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Aug 7, 1928 — Feb 26, 2020· 91 yrs

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Betsy Cromer Byars

Also known as: Betsy's Byars, BETSY BYARS

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Betsy Cromer Byars (born August 7, 1928) is an American author of children's books. Her novel Summer of the Swans won the 1971 Newbery Medal. She has also received a National Book Award for Young People's Literature for The Night Swimmers (1980) and an Edgar Award for Wanted ... Mud Blossom (1991). Byars has been called "one of the ten best writers for children in the world" by Nancy Chambers, editor of the British literary journal Signal, and in 1987 Byars received the Regina Medal for lifetime achievement from the Catholic Library Association. Due to the popularity of her books with children, she has also been listed as one of the Educational Paperback Association's top 100 authors.

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"Twister!" Pete yelled.

— from Tornado (Trophy Chapter Book), 2004

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Tornado (Trophy Chapter Book)

2004

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As they wait out a tornado in their storm cellar, a family listens to their farmhand tell stories about the dog that was blown into his life by another tornado when he was a boy.

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The Black Tower

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WELCOME TO THE DUNGEON It is a fortress where fantastic twists of time and space hold travelers from a dozen worlds captive. It is a prison in which cyborgs, swordsmen, eight-legged aliens, and beautiful women struggle side by side against their unknown captors. It is a trap within whose confines the known laws of nature and of science are suspended and the impossible is commonplace. It is an island in a dark and distant galaxy, a territory from which there is no return until an adventurer from Earth arrives, seeking his brother. From the heart of darkness to the edge of the unknown, this is the quest of Clive Folliot, explorer and hero! The return of a classic 'shared world' fantasy series created by Philip José Farmer, award-winning author of the RIVERWORLD saga. Plunging into a vast prison that spans a planet, Clive Foliott faces a fantastic world of dwarves, cyborgs and aliens unlike anything he has ever imagined. It is a multi-levelled collection of beings from the hidden folds of time and space. Trapped somewhere inside is Neville Foliott, Clive's twin brother and no creature in the Dungeon will stop Clive from finding him!

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Bingo Brown and the language of love

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As twelve-year-old Bingo Brown strives for the triumphs of today and steels himself against the tribulations of tomorrow, he discovers that he will have to undergo a few more trials and triumphs before growing up.

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