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Heaven to Betsy (Betsy-Tacy) [Paperback]

Maud Hart Lovelace (Author), Vera Neville (Illustrator)
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April 2, 1980 8 and upBetsy-Tacy
High School is Heaven

It's Betsy Ray's freshman year at Deep Valley High School, and she and her best childhood chum, Tacy Kelly, are loving every minute. Betsy and Tacy find themselves in the midst of a new crowd of friends, with studies aplenty (including Latin and--ugh--algebra), parties and picnics galore, Sunday night lunches at home--and boys!

There's Cab Edwards, the jolly boy next door; handsome Herbert Humphreys; and the mysteriously unfriendly, but maddeningly attractive, Joe Willard. Betsy likes them all, but no boy in particular catches her fancy until she meets the new boy in town, Tony Markham . . . the one she and Tacy call the Tall Dark Handsome Stranger. He's sophisticated, funny, and dashing--and treats Betsy just like a sister. Can Betsy turn him into a beau?

An entertaining picture of school clubs, fudge parties, sings around the piano, and Sunday-night suppers in Betsy's hospitable home.' 'Chicago Tribune.



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About the Author

Maud Hart Lovelace (1892-1980) was the beloved author of the Betsy-Tacy books as well as many other books for adults and children.

Product Details

  • Reading level: Ages 8 and up
  • Paperback: 268 pages
  • Publisher: HarperTrophy (April 2, 1980)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0064401103
  • ISBN-13: 978-0064401104
  • Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5.2 x 0.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 6.9 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,043,585 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A story that is timeless, April 6, 2001
This review is from: Heaven to Betsy (Betsy-Tacy) (Paperback)
This is a wonderful series of books, which I prefer to return to than the "Little House" series. I was introduced to these rather late (hey, I wasn't alive in the 50s, okay?) I find them charming and timeless. Even though the skirts are ankle-length, the boys don't swear, and Daddy doesn't get any mouthing off from the kids, the people in it seem modern in their feelings. And it takes a darn talented writer to have various girls patting on beauty products and not make them look vain...

We follow teenage Betsy, along with best friend Tacy, through the tangle of young adult life. Accompanying them are Betsy's sister the budding singer Julia, her warm and kind parents, and a new character: the Ray family cook. Amid the flurry of friendships and incidents therein, Betsy is courted (courted, not dated. It meant walking her to school) by at least two boys -- Joe and Tony; she is also competing against Tony in an essay competition.

Though many of the events in the book are fairly lighthearted, there are also serious topics. Among them is the growing attraction of the Episcopalian church for Julia and Betsy, who are Baptists. The question of how they can tell their father of their wishes was a very mature and intriguing plot device, and I was genuinely relieved at the conclusion of it.

Despite the various "edgy" books put out now, this is a book that is far more appealing -- sweet and bright, but never sugary or sentimental. The writing style is surprisingly modern and descriptive, without overdoing anything. The speech patterns are GREAT.

This book falls into the same category as "Meet Me In St. Louis," a nice world with nice people. Mr. and Mrs. Ray are wise and kindly -- not just to their kids, but all kids. Betsy is a great character, strong and independent and remarkably free in her thinking, considering these events took place near the turn of the century.

Be sure to read this book! (And all of Lovelace's books...)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The Betsy-Tacy Series, September 22, 2000
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Patrice Brink (Oklahoma City, OK) - See all my reviews
The Betsy-Tacy book series is fantasic, to say the least. When I was little, my mother read them aloud to my brothers and I. That's not to say they're only for children. Anyone will love these timeless classics. They feature Betsy Warrington Ray, a young aspiring writer, who's character is actually based closely upon author Maud Hart Lovelace's Life. In the first book, 'Betsy-Tacy', Betsy has her 5th birthday party and invites her new neighbor, 5-year-old Tacy Kelly. Soon to make their twosome a threesome, Tib Muller moves to the neighborhood from Milwaukee. They become great friends and the books take the girls through high school and beyond. The books in the Betsy-Tacy series are:

Betsy-Tacy, Betsy, Tacy and Tib, Betsy and Tacy Go Over the Big Hill, Betsy and Tacy Go Downtown, Heaven to Betsy, Betsy in Spite of Herself, Betsy was a Junior, Betsy and Joe, Betsy and the Great World, and Betsy's Wedding.

I recommend these books highly; everybody should read them.

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars One of my memorable childhood reads- wonderful!, August 5, 1997
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This review is from: Heaven to Betsy (Betsy-Tacy) (Paperback)
The whole Betsy-Tacy series, especially

the high school and beyond ones, are books I
return to again and again with sentiment.

Though written in 1947 and set in the early
1900's, there is a timelessness to the frank

emotion and lush description of the teenage
adventures of our heroine, Betsy Ray. Betsy

is a good role model for today's young girls,

for though she is understandably interested
in boys and being well liked and known at

school, she is smart and has great ambitions

to be a great writer and a good sister.



Set in fictional Deep Valley, Minnesota but

based somewhat on the author's life and her
journals, the book is written with sweet
sentimentality and vivid memory of the
joys and heartaches of young adult life. It's

amazing how the feelings are very much the

same, though the 1900's were a different time

with different dress and customs. Readers

will love looking at Vera Neville's beautiful

drawings which should have been kept on the

paperback covers, and imagine a time when

lunch was called supper, boys came to "call",

all skirts came down to your ankles, and

friends sang around the piano knew how to waltz.



You will fall in love with the Ray family--

their fun traditions, the benign and joking

father, laughing and beautiful mother, sedate

Margaret the little sister, and of course

Julia, the lovely and soulful singer sister

who is always understanding and warm. Here

are parents still very much in love, sisters

who stopped fighting once they started high

school and actually support each other
.
The Ray family that welcomes visitors any

any time of the day, so their home is always

brimming with fun.



Heaven to Betsy is about Betsy's freshman

year in high school, when she discovers boys

and has her first crush on mysterious and

worldly Tony Markham, becomes active in

school societies in performance and competing

in the Essay Contest. It is a wonderful

portrait of mainstream America in the 1900's

as well as a book young women can relate to

as they struggle with their own pains and

enjoy the thrills of growing up.

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