Download or read book Cracker Jackson written by Betsy Byars and published by Perfection Learning. This book was released on 1986-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Betsy Byars brings one of today's most complex issues (spousal abuse) into compassionate focus, while sending readers on a breakneck roller coaster ride. An ALA Notable Book of the Year. Young Adult.
Download or read book Cracker Jackson written by Betsy Byars and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Cracker Jackson written by Betsy Byars and published by Puffin Books. This book was released on 1986 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A backlist gem from a Newbery-winning author! Cracker Jackson has a problem. A big, serious, adult problem. When he receives an anonymous note in the mail, he finds out that his old babysitter, Alma, is in danger. Cracker's the only one who can help her. But what can an eleven-year-old do in a situation that most adults couldn't cope with? Cracker will do anything to protect his beloved Alma. But the situation is already moving beyond his control... An ALA Notable Book Winner of the Parents' Choice Award An IRA-CBC Children's Choice
Download or read book Cracker Jackson written by Betsy Cromer Byars and published by Turtleback. This book was released on 1986-01 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After attempting to save his ex-babysitter from wife abuse, Cracker Jackson gains an adult insight into the sadness of failed heroics.
Download or read book Cracker Jackson by Betsy Byars written by Anne Troy and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Novel units provide teachers with new ways to teach reading, thinking, writing, and the love of literature.
Download or read book The Burning Questions of Bingo Brown written by Betsy Byars and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2013-02-12 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DIVQuestion one: How is it possible to fall in love with three girls in one day in a single English class?/divDIV Bingo Brown is an average sixth grader with an unusually serious approach to the business of being twelve. He’s got some “burning questions”—why does he get such wild crushes on girls? How can he avoid the school bully? Why is his favorite teacher acting so strangely?—and he’s determined to figure them out./divDIV /divDIVThis first entry in Byars’s acclaimed Bingo Brown series smartly captures all the highs and lows of adolescence./divDIV /divDIVThis ebook features an illustrated biography of Betsy Byars including rare images from the author’s personal collection./div
Download or read book Rama the Gypsy Cat written by Betsy Byars and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2013-03-26 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DIVRama the cat has no home. He is the Gypsy Cat, and a life full of travel and adventure awaits him./divDIV When a gypsy woman found Rama as a kitten, she pierced his ear with a golden earring and named him after an exiled prince who wandered for years, having many adventures. Rama the cat lives up to his namesake when he strays from the wagon that was his home, and begins his own thrilling journey, discovering dangers on the wharf, in the forest, and by the river, encountering new foes and friends. Will Rama ever return to his old life . . . and does he even want to?/divDIV /divDIVThis ebook features an illustrated biography of Betsy Byars including rare images from the author’s personal collection./div
Download or read book Tarot Says Beware written by Betsy Cromer Byars and published by Paw Prints. This book was released on 2008-08-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Herculeah Jones and her bumbling pal, Meat, investigate the murder of a palm reader
Download or read book The Cartoonist written by Betsy Byars and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2013-02-12 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DIVAlfie only feels comfortable when he’s drawing comics in the attic—but soon his safe haven will be off limits/divDIV Alfie is perfectly content to spend his time drawing alone in the attic. Nobody bothers him, and he has his door sealed tight against interruption. Up under the roof, he illustrates amazing cartoon strips about heroes and space adventures, from “Super Caterpillar” to “Super Bird”—even though his own life is anything but exciting. One day, Alfie’s mom calls him from the attic to tell him his older brother Bubba will be moving home and will take over the attic as his own apartment. Suddenly Alfie’s private world is turned inside out, and he’ll need to find a new “home,” even if that means spending time around his weird, argumentative family./divDIV /divDIVThis ebook features an illustrated biography of Betsy Byars including rare images from the author’s personal collection./div
Download or read book Cat Diaries written by Betsy Byars and published by Henry Holt and Company (BYR). This book was released on 2010-04-27 with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An irresistible collection of short stories for cat lovers. At the annual gathering of the MEOW society, cats of all kinds convene to share their stories and those of their ancestors. Chico, the smallest cat in the world, recounts stopping a crime. The Pirate Cat tells of the fateful day when he discovered a treasure while hunting for mice. And Georgio shares his delectable—and sometimes surprising—recipes. Cat Diaries is a winning companion to Dog Diaries, also by Betsy Byars and her daughters Betsy Duffy and Laurie Myers. With gorgeous black-and-white illustrations by Erik Brooks, animal lovers and reluctant readers will be wooed by the charm, strength, and wit of these feline friends.
