01123cam a2200253 i 4500 650700170 TxAuBib 19990129120000.0 990302s1999||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780679459590 0679459596 (OCoLC)40768888 eng rda TxAuBib rda Kellerman, Jonathan. Billy Straight. New York : Random House, 1999. 467 pages. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier A Dickensian tale of innocence, urban depravity, and one boy's efforts to maintain his own code of ethics in the face of danger, by the author of "Survival of the Fittest". Twelve-year-old Billy has fled the abuse of his life at home and is fighting to survive on L.A.'s meanest streets. After he witnesses a brutal murder, Billy becomes the center of terrifying attention from the media, from violent bounty hunters, and from the murderer himself. 19990129. LAKCL