The summer of the swans
A teen-age girl gains new insight into herself and her family when her mentally retarded brother gets lost.
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York,
Viking Press
[1970]
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| Edition: | [1st ed.] |
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| Summary: | A teen-age girl gains new insight into herself and her family when her mentally retarded brother gets lost. |
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| Physical Description: | 142 p. illus. 22 cm. |
| ISBN: | 0670681903 0722659350 : |
| Author Notes: | 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) |
