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Betsy-Tacy Series

10 primary works • 14 total works
The stories are from the author's own childhood. The character Betsy is based on Lovelace herself; Tacy is based on her childhood best friend. The stories cover the time period from the late 1890s to until WWI. The spin off series Deep Valley concerns Betsy's friends in a fictionalized version of Mankato, MN.

Book 1

Betsy-Tacy
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4.09 · 25595 Ratings · 1586 Reviews · published 1940 · 46 editions
Best Friends Forever

There are lots of children on …

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    Book 2

    Betsy-Tacy and Tib
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    4.19     · 11760 Ratings · 454 Reviews · published 1941 · 19 editions

    Three of a Kind

    Betsy and Tacy are best friends…

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    Book 3

    Betsy and Tacy Go Over the Big Hill
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    4.20     · 9075 Ratings · 341 Reviews · published 1942 · 20 editions
    Betsy, Tacy, and Tib can't wait to be ten. After a…

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    Book 4

    Betsy and Tacy Go Downtown
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    4.24     · 7563 Ratings · 302 Reviews · published 1943 · 31 editions
    Betsy, Tacy, and Tib are twelve—old enough to do l…

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    Book 5

    Heaven to Betsy
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    4.31     · 6300 Ratings · 343 Reviews · published 1945 · 13 editions
    High School is Heaven! It's Betsy Ray's freshman y…

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    Book 6

    Betsy in Spite of Herself
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    4.28     · 5325 Ratings · 223 Reviews · published 1946 · 13 editions
    Betsy Ray is now a sophomore, and she and her Crow…

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    Book 7

    Betsy Was a Junior
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    4.21     · 5583 Ratings · 220 Reviews · published 1947 · 11 editions
    A small town shortly after the turn of the century…

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    Book 8

    Betsy and Joe
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    4.35     · 5371 Ratings · 215 Reviews · published 1948 · 8 editions
    Made for Each Other?
    Betsy Ray has always thought …

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    Book 9

    Betsy and the Great World
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    4.17     · 5472 Ratings · 253 Reviews · published 1952 · 9 editions
    Betsy's childhood dream is finally coming true: sh…

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    Book 10

    Betsy's Wedding
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    4.35     · 4881 Ratings · 252 Reviews · published 1955 · 10 editions
    Betsy returns from Europe to marry her true love J…

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    Book 1-4

    The Betsy-Tacy Treasury
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    4.54     · 1335 Ratings · 186 Reviews · published 1995 · 6 editions
    The first four books in the Betsy-Tacy series: Bet…

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    Book 5-6

    Heaven to Betsy / Betsy in Spite of Herself
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    4.51     · 1468 Ratings · 150 Reviews · published 1946 · 6 editions
    Heaven to Betsy: Betsy Ray is loving every minute …

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    Book 7-8

    Betsy Was a Junior / Betsy and Joe
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    4.58     · 1379 Ratings · 124 Reviews · published 1948 · 3 editions
    "Some characters become your friends for life. Tha…

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    Book 9-10

    Betsy and the Great World / Betsy's Wedding
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    4.53     · 1180 Ratings · 126 Reviews · published 1955 · 5 editions
    Betsy and the Great World: Betsy Ray is twenty-one…

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    Deep Valley
    3 primary works • 4 total works