{"product_id":"betsy-was-a-junior-betsy-and-joe-isbn-9780061794728","title":"Betsy Was a Junior\/Betsy and Joe","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Some characters become your friends for life. That's how it was for me with Betsy-Tacy.\"—Judy Blume\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith a Foreword by Meg Cabot\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaud Hart Lovelace’s beloved Betsy-Tacy series continues with \u003ci\u003eBetsy Was a Junior\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBetsy and Joe\u003c\/i\u003e. Betsy hopes that junior year will be the best school year ever, especially now that her charming, funny and dear friend Tib Muller is back in Deep Valley. But when the Crowd gets into trouble, and she finds herself growing apart from friends like Tony, Betsy’s best year could turn out to be her worst.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSenior year starts out perfectly in \u003ci\u003eBetsy and Joe\u003c\/i\u003e, as the two born writers who’ve been kept apart by various misunderstandings finally start to “go together” with all the fun of their senior year ahead of them. But Betsy’s friend Tony, who needs the safe comfort of the Crowd to keep him out of trouble, has come calling as well—and his intentions are definitely romantic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeaturing a foreword by \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author Meg Cabot, cover art illustrated by Vera Neville from the original 1947 publication of \u003ci\u003eBetsy Was a Junior\u003c\/i\u003e, interior illustrations by Neville, along with archival material and photos of Maud Hart Lovelace, her friends and the town of Mankato, MN, the basis for Deep Valley.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMany of places and homes from the books can still be seen today, including Betsy’s and Tacy’s childhood homes, which are available to tour thanks to the Betsy-Tacy Society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRead all the books in the classic Betsy-Tacy series, which follows aspiring writer Betsy Ray and her friends from the age of five through to Betsy’s post-high school travel in pre-WWI Europe and her wedding, spanning the first decade of the 1900s and beyond. These iconic stories, based in large part on Maud Hart Lovelace’s own childhood, teenage years and young adulthood in Mankato (Deep Valley), MN have been beloved by generations of readers and authors alike:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Betsy-Tacy Books \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBetsy-Tacy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBetsy, Tacy and Tib\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBetsy and Tacy Go Over the Big Hill\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBetsy and Tacy Go Downtown\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlso available in the four-volume omnibus \u003ci\u003eThe Betsy-Tacy Treasury \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHeaven to Betsy\/Betsy in Spite of Herself\u003c\/i\u003e (two-volume omnibus)\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBetsy Was a Junior\/Betsy and Joe\u003c\/i\u003e (two-volume omnibus)\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBetsy and the Great World\/Betsy’s Wedding \u003c\/i\u003e(two-volume omnibus)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Deep Valley Books (books about other characters in Betsy’s Crowd and town):\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCarney’s House Party\/Winona’s Pony Cart\u003c\/i\u003e (two-volume omnibus)\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEmily of Deep Valley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44887912612069,"sku":"NP9780061794728","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780061794728.jpg?v=1730227719","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/betsy-was-a-junior-betsy-and-joe-isbn-9780061794728","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}