William H."Billy the Kid" Bonney Jr.loves to take risks.But Billy's luck runs out when, during a train heist, a passenger recognizes the nineteen-year-old outlaw.Fed up with his bad ways, Sheriff Willis Monroe, Billy's own cousin, decides to track him down.The Kid's two-timing partners are hunting him, too--and a posse wants Billy (and the sheriff) dead.
This gripping fictional tale imagines William Bonney's fate had his life of crime taken a very different turn.Fans of adventure will be riveted by Theodore Taylor's fresh take on a legendary character.
Includes an author's note about the real Billy the Kid.
