The TV Kid

Betsy Cromer Byars

Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated, 1987 - Juvenile Nonfiction - 128 pages

Lennie is addicted to television. Even reruns are more exciting than real life, and Lennie likes to pretend he's the one experiencing the drama. But Lennie's daydreams lead him into a real situation that could cost him his life'and suddenly he's in trouble more terrifying and dangerous than anything he's ever seen on TV.'Byars infuses the story with her special magic. Lennie is a likable, funny, moving, and always entertaining character.' ?Publishers Weekly

Contents

• Section 1: 7
• Section 2: 11
• Section 3: 20

About the 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. Richard Cuffari was born in Brooklyn, New York on March 2, 1925. He won numerous awards for his art work while a student at Madison High School. During World War II, he served in the U.S. Army. He graduated from Pratt Institute in 1949. He illustrated his first children's book, The Wind in the Willows, in 1966. During his lifetime, he illustrated over 200 children's books, specializing in historical and non-fiction books. He received several awards including the Society of Illustrators' Citation of Merit in 1969 and 1970 and the Christopher Award in 1973. He died in 1978 at the age of 53.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The TV Kid; A Viking recorded book; Novels Series; Puffin books
• Author: Betsy Cromer Byars
• Illustrated by: Richard Cuffari
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated, 1987
• ISBN: 0140323082, 9780140323085
• Length: 128 pages
• Subjects: Juvenile Fiction / Performing Arts / Television & Radio; Juvenile Nonfiction / Humor / General