# Betsy Cromer Byars — books assigned in US schools

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

**Grade span:** 3–8
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/author/betsy-cromer-byars
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## Recurring themes

- computers
- computers, fiction
- detective and mystery stories
- dogs
- dogs, fiction
- extraterrestrial beings
- extraterrestrial beings, fiction
- fortune-tellers
- foster home care
- foster home care in fiction

## Genres

- Realistic Fiction (3)
- Books and reading
- Mystery

## Every Betsy Cromer Byars title on file

- [The Summer of the Swans Novel Units Teacher Guide](https://readinglist.school/book/summer-of-the-swans) _(Grades 3–7 · 1970)_
- [The Pinballs](https://readinglist.school/book/the-pinballs) _(Grades 4–6 · 1977)_
- [The Computer Nut](https://readinglist.school/book/the-computer-nut) _(Grades 4–6 · 1984)_
- [Tarot Says Beware](https://readinglist.school/book/tarot-says-beware) _(Grades 3–8 · 1995)_
- [My Dog, My Hero](https://readinglist.school/book/my-dog-my-hero) _(Grades 3–5 · 2000)_

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