Billy and the Rebel

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 levels: Pre-Level 1 Recognizing Words - Word repetition

- Familiar words and phrases

- Simple sentences Level 1 Starting to Read - Simple stories

- Increased vocabulary

- Longer sentences Level 2 Reading Independently - More-complex stories

- Varied sentence structure

- Paragraphs and short chapters Level 3 Reading Proficiently - Rich vocabulary

- More-challenging stories

- Longer chapters