Paul Thompson takes on a tough person to research — little is known about Billy the Kid (also known as William H. Bonney, Billy Bonney, Kid Antrim, or Henry McCarty) and very few photographs were ever found of him.  Billy first got in trouble with the law at age 15 when he shot and killed a blacksmith following a card game.  Billy spent much of his short life on the run, even escaping from jail. 

While the reading level of this biography is appropriate for middle school and even younger, I wonder how interested students this young would be with all of the detail and names of other outlaws the author brings forth.