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Billy

by Albert French


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A harrowing novel about ten-year-old Billy Lee Turner, who was executed for murdering a white girl in Mississippi in 1937.


Available editions of Billy

9780140179088 9780140179088, Paperback, Penguin Group USA, 1995

$1.00 (Used - Good)

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9780792720737 9780792720737, Paperback, Thorndike Pr, 1994

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9780792720744 9780792720744, Hardcover, Thorndike Pr, 1994

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9780816174492 9780816174492, Hardcover, Thorndike Pr, 1994

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9780670850136 9780670850136, Hardcover, Penguin USA, 1993

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Publisher Notes

An anonymous observer narrates the moving tale of spirited ten-year-old Billy Lee, a black boy who is convicted and executed for the murder of a white girl in Banes, Mississippi, in the 1930s. A first novel.

Media Reviews

"An astonishing literary debut....A powerful and frightening exploration of the human capacity for injustice. 'Billy' is a book that will stay with me in my dreams."

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