Byars, Betsy Cromer

Ten-year-old Kate begins a communication exchange on a computer with someone purporting to be from outer space, who says he is going to pay a visit to Earth soon.

A teenage girl gains new insight into herself and her family when her mentally retarded brother gets lost.

Ant and his brother play a game, discuss growing up, hear a scary noise, and learn to be friends.

When young Boo is followed home by a dinosaur that only she can see, it causes a bit of trouble for her older brother, Sammy.

In the late 1800s in Kentucky, Amie McBee and her four sisters both fear and torment the reclusive and seemingly sinister Mr. Tominski, but their father continues to provide for his needs.

Little Horse falls into the stream and is swept away into a dangerous adventure and a new life.

When Dorothy gets the part of Tarzan in the class play, her tremendous yell attracts the attention of increasingly larger and wilder animals.

Two boys make up a series of treasure hunts for each other , with disastrous and hilarious results.

Looking after an eccentric scientist's greenhouse doesn't seem any stranger than the other odd jobs taken by Mozie and his partner Battie--until Mozie discovers a large, mummy-shaped pod on one of the plants.

Ant and his brother play a game, discuss growing up, hear a scary noise, and learn to be friends.