NewberyHonorBookandNewYorkTimesBestseller!Award-winning,nationallybestsellingauthorKevinHenkesintroducessecond-graderBillyMillerinthisfast-pacedandfunnystoryaboutfriendship,siblingrivalry,andelementaryschool.TheYearofBillyMillerincludesblack-and-whiteartbyKevinHenkesandisperfectforfansoftheRamonabooks;Frindle,byAndrewClements;andtheClementineseries.TheNewYorkTimesdeclared:“Henkes’sdelightfulstoryisrestrainedandvivid...forgoingtheoverdramaticorzany,itshowsthesubstance,warmthandadaptabilityofbeautifullycommonfamilylove.“WhenBillyMillerhasamishapatthestatueoftheJollyGreenGiantattheendofsummervacation,heendsupwithabiglumponhishead.Whatawaytostartsecondgrade!Astheyeargoesby,though,Billyfiguresouthowtonavigateelementaryschool,howtoappreciatehislittlesister,andhowtobeamoregrownupandresponsiblememberofthefamilyandahelptohisbusyworkingmomandstay-at-homedad.NewberyHonorauthorandCaldecottMedalistKevinHenkesdeliversashort,satisfying,laugh-out-loud-funnyschoolandfamilystorythatfeaturesadioramahomeworkassignment,aschoolpoetryslam,cancelledsleepovers,andepicsiblingtempertantrums.Thisisaperfectshortnovelfortheearlyelementarygrades.Plusdon’tmissthefollow-up,BillyMillerMakesaWish!
BILLY AWARD satisfying MILLER YEAR
