Most Popular Books by Betsy Cromer Byars

A sixth-grade boy deals with the prospect of a new baby brother and a long-distance love relationship.

A boy is puzzled by the comic and confusing questions of youth and worried by disturbing insights into adult conflicts.

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

"The longest day in the life of a 14-year-old girl--the summer day her loved, mentally retarded brother is lost, the day she discovers compassion is a friend. A compelling story".--Publishers Weekly. Newbery Award Book. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

"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."

A panel of three judges has to decide which dog out of eight finalists deserves to win the title of My Hero.

Herculeah Jones and her best friend Meat set out to crack the case of the mysterious note which she finds in the lining of a second-hand coat.

The intrepid Herculeah Jones helps her mother, a private investigator, solve a puzzling and frightening case.

Pete''s dog, Tornado, was no ordinary dog. He came in a Tornado, but when his real owners see him, will Pete lose Tornado?

De gebeurtenissen op een vliegveld, waar door het slechte weer enorme vertragingen zijn ontstaan.

A teen-age girl gains new insight into herself and her family when her mentally retarded brother gets lost.

With a young brother in the hospital, a grandfather in jail, and their mother traveling with a rodeo, Maggie and Vern try to settle family problems.

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.

In the late 1800s in Kentucky, Amie McBee and her four sisters both fear and torment the reclusive and seemingly sinister Mr. Tominski, but their father continues to provide for his needs.

At the first annual meeting of WOOF--Words of Our Friends--assorted dogs preserve their heritage by sharing tales of canines throughout history, including Abu, who ruled all of Egypt except for one pesky cat, and Zippy, who simply must find the squeaky toy.