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  • Bibliography:
    19 Books
  • First Book:
    September 1992
  • Latest Book:
    December 2014
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Book List in Order: 19 titles



  • Evie and Megan, founding partners of the Pet Patrol, must find homes for a boxful of abandoned puppies--provided they can resist the temptation to keep them all for themselves, in the first volume of a delightful new series for animal lovers....





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    The first day of third grade: sharp pencils, fresh blank notebook paper, new clothes, a new chance. Robbie's excited, but he's also worried. If this year is going to be as great as he wants it to be, he'll have to find the answer to that vital questi...





  • George loves his new puppy, Lucky, but Lucky is out of control. George has to train him soon, or his parents will take Lucky back to the pound. Lucky has a lot of work to do, too: he has to train George to sleep outside with him, scratch him behind t...



  • Thinking his owner has deserted him, Lucky escapes from the kennel, and it is up to George, stuck at baseball camp in the middle of nowhere, to find his beloved dog. By the author of Lucky in Left Field. ...



  • With a mutual love of roller coasters being the only thing linking him to his devil-may-care, long-gone father after his parents' divorce, Hart has great difficulty adjusting to his mother's new boyfriend, a nerdy weatherman....



  • George's father calls the kennel when Lucky attacks visiting great-aunt Octavia's sheepskin coat, and George tries valiantly to retrieve the playful puppy in time for Christmas. By the author-illustrator of A Boy in the Doghouse. ...



  • Distracted from working on his sci-fi masterpiece, Space Cows, aspiring writer Booker Jones must contend with an ailing grandfather and write a speech arguing that the school mascot should not be a pickle....






  • You only get one chance to make a first impression. Meet Cody. His father is an F.B.I. agent, his mom drives a red Jaguar, he's got a pet emu, and he's an ace on Rollerblades. At least, that's what Cody tells his third-grade class on the first day...



  • At summer camp, Willie is king of the knock-knock jokes. That is, until he is challenged by Crow, who claims to be the best at everything. So the campers decide to have a contest, and soon the jokes are flying fast and furious. Who will be the new kn...



  • Does "Math Wiz" have to equal "Sports Dud"?Marty Malone thinks no problem is too complicated for him. Then he starts third grade--and learns that being a math wiz won't stop him from getting picked last in gym class. Kids like tom Ballan are so much ...



  • How much trouble can two third graders and one pint-sized alien get into? Plenty, as well as plenty of slapstick fun!

    It's just an ordinary school day when third-graders Lexie and J.P. see an unusual sign on the bulletin board. In silver lette...



  • The Valentine that thirdgrader Cody Michaels receives from a secret admirer is bad enough, but Valentine's Day keeps getting worse when Cody believes his parents are trying to put him into an arranged marriage. Reprint....



  • Kelly Sparks is the undisputed gadget champ at Danville School. Then Albert Einstein Jones, an alumnus of Young Inventor's Camp, joins her class. Kelly could give up the gadget crown gracefully -but she'd much rather let the spitballs and smelly goo ...



  • "Add this title to your "Recommended Reading for Summer Camp" bibliographies"--School Library JournalCody's mom is pulling the plug and sending him off to camp. That means no TV, no video games, no computers-for one whole week! According to his wilde...



  • When the people in his life begin acting strangely--like his dad and mom planning a vacation without him or his sister, his grandfather not getting out of bed, and Germ trying to share the spotlight with Booker's success as a writer--Booker Jones mus...



  • Maybe Christmas was a good word after all . . . Lucky the puppy isn’t too sure about Christmas. It’s the first one he’s ever spent with George and his family. So far it’s been nothing but trouble. Everything’s upside down. There’s a visit...



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Award-Winning Books by Betsy Duffey

Hey, New Kid!
1999 Delaware Diamonds Award -- Grades 3-5


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Betsy Duffey has published 19 books.

Betsy Duffey does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Lucky's Christmas, was published in December 2014.

The first book by Betsy Duffey, Puppy Love, was published in September 1992.

No. Betsy Duffey does not write books in series.