The True Tale of the Monster Billy Dean

by David Almond

Book Overview

From master storyteller David Almond comes a gripping, exquisitely written novel about a hidden-away child who emerges into a broken world.

Billy Dean is a secret child. He has a beautiful young mother and a father who arrives at night carrying the scents of candles and incense and cigarettes. Birds fly to his window. Mice run out from his walls. His world is a carpet, a bed, pictures of the holy island, and a single locked door. His...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0763676624
• ISBN13: 9780763676629
• Release Date: February 2015
• Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 14 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 9 and higher