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Heaven to Betsy
Children's fiction
Heaven to Betsy
Book 5 of the Betsy-Tacy series
268 pages · First published 1945
Betsy Ray enters high school in Deep Valley, Minnesota, eager for new friends, parties, clubs, football games, and the larger social world opening around her. Her childhood friendship with Tacy remains important, but high school brings a wider 'Crowd' and introduces the ambitious, sometimes exasperating Joe Willard. Betsy’s desire to become a writer continues alongside the distractions and discoveries of adolescence. Maud Hart Lovelace begins the high-school portion of the Betsy-Tacy series with an affectionate portrait of turn-of-the-century teenage life, where everyday social triumphs and embarrassments become the substance of growing up.
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Religious questioning and denominational differences; adolescent social pressure; romantic crushes and dating; family/community changes; mild kissing-level romance.
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