He is a motherless child,
a coal miner,
a circus star,
a con artist,
a seer,
a hero,
and a survivor.

This is the tale of Billy Creekmore, a young boy with mystifying powers and the gift of storytelling. But his life in the Guardian Angels Orphanage is cruel and bleak, and when a stranger comes to claim Billy, he sets off on an extraordinary journey. From the coal mines of West Virginia to the world of a traveling circus, he searches for the secrets of his past, his future, and his own true self.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 12/13/2013
ISBN: 9780060775728
Pages: 336
Weight: 0.49lbs
Size: 7.67h x 5.19w x 0.75d
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 115803 / Billy Creekmore
Reading Level: 5.4 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 9