Billy the Kid is Not Crazy

Name: Billy the Kid is Not Crazy
Brand: Brilliance Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: S. F. Guerra
ISBN: 9781480572676

Author: S. F. Guerra

Narrator: William Dufris

Unabridged: 3 hr 39 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Published: 12/17/2013

Categories: Children's Fiction, Children's Social Themes, Children's Humor

Synopsis

Billy March has been grounded for 63% of the past month. Every time he almost gets his parents’ trust back, his mind wanders off, and he causes another disaster! Like the time he and his best friend Keenan decided to play droid war in a parking lot—and ended up launching a shopping cart into a car…Now Mom and Dad are threatening to send Billy to a psychologist. They may even make him take brain drugs! But deep down, Billy really worries that Dad wishes he had a different son. He’ll never be as perfect as his sisters. Maybe he doesn’t belong in this family at all. But maybe, just maybe, talking to a “shrink” won’t be as terrible as Billy thinks. With generous black-and-white illustrations in every chapter and ton of heart and humor, readers will be cheering for Billy as he struggles to find his place in the world—and discovers his true talent in the process.

About S. F. Guerra

Stephanie Guerra is the author of the young adult novel Torn. Kirkus Reviews called her “a strong new voice,” and Booklist praised the book’s “strong voice and complex characters.” Stephanie teaches children’s literature in the College of Education at Seattle University. She also serves as the Seattle host for the teen fiction blog Readergirlz. Billy the Kid Is Not Crazy is her first novel for middle grade readers. Stephanie lives in Seattle, Washington, with her husband and children. Learn more: www.stephanieguerra.com

Reviews

Goodreads review by Tyson on September 06, 2024

Read with my 8 year old. He enjoyed it. Fairly entertaining and pretty well written.......more

Goodreads review by Lisa on July 17, 2014

Billy is a gifted 10 year old with a rich imagination that lands him in trouble time after time because he has no impulse control. His parents are at the end of their rope trying to deal with the consequences of Billy's adventures. They end up taking him to a child psychiatrist. Billy never does gai......more

Goodreads review by Cicely on August 25, 2013

Billy March is a bright boy with an active imagination. When he gets bored his imagination runs away with him allowing his creative expressions to turn into misguided high jinks often resulting in the destruction of other people’s property. Billy doesn’t have ADHD, so what is it then? Even on his be......more

Goodreads review by Cindi on October 04, 2013

This book is an excellent read for children ages 7 to 12. The story of Billy is one that most any young person can relate to, at least parts of the story will be familiar. What child doesn't daydream when they get bored though most do not act on them the way Billy did. The parent/child relationship......more

Goodreads review by Wally on July 05, 2013

Solid elementary-middle school book about a boy whose imagination gets away from him and gets him into trouble. When his parents send him to a psychiatrist to help him understand how and why he acts out, he freaks, thinking they're all going to get him on "brain drugs" which he naturally confuses wi......more

Quotes

“Readers will cheer for Billy, even as he’s acting up…It’s really hard not to like Billy.” —Kirkus Reviews