Betsy and Tacy Go Over the Big Hill

First edition
(publ. Thomas Y. Crowell Co.)

Betsy and Tacy Go Over the Big Hill (1942) is the third volume in the Betsy-Tacy series by Maud Hart Lovelace.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Plot overview

While the first two volumes are something like collections of vignettes about Betsy, Tacy, and Tib, this one has a story through the whole volume.

The girls are competing with Betsy's and Tacy's older sisters about having a Queen of Summer. When they go out to collect votes, they find themselves making friends with a surprising little girl their own age in the Little Syria section of Deep Valley, Minnesota.

Trivia

Betsy and Tacy first sing their "Cat Duet" at the school entertainment in this book.

References

1. "Betsy and Tacy Go Over the Big Hill (this is a blog)". www.100bookseverychildshouldreadbeforegrowingup.com. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
2. "Women of Minnesota: Selected Biographical Essays edited by Barbara Stuhler, Gretchen V. Kreuter". www.google.com.au. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
3. "What Little Girls Are Made Of: Author Meg Cabot on why the Betsy-Tacy books give today's teen lit a run for its money". www.wsj.com. Wall Street Journal. 3 October 2009. Retrieved 1 March 2015.