Betsy Byars (1928–2020)
Autor(a) de The Summer of the Swans
About the Author
Betsy Cromer Byars was born in1928. She graduated from Queens College in Charlotte, North Carolina. While she was in graduate school, she began writing articles for The Saturday Evening Post and Look. Byars writes novels for young people. She is an expert at tapping in to the pain of adolescence, mostrar mais using bits of her own experience to flavor her characters. She is author of more than 60 books and has won numerous awards. Her book about a 14-year-old girl and her mentally retarded brother, The Summer of the Swans (1970), won the Newberry Award as the most distinguished contribution to children's literature that year. Other books include The 18th Emergency (1973), The TV Kid (1976), and After the Goat Man (1995). Betsy Byars died on February 26,2020 at the age of 91. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
Séries
Obras por Betsy Byars
8 Titles By Betsy Byars : The 18th Emergency The TV Kid Keeper of the Doves The Night Swimmers The Dark Stairs The… 2 exemplares
Golly Sisters Set (The Golly Sisters Go West & Hooray for the Golly Sisters) (An I Can Read Book) 2 exemplares
Winged Colt of Casa Mia, The 1 exemplar
Spaghetti and Meatballs for All! 1 exemplar
Associated Works
A Newbery Zoo: A dozen animal stories by Newbery Award-winning authors (1995) — Contribuidor — 30 exemplares
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome legal
- Byars, Betsy Cromer
- Data de nascimento
- 1928-11-07
- Data de falecimento
- 2020-02-26
- Sexo
- female
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
- Local de falecimento
- Seneca, South Carolina, USA
- Locais de residência
- Seneca, South Carolina, USA
Morgantown, West Virginia, USA - Educação
- Furman University
Queens College (BA|English, 1950) - Relações
- Myers, Laurie (daughter)
Duffey, Betsy (daughter) - Prémios e menções honrosas
- Regina Medel (lifetime achievement ∙ 1987)
Newbery Medal 1971
Fatal error: Call to undefined function isLitsy() in /var/www/html/inc_magicDB.php on line 425- Married Ed Byars June 24, 1950, had three daughters and a son.
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Discussions
YA girl watches over developmentally challenged brother em Name that Book (Novembro 2011)
Críticas
The Pinballs (Apple Paperbacks) por Betsy Byars
6.5/10, a rather monotonous book that doesn't capture my attention, maybe it's the writing style.
Fun read about a dysfunctional family with plenty of plot for an adult to enjoy. I finished it in one sitting by staying up late...for me, that's a compliment.
The Golly Sisters are heading west. They've got new dresses and the best show on either side of the Mississippi. But can they keep their act together long enough to get this show on the road? Find out in this hilarious tale of the old west!
I read this as a kid, and was entranced. I wanted to make my own raft and go traveling on it, although I didn't live near a river. I lived in the suburbs. As an adult, I'm rereading books I liked so much as a kid, and I'm realizing: I liked a lot of "traveling in the wilderness" "stuck in the wilderness but there's a happy ending" stories then. As an adult, I dislike them. I have changed a lot as a person. Stories like these now give me anxiety. This one did, while simultaneously just being...really boring. I have zero clue of whether it's historically accurate. The rocking chair is made of magical wood, since it barely ever tips over, the grandma stays in it the whole time, and there's no real difficulty with it. It even survives rapids. The dog doesn't act like dogs I've known. Why is there never any mention of feeding him? I'm glad I at least know now that as an adult, I dislike this book.… (mais)
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 78
- Also by
- 4
- Membros
- 20,406
- Popularidade
- #1,063
- Avaliação
- 3.6
- Críticas
- 245
- ISBN
- 991
- Línguas
- 10
- Marcado como favorito
- 4
