Betsy Byars wrote children’s fiction about families, loneliness, fear and the small crises that can change how a child sees other people. *The Summer of the Swans* follows Sara as her younger brother Charlie, who has an intellectual disability, goes missing, forcing her to reconsider both him and herself. *The Pinballs* brings three foster children into the same household and lets their uneasy relationships develop without turning them into simple lessons, while the Blossom Family books use humour and disorder around a large, unconventional family. Byars’s prose is direct and accessible, often giving serious subjects to ordinary, sometimes comic situations. Her work fits classic American children’s fiction, family stories and realistic middle grade for readers of Beverly Cleary or Katherine Paterson. Read more Less
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