The Crossing
What is the relationship between Billy and Boyd and what mention is made of any other family members at the beginning of the novel?
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Billy Parham and his family move to Hidalgo County, New Mexico, when Billy's younger brother Boyd was "little more than a baby." Billy notes that the family leaves behind the bones of his sister and grandmother. In the year that Billy encounters the wolf, Boyd turns fourteen and Billy is sixteen.