New Releases by Betsy Cromer Byars

"The irrepressible Bingo Brown is back, in his most delightful tale yet. It''s Christmastime at the Brown house, and what a holiday it''s shaping up to be. Bingo''s mother is pregnant, and if the prospect of a sibling isn''t enough . . . the hapless hero also has female trouble. . . . Readers will find themselves laughing out loud".--Publishers Weekly. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

Jimmy''s familie staat bekend om zijn vreemde gedrag en waaghalzerij, alleen hijzelf kan daar niet aan meedoen.

Disasters befall the Blossom family as Pap falls into a dumpster and can''t get out Junior tries desperately to make a success of this secret invention, and Vern dreads letting a new friend meet his unusual family.

With their mother dead and their father working nights, Retta tries to be mother to her two younger brothers.

When Junior accidentally gets caught in his own coyote trap deep in the woods, he is rescued by the reclusive woman known as Mad Mary and begins an unforgettable adventure.

Three lonely foster children learn to care about themselves and each other.

Abandoned by a mother who is hiding from the FBI, Warren escapes into horror movie fantasies while he waits for her return.

When he builds his raft, a twelve-year-old boy never dreams that it will serve as the sole means of escape for himself and his grandmother when hostile Indians threaten their prairie cabin.

Lennie is een eenzame jongen die graag naar de televisie kijkt en vaak ervan droomt zelf eens een held in een televisiefilm te zijn. Wanneer hij door een slang wordt gebeten, merkt hij dat de werkelijkheid heel anders is.

A boy discovers that he doesn''t have to feel personally responsible for his uncle''s drowning.

Threatened with the loss of his private place in the attic of his crowded home, a young boy determines to keep it at all costs.

An overweight, sensitive boy gains the insight and strength to overcome his problems through his search for and discovery of a friend''s grandfather, known as the Goat Man.

Jon finds his dream Palomino but despite months of attention and affection the animal refuses to recognize him as master.

Tom dislikes spending the summer on his aunt''s farm until he discovers a black fox in the forest and tracks her to her den.