Billy Bones

A Tale from the Secrets Closet

By Lincoln, Christopher & Ofer, Avi

Publishers Summary:
Deep within High Manners Manor, Billy and his skeleton parents live in the Secrets Closet, where they're in charge of filing all the secrets and lies of the unscrupulous Biglum family. Then Billy meets Millicent, Sir Biglum's niece who has been recently orphaned. Together, Billy and Millicent encounter ghosts and other uncanny creatures as they explore each other's worlds and uncover the biggest secret of all: Billy was once a Biglum. Chris Lincoln has created a richly imaginative, highly original world. In this spooky adventure in the tradition of filmmaker Tim Burton, friendships bloom, betrayals linger, schemes entangle - and heroism appears in the most unexpected places.

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ISBN
978-0-31601-473-1
Publisher
Little, Brown Young Readers


REVIEWS

School Library Journal

Reviewed on October 1, 2008

Gr 4-6 Full of creatively descriptive language, this delightful story moves along rapidly, bordering on but never crossing into campy. Billy Bones lives with his parents, the proverbial skeletons in the closet, who have the job of guarding the secrets and lies of the residents of High Manners Manor, including the current household head, the nefarious Sir Barkley Braggety Biglum VI. His recently orphaned niece, Millicent, now lives at the mansion, where she is relegate...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Horn Book Guide

Reviewed on January 1, 2008

Billy lives in a closet full of secrets, and it's not a bad life. Everything changes when Millicent comes to High Mann...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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