Betsy Was a Junior and Joe in Bloomington, MN

"Some characters become your friends for life. That's how it was for me with Betsy-Tacy."—Judy Blume
With a Foreword by Meg Cabot
Maud Hart Lovelace’s beloved Betsy-Tacy series continues with the third and final books set in Betsy and Tacy’s high school years,
Betsy Was a Junior
and
Betsy and Joe,
featuring the original cover illustration from
along with a foreword by
New York Times
bestselling author Meg Cabot.
“Slipping into a Betsy book is like slipping into a favorite pair of well-worn slippers: It’s always a pleasure to live in Betsy’s world for a little while, to experience her simple joys, but also her (thankfully short-lived) sorrows.”
—
Meg Cabot
“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 re-read more than once over my adult life: Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, and Maud Hart Lovelace.”
Anna Quindlen