The summer of the swans Betsy Byars ; illustrated by Ted CoConis.
Detalles de publicación: New York Viking Press [1970]Edición: [1st ed.]Descripción: 142 p. ill. 19 cmISBN:- 0670681903
- J 813 B9932s
- PZ7.B98396 Su
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A Newbery Medal Winner
All summer Sara Godfrey has fretted over herself, her impossible body, her terrible new haircut. One moment she's elated, the next, she's in tears. And she can't figure out why. Maybe her wildly changing moods are tied to the sudden and unaccountable appearance of the swans, which hold the rapt attention of Charlie, Sara's mentally handicapped brother, who she loves far more than herself these days. In fact, it will be the sudden disappearance of Charlie that will compel Sara to abandon her own small, annoying miseries, and lose herself in searching for him. In her anguish, Sara turns to Joe Melby, whom she has long despised, and together they search through the dense woods and rough fields to find him. Sara knows that she will never be the same again.
"A compelling story."-- Publishers Weekly
A teen-age girl gains new insight into herself and her family when her mentally retarded brother gets lost.
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Sara matures in the summer of her fourteenth year as she develops a sense of responsibility for her retarded younger brother, sorts out relationships with family and friends, and comes to terms with a lingering inner turmoil. A poignant and humorous novel dealing with the emotional concerns of most adolescents.Notas de autor provistas por Syndetics
Betsy Cromer Byars was born in1928. She graduated from Queens College in Charlotte, North Carolina. While she was in graduate school, she began writing articles for The Saturday Evening Post and Look.Byars writes novels for young people. She is an expert at tapping in to the pain of adolescence, using bits of her own experience to flavor her characters. She is author of more than 60 books and has won numerous awards. Her book about a 14-year-old girl and her mentally retarded brother, The Summer of the Swans (1970), won the Newberry Award as the most distinguished contribution to children's literature that year. Other books include The 18th Emergency (1973), The TV Kid (1976), and After the Goat Man (1995).
Betsy Byars died on February 26,2020 at the age of 91. (Bowker Author Biography)