{"product_id":"heaven-to-betsybetsy-in-spite-of-herself-isbn-9780061794698","title":"Heaven to Betsy\/Betsy in Spite of Herself","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Some characters become your friends for life. That’s how it was for me with Betsy-Tacy.” —Judy Blume\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWith a Foreword by Laura Lippman\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese two books in Maud Hart Lovelace’s beloved Betsy-Tacy series: \u003cem\u003eHeaven to Betsy \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eBetsy in Spite of Herself\u003c\/em\u003e see Betsy and Tacy start high school in Deep Valley, Minnesota. Featuring a foreword by \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author Laura Lippman and the original cover art from \u003cem\u003eHeaven to Betsy\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“I re-read these books every year, marveling at how a world so quaint - Shirtwaists! Pompadours! Merry Widow hats! - can feature a heroine who is undeniably modern.” \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e Laura Lippman\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“There are three authors whose body of work I have re-read more than once over my adult life: Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, and Maud Hart Lovelace.” — Anna Quindlen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Slipping into a Betsy book is like slipping into a favorite pair of well-worn slippers: It’s always a pleasure to live in Betsy’s world for a little while, to experience her simple joys, but also her (thankfully short-lived) sorrows.” \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e Meg Cabot\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHeaven to Betsy\u003c\/em\u003e: Betsy Ray is loving every minute of freshman year at Deep Valley High—with new and old friends all around her . . . not to mention boys! 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Martin, creator\/author of The Baby-sitter's Club\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Family loyalty and the devotion of friends to one another, which for me are the defining characteristics of the Betsy-Tacy stories.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEsther Hautzig, Award-winning author, former Director of Children’s Book Promotion for Thomas Y. Crowell Co., and former publicist for Betsy’s Wedding in 1955\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“I truly consider BETSY AND TACY GO DOWNTOWN to be the finest novel in the English language!  I will never love any other books as much as I love the Betsy-Tacy books.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eClaudia Mills, children’s book author, winner of National Book Award and Golden Kite Award\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“I grew up 30 miles north of Mankato, and trips to town were filled with mystery and magic, because I was walking the same streets that Betsy and Tacy once walked. The Betsy-Tacy books...., more than any other books, fed my dream of becoming a writer one day.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJill Kalz, 2008 MN Book Awards Readers' Choice Award winner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“When I was growing up in the Bronx, I had lots of friends. But the girls I most enjoyed spending time with were Betsy, Tacy and Tib....in the series by Maud Hart Lovelace... – three girls full of good ideas, adventures and fun.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohanna Hurwitz, award-winning author of more than sixty popular books for young readers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“I read every one of these Betsy-Tacy-Tib books twice. I loved them as a child, as a young adult, and now, reading them with my daughter, as a mother. 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