LoveReading4Kids Says
LoveReading4Kids Says
Shortlisted for the 2012 Branford Boase Award for outstanding Debut novel.
A Lovereading4kids 'Great Read' you may have missed 2011 selection.
Billy's been in a care home almost all his life and as far as he's concerned, he's on his own. He's angry with the system, the social workers and the mother who gave him away. His little brother and sister keep him going, though they can't keep him out of trouble. But he isn't being difficult on purpose. Billy's just being Billy. He can't be anything else. Can he?
The Branford Boase judges said: “Extremely emotionally intelligent; the voice never falters. Excellent descriptions of how the character feels. It made me cry!”
The Branford Boase Award shortlist 2012:
Long Lankin - Lindsey Barraclough
Being Billy - Phil Earle
Small Change for Stuart - Lissa Evans
Everybody Jam - Ali Lewis
Sky Hawk - Gill Lewis
A Beautiful Lie - Irfan Master
My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece - Annabel Pitcher
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Being Billy Synopsis
Shortlisted for the Branford Boase Award 2012.
A Lovereading4kids 'Great Read' you may have missed 2011 selection.
"Faces flashed before my eyes. And for every face there was a time that they had let me down. Each punch that landed was revenge, my chance to tell them I hadn't forgotten what they did." Eight years in a care home makes Billy Finn a professional lifer. And Billy's angry - with the system, the social workers, and the mother that gave him away.
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9780141331355 |
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6th January 2011 |
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Phil Earle |
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Puffin Books an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd |
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Paperback |
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272 pages |
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Press Reviews
Phil Earle Press Reviews
Praise for Being Billy from some favourite authors:
'a wonderful book' - Morris Glietzman
'Phil Earle writes starkly but sensitively in this brilliant page-turning novel. It moved me to tears.' - Jacqueline Wilson
'Moving and powerful. I loved it' - Sophie Mckenzie
'a total page-turner...spiky, brave and compassionate' - Jenny Downham
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About Phil Earle
Phil Earle was born and raised in Hull and kick-started his love of books with a job as a children's bookseller. Phil now works in children’s publishing and is the award-winning author of several books for young readers including Get Me Out of Here, a recent collaboration with Andy McNab, and the young adult novels Being Billy, and Mind the Gap. Phil's When the Sky Falls was Waterstones Children's Book of the Month for June 2021.
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