Billy
by French, Albert
Historical FictionMurderChildrenBlack PeoplePrejudice & DiscriminationMinority RightsViolenceJustice/Legal Issues
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AR Book Level
6.1
AR Points
10
Word Count
61,023
Interest Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Genre
Fiction
AR Quiz #
76090 EN
About this book
Set in the 1930s in a small Mississippi town, this story is about racism and about a ten-year-old boy who is convicted of and executed for murdering a white girl.
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