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Author of the Month: Betsy Byars
Author profile, Author Profiles, LibraryPoint Blog, Newbery Medal, Virginia Johnson, Award Winners, Kids Blog
07/31/2014 - 7:54pm
Betsy Byars

No teacher ever told Newbery-winning author Betsy Byars she should be a writer when she was growing up. Young Betsy Cromer, nicknamed “Cro,” was a wide-awake kid and into most everything, but not writing. Part of the time her family lived in the country, which was heaven for Betsy as she was surrounded by nature. When she got older, she was interested in nature of a different kind—boys!

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The Return of Zita the Spacegirl by Ben Hatke
Action & Adventure, Comics, Craig Graziano, Graphic Novel, LibraryPoint Blog, Robots, Science Fiction, Superheroes, Shelf Life Blog, Book Buzz Blog, Kids Blog
07/31/2014 - 3:00am
The Return of Zita the Spacegirl by Ben Hatke

The Return of Zita the Spacegirl is Ben Hatke's bittersweet conclusion to his fantastic trilogy of outer space adventure. We find Zita imprisoned on the Dungeon World, sentenced there by a cruel villain with an ulterior motive. Zita has saved thousands of aliens and planets galore, but now Zita will need her friends help in saving her.

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Countdown City by Ben H. Winters
Apocalyptic fiction, Barbara Watkins, LibraryPoint Blog, Police Procedural, Shelf Life Blog, Science Fiction
07/30/2014 - 3:00am
Countdown City by Ben H. Winters

What would you do if you knew that a large asteroid would be hitting the Earth on a specific date just a few months in the future, with no way out, no place to hide? Would you keep working? Would your children go to school? What about food and fuel? What kind of existence would it be while everyone waited for the inevitable end? This is the terrifying dilemma facing the entire world in Ben Winters' novel Countdown City.

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