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Betsy-Tacy Series

10 primary works • 14 total works
The stories are from the author's own childhood. The character Betsy is based on Lovelace herself; Tacy is based on her childhood best friend. The stories cover the time period from the late 1890s to until WWI. The spin off series Deep Valley concerns Betsy's friends in a fictionalized version of Mankato, MN.

Book 1

Betsy-Tacy
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4.09 · 25309 Ratings · 1529 Reviews · published 1940 · 1 edition
Best Friends Forever

There are lots of children on …

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    Book 2

    Betsy-Tacy and Tib
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    4.18     · 11642 Ratings · 446 Reviews · published 1941 · 17 editions

    Three of a Kind

    Betsy and Tacy are best friends…

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    Book 3

    Betsy and Tacy Go Over the Big Hill
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    4.20     · 8995 Ratings · 335 Reviews · published 1942 · 9 editions
    Betsy, Tacy, and Tib can't wait to be ten. After a…

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    Book 4

    Betsy and Tacy Go Downtown
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    4.24     · 7483 Ratings · 293 Reviews · published 1943 · 30 editions
    Betsy, Tacy, and Tib are twelve—old enough to do l…

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    Book 5

    Heaven to Betsy
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    4.31     · 6240 Ratings · 335 Reviews · published 1945 · 12 editions
    High School is Heaven! It's Betsy Ray's freshman y…

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    Book 6

    Betsy in Spite of Herself
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    4.28     · 5265 Ratings · 218 Reviews · published 1946 · 12 editions
    Betsy Ray is now a sophomore, and she and her Crow…

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    Book 7

    Betsy Was a Junior
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    4.21     · 5540 Ratings · 217 Reviews · published 1947 · 11 editions
    A small town shortly after the turn of the century…

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    Book 8

    Betsy and Joe
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    4.35     · 5318 Ratings · 209 Reviews · published 1948 · 8 editions
    Made for Each Other?
    Betsy Ray has always thought …

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    Book 9

    Betsy and the Great World
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    4.17     · 5421 Ratings · 249 Reviews · published 1952 · 10 editions
    Betsy's childhood dream is finally coming true: sh…

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    Book 10

    Betsy's Wedding
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    4.35     · 4838 Ratings · 246 Reviews · published 1955 · 10 editions
    Betsy returns from Europe to marry her true love J…

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    Book 1-4

    The Betsy-Tacy Treasury
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    4.55     · 1296 Ratings · 179 Reviews · published 1995 · 6 editions
    The first four books in the Betsy-Tacy series: Bet…

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    Book 5-6

    Heaven to Betsy / Betsy in Spite of Herself
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    4.51     · 1436 Ratings · 145 Reviews · published 1946 · 6 editions
    Heaven to Betsy: Betsy Ray is loving every minute …

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    Book 7-8

    Betsy Was a Junior / Betsy and Joe
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    4.59     · 1353 Ratings · 121 Reviews · published 1948 · 3 editions
    "Some characters become your friends for life. Tha…

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    Book 9-10

    Betsy and the Great World / Betsy's Wedding
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    4.53     · 1151 Ratings · 121 Reviews · published 1955 · 5 editions
    Betsy and the Great World: Betsy Ray is twenty-one…

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    Deep Valley
    3 primary works • 4 total works