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Billy the Kid

By Michael Morpurgo
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A moving story combining war and football: the game with the ability to link nations and generations. ‘Told with all the author’s open-hearted clarity, and richly illustrated’ - Philip Pullman Billy the Kid tells the story of Billy, who’s no kid – he’s eighty today. This... Read More
Format: Paperback / softback
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Billy the Kid

A moving story combining war and football: the game with the ability to link nations and generations

A heartwarming wartime story about a boy’s passion for football

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A moving story combining war and football: the game with the ability to link nations and generations.

‘Told with all the author’s open-hearted clarity, and richly illustrated’ - Philip Pullman

Billy the Kid tells the story of Billy, who’s no kid – he’s eighty today. This afternoon, he’ll be cheering on his team, Chelsea, as he has done all his life.

In 1939, Billy was picked for Chelsea. Not quite nineteen, his dreams had already come true. But later that year, the Second World War would begin, transforming Billy’s life again – along with everyone else’s – forever...

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780008638726

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 29 August 2024

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: HarperCollins

Illustration: 60 b/w, illus

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Michael Foreman
  • Illustrated by Michael Foreman

Audience: Primary and secondary education, Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 12.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 360g

Pages: 128

Collections

Children's Books Children's Fiction Children’s, Teenage and Educational Michael Morpurgo Young Adult

About the Author

Michael Morpurgo OBE is one of the UK's best-loved authors for children and young people. He was the third UK Children's Laureate and he has won the Children's Book Award, the Nestle Children's Book Prize and the Blue Peter Book of the Year Award. There have been many stage and screen adaptations of his books, including a major film and award-winning stage play based on War Horse. Michael also set up the charity Farms for City Children with his wife Clare. Michael Foreman is one of the world's best-loved children's book illustrators. He has written and illustrated a vast range of books and has collaborated with many leading children's authors, including Michael Morpurgo and Terry Jones.

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