Disappearing Acts by Betsy Byars (English) Paperback Book

Description: Disappearing Acts by Betsy Byars When Herculeah Joness best friend, Meat, decides to take a comedy class, he just expects to get a few laughs. Then he discovers a dead body in the bathroom, and realizes that theres nothing funny about murder. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description When Herculeah Joness best friend, Meat, decides to take a comedy class, he just expects to get a few laughs. But then he discovers a dead body in the bathroom, and realizes that theres nothing funny about murder. Things cant get any worse—until the body disappears! Meat needs Herculeahs help to uncover the clues, but shes busy investigating a case of her own . . . one that might just change Meats life forever! Author Biography Betsy Byars began her writing career rather late in life. "In all of my school years, . . . not one single teacher ever said to me, Perhaps you should consider becoming a writer," Byars recalls. "Anyway, I didnt want to be a writer. Writing seemed boring. You sat in a room all day by yourself and typed. If I was going to be a writer at all, I was going to be a foreign correspondent like Claudette Colbert in Arise My Love. I would wear smashing hats, wisecrack with the guys, and have a byline known round the world. My father wanted me to be a mathematician." So Byars set out to become mathematician, but when she couldnt grasp calculus in college, she turned to English. Even then, writing was not on her immediate horizon.First, she married and started a family. The writing career didnt emerge until she was 28, a mother of two children, and living in a small place she called the barracks apartment, in Urbana, Illinois. She and her husband, Ed, had moved there in 1956 so he could attend graduate school at the University of Illinois. She was bored, had no friends, and so turned to writing to fill her time. Byars started writing articles for The Saturday Evening Post, Look,and other magazines. As her family grew and her children started to read, she began to write books for young people and, fortunately for her readers, discovered that there was more to being a writer than sitting in front of a typewriter."Making up stories and characters is so interesting that Im never bored. Each book has been a different writing experience. It takes me about a year to write a book, but I spend another year thinking about it, polishing it, and making improvements. I always put something of myself intomy books -- something that happened to me. Once a wanderer came by my house and showed me how to brush my teeth with a cherry twig; that went in The House of Wingscopyright © 2000 by Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers. All rights reserved. Details ISBN0142405663 Short Title DISAPPEARING ACTS Language English ISBN-10 0142405663 ISBN-13 9780142405666 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY FIC Year 2006 Residence Clemson, SC, US Birth 1925 Audience Age 8-12 DOI 10.1604/9780142405666 Series Number 5 Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 2006-09-21 NZ Release Date 2006-09-21 US Release Date 2006-09-21 UK Release Date 2006-09-21 Place of Publication New York Author Betsy Byars Pages 144 Publisher Penguin Putnam Inc Series Herculeah Jones Mystery Publication Date 2006-09-21 Imprint Puffin Audience Children / Juvenile We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:137911901;

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