Taylor, Theodore. Billy the Kid, a novel.TAYLOR, Theodore. Billy the Kid, a novel. Harcourt. 208p. c2005. 0-15-205651-3. $6.95. JS* To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, May 2005: Honey-tongued sharpshooter Billy Bonney Jr. is only 19, but he's already down on his luck and flat broke. His luck becomes even worse when he meets an older outlaw and his two nasty sons and gets talked into pulling a train robbery Train robbery was a type of robbery, in which the goal was to steal any money being delivered as cargo on trains. Trains carrying payroll shipments were for this reason a major target. with them. They try to cheat Billy out of his share, and he shoots one son; the two other men chase after Billy to get revenge and the loot. Even worse, the law goes after Billy too, in the form of Sheriff Willis Monroe--Billy's cousin and closest friend. The suspenseful sus·pense n. 1. The condition of being physically suspended. 2. a. The state or quality of being undecided, uncertain, or doubtful. b. manhunt man·hunt n. An organized, extensive search for a person, usually a fugitive criminal. manhunt Noun an organized search, usually by police, for a wanted man or fugitive Noun 1. through Arizona Territory For the Confederate States of America territory, see Arizona Territory (CSA). The Arizona Territory was an organized territory of the United States that existed between 1863 and 1912, as well as a territory of the Confederate States of America that existed officially from 1861 in 1881 is on, and the relationship between outlaw Billy and his sheriff cousin gives it the depth of a classic tragedy. Taylor, the author of The Cay and other acclaimed YA novels, makes the details vivid, and this action-filled Western is a sterling example of the genre. In an author's note at the end, Taylor tells about the real Billy the Kid, carefully pointing out that his charming, doomed fictional Billy doesn't resemble the real-life cold-blooded killer. Paula Rohrlick, KLIATT J--Recommended for junior high school students. The contents are of particular interest to young adolescents and their teachers. S--Recommended for senior high school students. *--The asterisk (1) See Asterisk PBX. (2) In programming, the asterisk or "star" symbol (*) means multiplication. For example, 10 * 7 means 10 multiplied by 7. The * is also a key on computer keypads for entering expressions using multiplication. highlights exceptional books. |
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