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“Some characters become your friends for life. That’s how it was for me with Betsy-Tacy.” —Judy Blume
The First Four Books in the Betsy-Tacy Series in One Volume
With Forewords by Judy Blume, Ann M. Martin and Johanna Hurwitz
The first four books in the beloved Betsy-Tacy series, together in…
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I recall how grown-up I felt going to the local library by myself and making Betsy’s acquaintance. Judy Blume, Nora Ephron, and Anna Quindlen are fellow fans of the series—such a soothing relief from today’s headlines!
Although the first book was published in 1940, it begins in Minnesota in 1897 on the eve of Betsy's fifth birthday, and the last book, Betsy's Wedding, ends in 1917 as the United States prepares to enter the First World War. We follow spunky Betsy’s rites of passage and see her fulfill her ambition to make her living as a writer.
She is…
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