They are both pilots, and the bottom floor of their house is a hangar so they can taxi out and take off, almost from their front yard. Read the extract from the book below, thinking about what is happening and the characters. As she began to read to her children, her interest in writing for young people began.īetsy lives with her husband Ed on an air strip in South Carolina. The Midnight Fox by Betsy Byars (Faber & Faber).

She began her writing career five years after her graduation by publishing short magazine articles. She especially values her many state awards which were voted on by the readers of the state.īetsy attended public schools in North Carolina and graduated from Queens College in Charlotte, NC with a major in English. Among them are the Newbery Medal in 1971 for her novel T he Summer of the Swans, the American Book Award in 1981 for The Night Swimmers, The Edgar (for the best mystery for young people) in 1992 for Wanted.Mud Blossom and the Regina Medal by the Catholic Library Association for the body of her work. Her books have been translated into nineteen languages and she gets thousands of letters from readers in the United States and from all over the world.

Her first book was published in 1962 and since then she has published regularly. Among them are the Newbery Medal in 1971 for her novel The Summer of the Swans, the American Book Award in 1981 for The Night Swimmers, The Edgar (for the best mystery for young people) in 1992 for Wanted…Mud Blossom.Betsy Byars has written over sixty books for young people. In 1987 Byars received the Regina Medal for lifetime achievement from the Catholic Library Association.īetsy Byars has written many successful books, many of which have won awards. In her career, she wrote over sixty-five books which have been translated into nineteen languages. It was also the first book she put parts of her own life into, using headlines that came from some Betsy and her sister wrote as girls and things that her own dog had done.Īlthough The Midnight Fox has not won any major awards in its own right, it is often described as Betsy Byars most enduring work.

Will Tom save her and her family in time?Ī animal adventure story that has remained popular over the decades and is still often read in schools today.īetsy Byars (née Cromer 1928 –2020), an American author of children's books, says The Midnight Fox is her favourite of all her books. Then Uncle Fred decides to go after the fox. But, when he discovers a fox and her cubs living in the forest, he is fascinated and determined to protect them. For city boy Tom, adjusting to life in the country is hard.

The midnight fox