Betsy Byars

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Betsy Byars has written over sixty books for young people. Her first published in 1962 and since then she has published regularly. Her books have been translated into nineteen languages and she gets thousands of letters from readers in the United States and from all over the world.

She has won many awards. Among them are the Newbery Medal in 1971 for her novel The Summer of the Swans, the American Book Award in 1981 for The Night Swimmers, The Edgar (for the best mystery for young people) in 1992 for Wanted..Mud Blossom and the Regina Medal by the Catholic Library Association for the body of her work. She especially values her many state awards which were voted on by the readers of the state.

Betsy attended public schools in North Carolina a...more

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Books by Betsy Byars

Average rating: 3.57 · 6,721 ratings · 868 reviews · 78 distinct works

	The Summer of the Swans 3.47 avg rating — 2,746 ratings — published 1970 — 38 editions	My rating:
	The Pinballs 3.71 avg rating — 794 ratings — published 1977 — 30 editions	My rating:
	Tornado by Betsy Byars, Doron Ben-Ami (Illustrator) 3.77 avg rating — 185 ratings — 7 editions	My rating:
	The SOS File by Betsy Byars, Betsy Duffey, Laurie Myers 3.78 avg rating — 163 ratings — published 2004	My rating:
	The Midnight Fox 3.46 avg rating — 191 ratings — published 1968 — 25 editions	My rating:
	Keeper of the Doves 3.68 avg rating — 144 ratings — published 2002 — 13 editions	My rating:
	The Cybil War 3.52 avg rating — 152 ratings — published 1982 — 16 editions	My rating:
	Wanted...Mud Blossom by Betsy Byars, Jacqueline Rogers 3.53 avg rating — 143 ratings — published 1991 — 11 editions	My rating:
	The Dark Stairs 3.78 avg rating — 103 ratings — published 1994 — 8 editions	My rating:
	Dead Letter 3.84 avg rating — 102 ratings — published 1996 — 11 editions	My rating:

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“It was as if her life was a huge kaleidoscope, and the kaleidoscope had been turned and now everything was changed. The same stones shaken, no longer made the same design.”
― Betsy Byars, The Summer Of The Swans

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“The people you don't know turn out to be exactly like the people you do know, same faults, same everything.”
― Betsy Byars, The Computer Nut

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“That was the trouble with life—it never quite fulfilled its promises.”
― Betsy Byars, The Computer Nut

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What Newbery Medal Winner would you like to read in April?

The Wheel on the School by Meindert DeJong

7 votes 43.8%

Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary

6 votes 37.5%

Summer of the Swans by Betsy Byars

2 votes 12.5%

The Story of Mankind by Hendrik Willem Van Loon

1 vote 6.3%

Tales From Silver Lands by Charles J. Finger

0 votes 0.0%

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