Byars, Betsy

In order to escape the Indians and rejoin the rest of his family, young Dewey Martin successfully negotiates the rapids of the Trouble River with his grandmother and his dog on a homemade raft.

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

A panel of three judges has to decide which dog out of eight finalists deserves to win the title of My Hero.

Tom dislikes spending the summer on his aunt's farm until he discovers a black fox in the forest and tracks her to her den.

The adventures of a dog who lands in a backyard during a tornado and who becomes a part of a new family.

Tom dislikes spending the summer on his aunt's farm until he discovers a black fox in the forest and tracks her to her den.

With their mother dead and their father working nights, Retta tries to be mother to her two younger brothers.