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The Cartoonist

The Cartoonist( )
Author: Byars, Betsy
ISBN:978-1-4532-9498-7
Publication Date:Feb 2013
Publisher:Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.
Book Format:Ebook
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Book Description:

Alfie only feels comfortable when he's drawing comics in the attic--but soon his safe haven will be off limits Alfie is perfectly content to spend his time drawing alone in the attic. Nobody bothers him, and he has his door sealed tight against interruption. Up under the roof, he illustrates amazing cartoon strips about heroes and space adventures, from "Super Caterpillar" to "Super Bird"--even though his own life is anything but exciting. One day, Alfie's...
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Byars, Betsy (Author)
Betsy Cromer Byars was born in1928. She graduated from Queens College in Charlotte, North Carolina. While she was in graduate school, she began writing articles for The Saturday Evening Post and Look.

Byars writes novels for young people. She is an expert at tapping in to the pain of adolescence, using bits of her own experience to flavor her characters. She is author of more than 60 books and has won numerous awards. Her book about a 14-year-old girl and her mentally retarded brother, The Summer of the Swans (1970), won the Newberry Award as the most distinguished contribution to children's literature that year. Other books include The 18th Emergency (1973), The TV Kid (1976), and After the Goat Man (1995).

Betsy Byars died on February 26,2020 at the age of 91. 030



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