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.
Trouble River
The Midnight Fox
Wanted: Mud Blossom
The Blossoms and the Green Phantom
A Blossom Promise
The Blossoms Meet the Vulture Lady
The Not-Just-Anybody Family
The Black Tower
King of Murder
Disappearing Acts
Death's Door
Dead Letter
Tarot Says Beware
The Dark Stairs
Summer of the Swans, the (Puffin Modern Classics)
Keeper of the Doves
My Brother, Ant
The TV Kid
The Cybil War

Books

Trouble River
The Midnight Fox
Wanted: Mud Blossom
The Blossoms and the Green Phantom
A Blossom Promise
The Blossoms Meet the Vulture Lady
The Not-Just-Anybody Family
The Black Tower
King of Murder
Disappearing Acts
Death's Door
Dead Letter
Tarot Says Beware
The Dark Stairs
Summer of the Swans, the (Puffin Modern Classics)
Keeper of the Doves
My Brother, Ant
The TV Kid
The Cybil War

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