Billy the Kid
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By Michael Morpurgo, and and, Michael Foreman
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39 reviews
Billy was a champion soccer star, playing for Chelsea in the 1930s. But that was before war broke out…
Billy the Kid is told through the voice of an 80 year old man, who looks back on his life as Chelsea’s champion striker until the outbreak of war in 1939 and on through his subsequent life. Billy joins Chelsea as a football apprentice, rises through the reserves to become a real champion. His passion for football sees him through the war years – even as a prisoner of war he organises a friendly against the Italians – but, having been injured by a mine he cannot play for Chelsea on his return to England. Billy turns to vagrancy and alcohol and for years he wanders up and down the country. He re-settles in London in a derelict house and is befriended by a family who move him to a shed in their garden. He, in turn, helps their son with his football who in his turn becomes a Chelsea player. Billy becomes a Chelsea Pensioner and his 80th birthday is celebrated when Chelsea play at home. A novel for both children and adults which deals with some difficult issues. Michael Morpurgo’s storytelling is superb and this will be a welcome follow up to the previous Morpurgo / Foreman collaboration – Farm Boy. TweetReviews
I enjoyed this book.
I enjoyed this book. It was interesting to see how far Billy came in life and what hurdles he faced growing up.
not so thrilling as i thought it would be when i first looked at it but still good
A great book. Lots of deep meanings
A short, sweet story with a very light touch about the horrors of ww2
My favorite character was Maddie
I would recommend this to Arabella my friend
I liked Billy because he was hardworking and I recommend it to people who want to be footballers
This is a fiction book but sometimes with non fiction things in. I didn't really like this book but it had some good words in there.
I reaal liked this book.
I would recommend it to some of my friends.
This was a really good book
A fantastic Chelsea player nicknamed 'Billy the Kid' goes to war and hurts his leg and is told he will never be able to play football again.
Really good book, I enjoyed it all.
I really enjoyed it and I would recommend it if someone was looking for a easy to read and lovely book.
I really enjoyed it
It was sad, exciting and factual.
Fiction, I like Billy the best because he is a really boy boy he likes to play football for Chelsea, it interested me because I wondered why I saw a picture of people beside a van what had a cross on the side of it and why it had a picture from the olden days and yes I would highly recommend this book to others around the world.
Billy loves football. He dreams of walking out onto the Chelsea pitch, and soon his dream comes true. But a new war is starting, and soon Billy has a part in it.
i would recommend this book to people interested in football aged between 9 and 14. it's about a boy called billy who becomes a player at Chelsea FC until world war 2 spoils it all billy joins the army driving ambulances but within a day he is a prisoner of war. my favourite part of this book is when billy and his friend Robbie organise a fa cup within the camp.
I enjoyed this book. I like the author. I feel sorry for Billy as his brother and parents died. He lived in a basement and then a garden shed. I liked the part where Billy was playing football. Billy was drinking too much beer but Jamie and Maddie helped him and he could drink 2 beers a day. Sam was my favourite character - this was Maddie and Jamie’s baby. I would recommend this book.
I liked the army bit and when they played football. This book was kind of sad and kind of happy.
It was a good book about a boy going to war and his whole life changed . I enjoyed it because it was based on football . Unfortunately it didn’t have a good storyline and wasn’t easy to follow.
It is very very very very scary.
this book would be a very good book for a football fan. It is about skill and agility for poor billy
This book is about a boy who is a refugee and wishes to be a footballer and he does and takes a picture with Chelsea after a few days his dad passed away then he becomes a soldier
Billy's dream came true but the second world war was going to start and it changed Billy's life and everyone else's.
It felt happy due to is dream came true and also it was sad because it was changing Billy's life.
The person I liked is Billy.
Yes, I would recommend it.
I liked Billy the kid because it was about football and football is my favourite sport.I thought it was a bit sad at points.My favourite character was the pe teacher because he helped Billy to get better at football.
Amazing book, couldn’t put it down. So emotional, it’s like you on a roller coaster of emotions. Definitely recommend
I think boy's and girl's can read this book as ii is really interesting.
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CHILDREN SHOULD READ THIS BOOK BECAUSE, IT IS INTERESTING AND IT'S ABOUT FOOTBALL.
