Maud Hart Lovelace

After Tacy Kelly moves into the house across the street from Betsy Ray, the five-year-olds become inseparable friends.

After Grandmother explains why the trees in Lebanon kneel at Christmas, Afify and Hanna hope to witness a similar miracle in Brooklyn's Prospect Park.

Heaven to Betsy: 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! But most intriguing of all is the one she and her best friend, Tacy, dub "the Tall, Dark Stranger".--Cover. Betsy in spite of herself: Betsy is at the center of every activity as a Deep Valley High sophomore - and suddenly, thanks to her old friend, Tib, she's offered a golden opportunity for glorious...

"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." -Laura Lippman "There are three authors whose body of work I have reread more than once over my adult life: Charles Dickens, Jane Austen and Maud Hart Lovelace." -Anna Quindlen Often considered Maud Hart Lovelace's best novel, Emily of Deep Valley is now back in print. This gorgeous...

The adventures of Betsy and Tacy in their first year of high school.

The second of three stories which further explore the world of Deep Valley, MN, created in the Betsy-Tacy series. This story follows Betsy Ray's friend Carney Sibley as she returns home from Vassar College for summer break in 1911. Events center around the house party Carney throws to introduce her Deep Valley crowd to her Vassar roommate.