# Betsy Byars — books assigned in US schools

**2** books by Betsy Byars appear in the US-school assigned-reading canon. Sourced from state ELA standards, AP/IB syllabi, and Common Core exemplar lists.

**Grade span:** 3–7
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/author/betsy-byars
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## Recurring themes

- friendship
- growing up
- humor
- identity

## Genres

- Books and reading
- Realistic Fiction

## Every Betsy Byars title on file

- [The Summer of the Swans](https://readinglist.school/book/summer-of-the-swans) _(Grades 3–7 · 1970)_
- [The Cybil War](https://readinglist.school/book/the-cybil-war) _(Grades 3–6 · 1981)_

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