Download or read book The Midnight Fox written by Betsy Byars and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1981-07-30 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tom hates having to spend the summer on a farm . . . until he discovers the midnight fox. No one asked Tom how he felt about spending two months on his Aunt Millie’s farm. For a city boy, the farm holds countless terrors—stampeding baby lambs, boy-chasing chickens, and worst of all, loneliness. But everything changes when Tom sees the midnight fox. He can spend hours watching the graceful black fox in the woods. And when her life—and that of her cub—is in danger, Tom knows exactly what he must do. “An exceptional book.”—Booklist A Library of Congress Children’s Book of the Year
Download or read book The Real Thief written by William Steig and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR). This book was released on 2013-07-30 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gawain is a loyal and true goose serving as chief guard of the royal treasury. He'd been happy enough with his life at home tending his garden and making sketches of architectural masterpieces. Now he's being charged with stealing from the treasury. Gawain is certain of his innocence, but he can't prove it. Will the real thief come forward to save Gawain, or will he live in exile forever?
Download or read book The Seven Treasure Hunts written by Betsy Byars and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2016-03-08 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A beloved chapter book full of adventure, mischief, and chocolate popsicles, from Newbery Medal-winning author Betsy Byars! This chapter book is an excellent choice to share during homeschooling, in particular for children ages 6 to 8 who are ready to read independently. It’s a fun way to keep your child engaged and as a supplement for activity books for children. One Saturday, Jackson and his best pal, Goat, hide treasures for each other to find with maps and clues—and it’s so much fun that the boys decide to do it all over again. Only this time, the hunts will be trickier, and the prizes will be outstanding. But somehow, the best treasure of all disappears from its hiding place. Only one person could be responsible: the ogre, also known as Goat’s older sister, Rachel. Can the two friends find the treasure before the ogre gets the last laugh?
Download or read book Mrs Jeepers Batty Vacation written by Debbie Dadey and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Puzzles accompany the story of Mrs. Jeepers' class traveling to Transylvania to meet her relatives.
Download or read book Coast to Coast written by Betsy Byars and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2013-02-12 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DIVWhen Birch agreed to one last flight in her grandfather’s Piper Cub, neither knew it would be a life-changing trip/divDIV Birch’s grandfather, “Pop,” wants to take his plane out for one more trip before moving into a retirement home. He wants to take Birch along with him, which sounds like a fine plan—until the two decide to turn the short flight into a cross-country adventure without telling Birch’s parents. As grandfather and granddaughter soar westward across strange, beautiful landscapes, Birch begins to learn more about her past, a grandmother she lost, and a family member she never knew she had./divDIV /divDIVCoast to Coast is a grand adventure; a heartwarming story of family revelations; and a panoramic view of the United States by air./divDIV /divDIVThis ebook features an illustrated biography of Betsy Byars including rare images from the author’s personal collection./div
Download or read book The Dark Stairs written by Betsy Byars and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2006-03-02 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mystery is in Herculeah Jones’s blood. How could it not be, with a father on the police force and a mother who’s a private eye? So when Herculeah notices a man hanging around the "Dead Oaks" mansion, she can’t resist doing some investigating of her own. Legend has it the old estate was the site of a murder, and now it looks like there’s something even more nefarious going on. Can Herculeah crack the case before the mystery man closes in on her?
Download or read book The Honest To Goodness Truth written by Patricia C. McKissack and published by Turtleback Books. This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For use in schools and libraries only. After promising never to lie, Libby learns that it's not always necessary to blurt out the whole truth either.
