Book Review:Billy the Kid

Billy the Kid

By Amy

This book ‘Billy the Kid’ written by Michael Morpurgo is about a boy named Billy. His dad goes to the World War I. He comes back with a special football for Billy and himself to play with. They usually play with a tennis ball so that when they are good with the tennis ball, it is easier with a football. One day, on the fields, Billy scores his first goal. That is when his father dies. Billy and his family goes to his funeral and Billy could take the football with him to the funeral. Billy grew up faster after his dad died. Then his mother has another baby, the new baby is called Emmy. At school, Billy joins a football team coached by Ossie. Ossie can see that Billy is good at football, so he puts him in the Chelsea team. Soon Billy’s mother marries again to Ossie. When Billy went to his first match, he scored a lot of goals for his team so they call him ‘Billy the Kid’. When the Second world war started, Billy goes and fight. Will he make it alive?

The most important character is Billy. He is a ‘good sport’ because when his team lost a match, he didn’t care. He will make himself try harder for the next match. There is a conflict when the Billy’s family argue whether Joe, Billy’s brother, should go to war.

I recommend this to from young to old. The story is nicely described and sequenced. I also recommend this to people who like sport stories.