Billy Creekmore

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.

Author: Tracey Porter
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 12/30/2008
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.49lbs
Size: 7.67h x 5.19w x 0.75d
ISBN: 9780060775728

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.4
Point Value: 9
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 115803 / Billy Creekmore

About the Author
Porter, Tracey: -

Tracey Porter is the author of Treasures in the Dust and A Dance of Sisters. Her most recent novel, Billy Creekmore, was named to Oprah.com's Kids' Reading List, compiled by the American Library Association. For the past twenty years she has taught middle school at Crossroads School in Santa Monica, California. She lives with her family in Los Angeles.