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The Blossoms and the Green Phantom

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On sale Nov 11, 2008 | 3 Hours and 25 Minutes | 978-0-7393-7401-6
Age 9-12 years | Grades 4-7
Up, up, and away! Junior Blossom has built the most spectacular invention of all time: a homemade UFO. The Green Phantom took all of the garbage bags and Day-Glo paint Junior could find, and now it requires only one more, very special ingredient. Junior needs help, but his family is too busy to notice. Can a Blossom promise bring everyone back together again?
        Newbery Medal-winning author Betsy Byars lifts readers to new heights in this adventure about a spirited family whose strength is out-of-this-world.
Betsy Byars is a Newbery Medal winner and a National Book Award winner. Her first children’s book was published in 1962, after it had been rejected nine times. Since then, her works have appeared on the best books lists of the American Library Association, School Library Journal, and American Bookseller. She is best known for her Blossom Family series and Summer of the Swans. View titles by Betsy Byars

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Up, up, and away! Junior Blossom has built the most spectacular invention of all time: a homemade UFO. The Green Phantom took all of the garbage bags and Day-Glo paint Junior could find, and now it requires only one more, very special ingredient. Junior needs help, but his family is too busy to notice. Can a Blossom promise bring everyone back together again?
        Newbery Medal-winning author Betsy Byars lifts readers to new heights in this adventure about a spirited family whose strength is out-of-this-world.

Author

Betsy Byars is a Newbery Medal winner and a National Book Award winner. Her first children’s book was published in 1962, after it had been rejected nine times. Since then, her works have appeared on the best books lists of the American Library Association, School Library Journal, and American Bookseller. She is best known for her Blossom Family series and Summer of the Swans. View titles by Betsy Byars