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A Year of Billy Miller

A year of Billy Miller a 2014 children's book written by Kevin Henkes. It is a Newbery Honor book, 2014.

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Author : Kevin Henkes

Country: United States

Language: English

Genre: Children Fiction Book

Publisher: Greenwillow Books

Publication date: September 13, 2013

Media Type: Print

Pages: 240 pages

ISBN: 978-0062268129

Introduction:

“A Year of Billy Miller” was written by Kevin Henkes. Kevin Henkes was born 1960, in Wisconsin. He went to and graduated from University of Wisconsin at Madison. In 1981, Henkes published his first book “All Alone” Henkes is an American children's and young adult writer and a childrens book illustrator. Heneks book “A Year of Billy Miller” won the Newbery Honor award in 2014.

Plot:

This story is about a 7 year-old Billy Miller who right before summer vacation ends, has a slight accident resulting in him hitting his head and starting his new year in 2nd grade with a lump on his head. After his slight accident where he remained in good condition. Of course there were no bad thoughts in his mind about the incident until he he overheard his mom speaking about her concern for Billy. She expressed her worries if he would become forgetful later in life because of the fall Billy suffered from. Billy begins to worry that he will have an issue in 2nd grade because of his falls and believes his moms concerns will become reality. Billy begins to think he is not smart enough for 2nd grade, thinking he needs to do more than is expected to succeed. As the school year goes by, billy learns to navigate 2nd grade at his best ability. Billy is inspired by a classmate he would never think could ever do that. Billy also starts to appreciate his family for who and what they are. Billy recognizes and appreciates the hard working mother and father he has and a sister he learns to treat with much more respect. billy is surrounded by people who care very much about him, and though there are easy and there are hard times, everyone will always be there for him.

Characters- Critical Response-
 * Billy Miller - A typical 7 year old boy with unrealistic worries
 * Mama (Mom) - Working mother, High school teacher who would do anything for her son Billy.
 * Papa (Dad) - Stay at home father. Fun and supportive.
 * Sally Miller (Sal) - Billy’s 3 year old sister.
 * Ms. Silver- Billy’s second grade teacher, understanding and willing to help.
 * Emma Sparks - Billy’s classmate, Rude, puts people down (including Billy).
 * Gabby - Sal and Billy’s babysitter.
 * Ned Henderson - Billy’s best friend.

** According to thom barthelmess writing in Horn Book magazine, A Year of Billy miller is nuanced and human, this quiet novel takes aim squarely at the everyday difficulties of a specific segment of growing up and finds its mark with tender precision. **llene Cooper wrote in the Booklist Publications that Since this is so age specific, older readers might pass it by. Tghat would be too bad, because this is a story with a lot of heart and sweet insites into growing up. ** Cheryl Ashton,writes in a school journal that .Billy himself might have been daunted by a book with more than 200 pages, but eager young readers will find this a great first chapter book to share or read solo

Awards:

Newbery Medal Honor Book in 2014

References:

http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/contributor/kevin-henkes http://www.kevinhenkes.com/ http://www.kevinhenkes.com/book/the-year-of-billy-miller/ http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/15/books/review/the-year-of-billy-miller-by-kevin-henkes.html?_r=0 http://www.shmoop.com/the-year-of-billy-miller/mama.html

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