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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.
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9780140179088,
Paperback,
Penguin Group USA,
1995
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9780792720737,
Paperback,
Thorndike Pr,
1994
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9780792720744,
Hardcover,
Thorndike Pr,
1994
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9780816174492,
Hardcover,
Thorndike Pr,
1994
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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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