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Betsy Byars


Born
in Charlotte, North Carolina, The United States
August 07, 1928

Died
February 26, 2020

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Genre
Children's


Betsy Byars was an American author of children's books. She wrote over sixty books for young people. Her first novel was published in 1962. Her novel Summer of the Swans won the 1971 Newbery Medal. She also received a National Book Award for Young People's Literature for The Night Swimmers and an Edgar Award for Wanted ... Mud Blossom!!

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Average rating: 3.71 · 26,339 ratings · 2,613 reviews · 141 distinct works • Similar authors
The Summer of the Swans
3.60 avg rating — 10,692 ratings — published 1970 — 75 editions
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The Pinballs
3.86 avg rating — 3,222 ratings — published 1977 — 64 editions
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3.95 avg rating — 1,601 ratings — published 1996 — 20 editions
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The Midnight Fox
3.75 avg rating — 1,257 ratings — published 1968 — 62 editions
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The 18th Emergency
3.66 avg rating — 495 ratings — published 1973 — 38 editions
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Keeper of the Doves
3.67 avg rating — 467 ratings — published 2002 — 14 editions
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The Dark Stairs (Herculeah ...
3.79 avg rating — 434 ratings — published 1994 — 26 editions
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Wanted... Mud Blossom (Blos...
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3.64 avg rating — 444 ratings — published 1991 — 3 editions
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Trouble River
3.43 avg rating — 423 ratings — published 1969 — 25 editions
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The Not-Just-Anybody Family...
3.83 avg rating — 379 ratings — published 1986 — 32 editions
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The Dark Stairs Tarot Says Beware Dead Letter Death's Door Disappearing Acts King of Murder The Black Tower
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3.74 avg rating — 1,152 ratings

The Golly Sisters Go West Hooray for the Golly Sisters! The Golly Sisters Ride Again
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3.91 avg rating — 602 ratings

The Burning Questions of Bi... Bingo Brown and the Languag... Bingo Brown, Gypsy Lover Bingo Brown's Guide to Romance
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3.79 avg rating — 501 ratings

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“When I type a title page, I hold it and I look at it and I think, I just need four thousand sentences to go with this and I’ll have a book.”
― Betsy Byars, The Moon and I
tags: inspiration, newbery, writing
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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
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