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Author:

Porter, Tracey.

Title:

Billy Creekmore : [a novel ] / by Tracey Porter.

Edition:

1st Harper Trophy ed.

Publisher:

Joanna Cotler Books/HarperTrophy,

Copyright Date:

2009, c2007

Description:

305, 5, 16 p. ; 20 cm.

Subject:

Coal mines and mining--Juvenile fiction.
Self-reliance--Juvenile fiction.
Children's stories.
Circus--Juvenile fiction.
Orphanages--Juvenile fiction.
West Virginia--History--To 1950--Juvenile fiction.
Historical fiction.

Notes:

"A journey similar in style to that taken by Huck Finn"--Cover. Extras inside include meet the author, writer, reader and behind the scenes.

Summary:

In 1905, ten-year-old Billy is taken from an orphanage to live with an aunt and an uncle of whose existence he was previously unaware. He enjoys his first taste of family life until his work in a coal mine and his involvement with a union bring trouble. He then joins a circus in hopes of finding his father.

ISBN:

0060775726 ((pbk.) :) :
9780060775728 ((pbk.) :) :

Locations:

CUPC586 -- Columbus Junction Public Library (Columbus Junction)