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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 · 25395 Ratings · 1550 Reviews · published 1940 · 44 editions
Best Friends Forever

There are lots of children on …

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    Book 2

    Betsy-Tacy and Tib
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    4.18     · 11679 Ratings · 450 Reviews · published 1941 · 17 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     · 9012 Ratings · 337 Reviews · published 1942 · 19 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     · 7502 Ratings · 294 Reviews · published 1943 · 30 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     · 6251 Ratings · 341 Reviews · published 1945 · 12 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     · 5274 Ratings · 218 Reviews · published 1946 · 12 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     · 5550 Ratings · 219 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     · 5331 Ratings · 213 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     · 5436 Ratings · 253 Reviews · published 1952 · 10 editions
    Betsy's childhood dream is finally coming true: sh…

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    Book 10

    Betsy's Wedding
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    4.34     · 4847 Ratings · 248 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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    4.55     · 1311 Ratings · 181 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     · 1446 Ratings · 146 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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    4.59     · 1362 Ratings · 122 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     · 1157 Ratings · 122 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