Billy Creekmore: A Novel

Porter, Tracey

ISBN 10: 0060775718 ISBN 13: 9780060775711

Casa editrice: HarperCollins, 2007

Riassunto

Folks say I'm bound to be unlucky in life, for I was born at midnight on a Friday, the thirteenth of December, and Peggy says it's certain I can commune with spirits. But I ain't never seen any ghosts, not even my own mother, and wouldn't that be the ghost I'd see if I could?

So begins the tale of Billy Creekmore, a boy with mystifying powers and the glorious gift of storytelling. But what does life hold for someone growing up in the cruel clutches of the Guardian Angels Home for Boys, where Billy's gifts do more harm than good?

Escaping the orphanage seems an impossible feat, but when a stranger comes to claim Billy, he sets off on an extraordinary journey. With only a tin box that holds precious mementos of his beloved mother and mysterious father, Billy travels from the coal mines of West Virginia to the spectacular world of a traveling circus in search of his past, his future, and his own true self.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Tracey Porter is the author of Treasures in the Dust and A Dance of Sisters. Her most recent novel, Billy Creekmore, was named to Oprah.com's Kids' Reading List, compiled by the American Library Association. For the past twenty years she has taught middle school at Crossroads School in Santa Monica, California. She lives with her family in Los Angeles.

Product Description:

Book by Porter Tracey

Su questa edizione

• Editore: HarperCollins
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0060775718
• ISBN 13: 9780060775711
• Rilegatura: Rilegatura all'americana
• Numero di pagine: 320