Author(s): Deborah Hopkinson,Brian Floca
Format: Hardback
No. of Pages: 48
Publisher: Simon Spotlight
Language: English
Date Published: 2005-03-01
Dimensions: 12.7 x 231.1 x 12.7mm
Publication City/Country: New York, NY, United States
Edition: Repackage ed.
Illustrations: Illustrations, unspecified

This story is based on the life of Billy Bayly, a real boy who lived in Pennsylvania during the Civil War and had an unlikely friendship with a Southern soldier. Ready-to-Read books offer children a world of possibilities at four different reading levels: Pre-Level 1 Recognizing Words - Word repetition
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