" living in the Guardian Angels Home for Boys at the beginning of the 20th century. His story takes readers on an unsentimental journey to look at defenseless children who were forced to work on hardscrabble farms with little hope of improving their condition. Unexpectedly, Bill...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on September 1, 2007
Ten-year-old Billy Creekmore has had a hard-luck life: he's spent his childhood in the Guardian Angels Home for Boys, his only hope for release the prospect of working in the Morgantown glassworks. When, however, he encounters a fellow orphan on the run from the glass factory, he realizes that life there is grimmer even than in the orphanage. He ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2007
Ten-year-old Billy grew up in the Guardian Angels Home for Boys. Porter constructs her tale in three parts, sending Billy acr...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
