Betsy Byars' Sara's Summer of The Swans was adapted for television as the 3rd season premiere of the ABC Afterschool Special.
A teenager learns some hard lessons caring for her younger brother (Reed Diamond), who is developmentally disabled. Christopher Knight & Eve Plumb, in their first post-Brady Bunch roles, and Doney Oatman (The Odd Couple) are among the co-stars.
Reed Diamond was making his television debut, and would later resurface in primetime on Homicide: Life on The Street, Marvel's Agents of SHIELD, & Franklin & Bash, among other series. It would be a few years before Knight & Plumb would work together again, as Plumb wisely skipped the ill-fated Brady Bunch Variety Hour three years later. As we've previously seen, Knight would later guest on Bigfoot & Wildboy.
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I didn't realize Reed Diamond was a child actor! His features don't look at all like his adult self. Puberty is a funny thing.
Hey, I didn't know about it, either, 'til I cross-referenced and did research.
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