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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Average rating: 3.60 · 9,375 ratings · 1,056 reviews · 79 distinct works · Similar authors

	The Summer of the Swans 3.51 of 5 stars 3.51 avg rating — 4,188 ratings — published 1970 — 40 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Pinballs 3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 1,111 ratings — published 1977 — 32 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tornado by Betsy Byars, Doron Ben-Ami (Illustrator) 3.79 of 5 stars 3.79 avg rating — 260 ratings — published 1996 — 8 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Midnight Fox 3.49 of 5 stars 3.49 avg rating — 286 ratings — published 1968 — 27 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The SOS File by Betsy Byars, Betsy Duffey, Laurie Myers 3.81 of 5 stars 3.81 avg rating — 187 ratings — published 2004 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Keeper of the Doves 3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 170 ratings — published 2002 — 13 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Cybil War 3.52 of 5 stars 3.52 avg rating — 187 ratings — published 1982 — 16 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wanted... Mud Blossom (Blossom Family, #5) by Betsy Byars, Jacqueline Rogers (Goodreads Author) 3.52 of 5 stars 3.52 avg rating — 172 ratings — published 1991 — 14 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Trouble River 3.22 of 5 stars 3.22 avg rating — 143 ratings — published 1969 — 15 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dark Stairs (Herculeah Jones Mysteries, #1) 3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 153 ratings — published 1994 — 13 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Herculeah Jones Mysteries (7 books)
by Betsy Byars
3.901759530791789 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 682 ratings

Blossom Family (5 books)
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3.6363636363636362 of 5 stars 3.64 avg rating — 451 ratings

Bingo Brown (4 books)
by Betsy Byars
3.713709677419355 of 5 stars 3.71 avg rating — 248 ratings

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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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“I have cried over myself a hundred times this summer, she thought, I have wept over my big feet and my skinny legs and my nose, I have even cried over my stupid shoes, and now when I have true sadness there are no tears left.”
― Betsy Byars, The Summer of the Swans

tags: brothers, grief, loss, sadness, self-pity, tears

3 people liked it

“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

2 people liked it

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Polls

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%

16 total votes

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