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PublisherHarperCollins

ISBN-100061794724

ISBN-139780061794728

eBay Product ID (ePID)71237268

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Book TitleBetsy Was a Junior/Betsy and Joe

Number of Pages640 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2009

TopicHistorical / United States / 20th Century, Social Themes / Assimilation, Social Themes / Friendship, Romance / General

GenreYoung Adult Fiction, Fiction

AuthorMaud Hart Lovelace

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height1 in

Item Weight16 Oz

Item Length8 in

Item Width5.3 in

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ReviewsI am fairly certain that my independent, high-spirited grandmother must have had a childhood similar to Betsy Ray's...As I read..., I felt that I was having an unexpected and welcome peek into Granny's childhood-a gift to me from Maud Hart Lovelace., I read every one of these Betsy-Tacy-Tib books twice. I loved them as a child, as a young adult, and now, reading them with my daughter, as a mother. What a wonderful world it was!, There are three authors whose body of work I have re-read more than once over my adult life: Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, and Maud Hart Lovelace., Family loyalty and the devotion of friends to one another, which for me are the defining characteristics of the Betsy-Tacy stories., "Slipping into Betsy's world is like slipping into a favorite pair of well-worn slippers: It's always a pleasure to live in Betsy's world for a little while, to experience her simple joys, but also her (thankfully short-lived) sorrows." -- Meg Cabot "There are three authors whose body of work I have re-read more than once over my adult life: Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, and Maud Hart Lovelace." -- Anna Quindlen "I re-read these books every year, marveling at how a world so quaint - Shirtwaists! Pompadours! Merry Widow Hats! - can feature a heroine who is undeniably modern." -- Laura Lippman "I read every one of these Betsy-Tacy-Tib books twice. I loved them as a child, as a young adult, and now, reading them with my daughter, as a mother. What a wonderful world it was!" -- Bette Midler, actor and singer "Some characters become your friends for life. That's how it was for me with Betsy-Tacy." -- Judy Blume, bestselling author "The Betsy-Tacy books were among my favorites when I was growing up." -- Nora Ephron, Academy Award-nominated director "I am fairly certain that my independent, high-spirited grandmother must have had a childhood similar to Betsy Ray's...As I read..., I felt that I was having an unexpected and welcome peek into Granny's childhood-a gift to me from Maud Hart Lovelace." -- Ann M. Martin, creator/author of The Baby-sitters Club "Family loyalty and the devotion of friends to one another, which for me are the defining characteristics of the Betsy-Tacy stories." -- Esther Hautzig, award-winning author, former Director of Children's Book Promotion for Thomas Y. Crowell Co., and former publicist for Betsy's Wedding in 1955 "I truly consider BETSY AND TACY GO DOWNTOWN to be the finest novel in the English language! I will never love any other books as much as I love the Betsy-Tacy books." -- Claudia Mills, children's book author, winner of National Book Award and Golden Kite Award "I grew up 30 miles north of Mankato, and trips to town were filled with mystery and magic, because I was walking the same streets that Betsy and Tacy once walked. The Betsy-Tacy books...., more than any other books, fed my dream of becoming a writer one day." -- Jill Kalz, 2008 MN Book Awards Readers' Choice Award winner "When I was growing up in the Bronx, I had lots of friends. But the girls I most enjoyed spending time with were Betsy, Tacy and Tib....in the series by Maud Hart Lovelace... - three girls full of good ideas, adventures and fun." -- Johanna Hurwitz, award-winning author of more than sixty popular books for young readers, Slipping into Betsy's world is like slipping into a favorite pair of well-worn slippers: It's always a pleasure to live in Betsy's world for a little while, to experience her simple joys, but also her (thankfully short-lived) sorrows., I am fairly certain that my independent, high-spirited grandmother must have had a childhood similar to Betsy Ray's.As I read..., I felt that I was having an unexpected and welcome peek into Granny's childhood-a gift to me from Maud Hart Lovelace., I am fairly certain that my independent, high-spirited grandmother must have had a childhood similar to Betsy Ray'sâ€¦As I read..., I felt that I was having an unexpected and welcome peek into Granny's childhood-a gift to me from Maud Hart Lovelace., I re-read these books every year, marveling at how a world so quaint - Shirtwaists! Pompadours! Merry Widow hats! - can feature a heroine who is undeniably modern., When I was growing up in the Bronx, I had lots of friends. But the girls I most enjoyed spending time with were Betsy, Tacy and Tib....in the series by Maud Hart Lovelace... - three girls full of good ideas, adventures and fun., 'At school visits, when kids ask what books I read as a child, I have only one answer:Betsy Tacy--the entire series....Truthfully, I think those were the only books I read as a child. But they were enough to make me know that characters in books had true and honest feelings and that made all the difference.' (Maryann Weidt, children's book author and MN Book Award-winning picture book, Daddy Played Music for the Cows), I truly consider BETSY AND TACY GO DOWNTOWN to be the finest novel in the English language! I will never love any other books as much as I love the Betsy-Tacy books., I grew up 30 miles north of Mankato, and trips to town were filled with mystery and magic, because I was walking the same streets that Betsy and Tacy once walked. The Betsy-Tacy books...., more than any other books, fed my dream of becoming a writer one day., I re-read these books every year, marveling at how a world so quaint - Shirtwaists! Pompadours! Merry Widow Hats! - can feature a heroine who is undeniably modern.

Synopsis"Some characters become your friends for life. That's how it was for me with Betsy-Tacy."--Judy Blume With a Foreword by Meg Cabot Maud Hart Lovelace's beloved Betsy-Tacy series continues with the third and final books set in Betsy and Tacy's high school years, Betsy Was a Junior and Betsy and Joe, featuring the original cover illustration from Betsy Was a Junior along with a foreword by New York Times bestselling author Meg Cabot. "Slipping into a Betsy book is like slipping into a favorite pair of well-worn slippers: It's always a pleasure to live in Betsy's world for a little while, to experience her simple joys, but also her (thankfully short-lived) sorrows." --Meg Cabot "I re-read these books every year, marveling at how a world so quaint - Shirtwaists! Pompadours! Merry Widow hats! - can feature a heroine who is undeniably modern." --Laura Lippman "There are three authors whose body of work I have re-read more than once over my adult life: Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, and Maud Hart Lovelace." --Anna Quindlen, This brand-new edition of Maud Hart Lovelace's beloved works brings together the third and fourth books of Betsy and Tacy's high school years, Betsy Was a Junior and Betsy and Joe, along with a foreword by New York Times bestselling author Meg Cabot., "Some characters become your friends for life. That's how it was for me with Betsy-Tacy."--Judy Blume With a Foreword by Meg Cabot Maud Hart Lovelace's beloved Betsy-Tacy series continues with the third and final books set in Betsy and Tacy's high school years, Betsy Was a Junior and Betsy and Joe, featuring the original cover illustration from Betsy Was a Junior along with a foreword by New York Times bestselling author Meg Cabot. "Slipping into a Betsy book is like slipping into a favorite pair of well-worn slippers: It's always a pleasure to live in Betsy's world for a little while, to experience her simple joys, but also her (thankfully short-lived) sorrows." --Meg Cabot "I re-read these books every year, marveling at how a world so quaint - Shirtwaists Pompadours Merry Widow hats - can feature a heroine who is undeniably modern." --Laura Lippman "There are three authors whose body of work I have re-read more than once over my adult life: Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, and Maud Hart Lovelace." --Anna Quindlen