Name: Billy the Kid
ISBN: 9780152056513

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Who It's For

For readers who enjoy adventure stories about outlaws and pursuit.

Book Details

Authors: Theodore Taylor
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: August 1, 2006
Format: Print & ebook
Theme: US Stories for Teens · 19th-Century US YA
Reading lane: US Stories for Teens

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YA Adventure
YA Survival Stories
YA Stories About Boys & Men
Coming of Age

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YA Blended Family Stories
YA Ghost Stories
YA Stories About Girls & Women
US Historical YA

About This Book

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...

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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.