Background
Eyerly, Jeannette Hyde was born on June 7, 1908 in Topeka. Daughter of Robert and Mabel (Young) Hyde.
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Ryan, seventeen, leaves home to move in with his best friend, Seth, and together they cope with independence and a girl named Rebel who needs their help.
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Fifteen-year-old Angel, released on probation to a foster family after being convicted of shoplifting, is anxious to make a fresh start and to be accepted by her new family and friends.
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Megan becomes involved in international intrigue when she is lured to Budapest where spies are trying to obtain secret information from her father.
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Eyerly, Jeannette Hyde was born on June 7, 1908 in Topeka. Daughter of Robert and Mabel (Young) Hyde.
Bachelor, State University Iowa, 1930.
She was a pioneer in dealing with controversial topics in novels for young people. Among the themes that appeared in her books were teenage pregnancy, alcohol abuse, and drug use. She penned eighteen novels, starting with More Than a Summer Love in 1962, though she had published many short stories before that.
Her 1977 novel, He"s My Baby, Now was the basis for an American Broadcasting Company television movie.
She also wrote two books of verse. Eyerly earned a bachelor"s degree in English from the University of Iowa in 1930.
Her papers are archived at the University of Iowa.
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Board directors Polk County Mental Health Center, 1966-1978, 82-87, president, 1976-1978. Director Des Moines Child Guidance Center, 1949-1954. Member acquisition committee Des Moines Art Center, 1960-1963.
Member Iowa Commission for Blind, 1977-1980. Member Authors League American, National Audubon Society.
Married Frank Eyerly, December 6, 1932 (deceased 1997). Children: Jane (Mistress Lawrence Kozuszek), Susan (Mistress Joseph A. Pichler).