The Midnight Fox

by Betsy Byars

Published 14 October 1968
One of a series of top-quality fiction for schools. Tom's encounters with a black fox and her cub culminate in his efforts to save them from being destroyed by his uncle.

Betsy Byars aims to confront situations and feelings in her books and find humour in them. This story of Bingo Brown, follows his relationships with his classmates and English teacher and by the end of the story he has the mature feeling he has learned some of the answers to his burning questions. Betsy Byars has also written "The Blossom Saga", "The Not-Just-Anybody family", "The Blossoms Meet the Vulture Lady", "The Blossoms Meet the Green Phantom" and "A Blossom Promise".


A Blossom Promise

by Betsy Byars

Published 26 November 1987

Melissa, the girl Bingo loves, has moved to the end of the world: Bixby, Oklahoma. Cici, a big blonde with a big crush, is moving in on Bingo. Billy "Worm Brain" Wentworth is stuck on Cici - and on getting Bingo to transform him from Rambo to Romeo. Life as a heartbreaker is hard...but leave it to Bingo, the master of the mixed-sex conversation, to translate the language of love.

The Cartoonist

by Betsy Byars

Published 22 June 1978
Alfie spends every free moment in his private attic room, where he can draw his cartoons. When Alfie draws, he can be funny and smart - and make things turn out just the way he wants. So when Alfie's older brother decides to move back home and take over the attic, Alfie comes up with a drastic plan to keep the room for himself. If only he could be sure that staying there would solve all his problems.

The Not-just-anybody Family

by Betsy Byars

Published 24 April 1986
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.

The Cybil War

by Betsy Byars

Published December 1981

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.