Billy and the Rebel: Based on a True Civil War Story

This story is based on the life of Billy Bayly, a real boy who lived in Pennsylvania during the Civil War and had an unlikely friendship with a Southern soldier.Ready-to-Read books offer children a world of possibilities at four different reading Pre-Level 1 Recognizing Words• Word repetition• Familiar words and phrases• Simple sentencesLevel 1 Starting to Read• Simple stories• Increased vocabulary• Longer sentencesLevel 2 Reading Independently• More-complex stories• Varied sentence structure• Paragraphs and short chaptersLevel 3 Reading Proficiently• Rich vocabulary• More-challenging stories• Longer chapters