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.


Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Published: 08/01/2006
ISBN: 9780152056513
Pages: 208
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.60d

Review Citations: Kliatt 09/01/2006 pg. 28
Publishers Weekly 08/07/2006 pg. 62

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 87372 / Billy the Kid
Reading Level: 5.3 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 7