Billy has just been chosen to play for Chelsea when World War II breaks out. Master storyteller Michael Morpurgo skillfully combines a powerful tale of triumph and tragedy both on and off the field.
Billy is not young – he is eighty years old today. He enjoys watching the kids in the park play football and in the afternoon he will support his team, Chelsea, as he has done throughout his life. In 1939, Billy was chosen to play for Chelsea. Not even ten years old, his dreams had come true: "Billy! Billy the Kid!" they shouted as he scored goal after goal. Surely life couldn't be better. But 1939 began and World War II started, and Billy's life would never be the same again.
From the world-renowned author of War Horse, War Boy, War Game, and Farm Boy, and the creators of The Boy Who Would Be King and There Once Is a Queen.
Featuring color illustrations throughout the book, by the world-renowned illustrator Michael Foreman.
Pages: 80, Dimensions: 26x26cm
