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.
Summer of the Swans, the (Puffin Modern Classics)
The TV Kid
Trouble River
The Midnight Fox

Books

Summer of the Swans, the (Puffin Modern Classics)
The TV Kid
Trouble River
The Midnight Fox

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