Betsy Byars, author portrait

Betsy Byars

Betsy Byars is a Newbery Medal winner and a National Book Award winner. Her first children’s book was published in 1962, after it had been rejected nine times. Since then, her works have appeared on the best books lists of the American Library Association, School Library Journal, and American Bookseller. She is best known for her Blossom Family series and Summer of the Swans.
Wanted: Mud Blossom
The Blossoms and the Green Phantom
A Blossom Promise
The Blossoms Meet the Vulture Lady
The Not-Just-Anybody Family
The Black Tower
King of Murder
Disappearing Acts
Dead Letter
Death's Door
The Dark Stairs
Tarot Says Beware
Summer of the Swans, the (Puffin Modern Classics)
Keeper of the Doves
The TV Kid
My Brother, Ant
The Cybil War
Trouble River
The Computer Nut
The Midnight Fox

Books

Wanted: Mud Blossom
The Blossoms and the Green Phantom
A Blossom Promise
The Blossoms Meet the Vulture Lady
The Not-Just-Anybody Family
The Black Tower
King of Murder
Disappearing Acts
Dead Letter
Death's Door
The Dark Stairs
Tarot Says Beware
Summer of the Swans, the (Puffin Modern Classics)
Keeper of the Doves
The TV Kid
My Brother, Ant
The Cybil War
Trouble River
The Computer Nut
The Midnight Fox

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