Betsy Haynes, Author Yearling Books $2.5 (0p) ISBN 978-0-553-15557-0
After a classroom skirmish, Jana and her nemesis Taffy are on their way to the office when they hear the cry of a baby who has been abandoned on the front steps of their school. Jana and Taffy are instant celebrities both at school and in local...
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Betsy Haynes, Author Yearling Books $2.5 (0p) ISBN 978-0-553-15398-9
At 13, best friends Lorna Markham and Scotti Wheeler have concluded that they were born to the wrong mothers. Scotti's mother wants Scotti to cut out sweets from her diet and be more like Lorna, who's thin and athletic; Lorna's mom wishes Lorna...
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Betsy Haynes, Author Skylark Books $3.25 (0p) ISBN 978-0-553-15607-2
After years of hating Taffy, previously known only through the eyes of Janna and the Fabulous Five, readers now have the chance to see whether or not she has been misunderstood all this time. Taffy tells of pending humiliation because she has lost...
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Betsy Haynes, Author Skylark Books $2.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-553-15625-6
The first book in the Fabulous Five series, featuring the stars of Haynes's Taffy Sinclair books, delineates the concerns of anyone starting junior high school: one has to dress right, act right and hang out with the right people. Jana Morgan and...
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Betsy Haynes, Author Skylark Books $2.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-553-15819-9
As fans of the Taffy Sinclair series know, a major pitfall to being beautiful is the envy and viciousness it often incites among other girls. This observation is continued in Haynes's newest story, in which the seventh grader goes to Hollywood to...
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Betsy Haynes, Author Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers $14.95 (212p) ISBN 978-0-385-32067-2
Ashlyn Brennan is stunned when Mrs. Rothlis, the school's newly hired and well-liked guidance counselor, is brutally murdered--and Ashlyn's boyfriend, Drew, is arrested as the prime suspect. Drew has a history of drug addiction (his parents started...
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Betsy Haynes, Author Yearling Books $3.5 (160p) ISBN 978-0-553-48169-3
The Sturm und Drang of adolescent dating fuels this entertaining but anachronistic tale about eighth graders Scotti Wheeler and Lorna Markham, best friends who are continuously challenged by the whims of irritating fathers and clueless boyfriends....
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Betsy Haynes, Author Random House Books for Young Readers $3.99 (0p) ISBN 978-0-679-86022-8
Fluffy though it is, the first installment of the proposed Boy Talk series is built upon a concept that is hard to resist-the fascination of listening in on people's confidences. Inspired by the dubious thrill of a one-time call to a 900 number...
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Betsy Haynes, Author, Betsy Haynes, Introduction by Skylark Books $2.75 (0p) ISBN 978-0-553-15530-3
Scotti and Lorna, next-door neighbors and best friends from The Great Mom Swap, are back, and they both have the same goal: to have a boyfriend. Each of them also has a sincere interest in helping the other one get her guy. Scotti likes Lorna's...
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