Billy the Kid by Michael Morpurgo
UKS2 fiction, historical
L: MY - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 2.0
Book Band 14 dark blue
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’s no kid – he’s eighty today. And 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, and his dreams had already come true. But later that year the Second World War would begin, and would transform Billy’s life again – along with everyone else’s – forever . 
 
Harpercollins 128 pages
Paperback Aug 2024 9780008638726