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Harper Trophy Books in Order
Below you'll find the complete list of Harper Trophy books in publication order. This is generally the recommended reading order for the series.
Reading order verified: March 2026
Quick Answer
What order should I read the Harper Trophy series? Start with "Hurry Home, Candy (By: Meindert DeJong)" (1953) and follow publication order through all 40 books.
The complete Harper Trophy reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
Hurry Home, Candy (By: Meindert DeJong)
1953
Shadrach (By: Meindert DeJong)
1953
Little Witch (By: Anna Elizabeth Bennett)
1953
Along Came a Dog (By: Meindert DeJong)
1958
The Summer of the Falcon (By: Jean Craighead George)
1962
Grizzly (By: Gilbert Riswold)
1964
Noonday Friends (By: Mary Stolz)
1965
The Seventeenth-Street Gang (By: Emily Cheney Neville)
1966
Sour Land (By: William H. Armstrong)
1971
The Park Book (By: Charlotte Zolotow)
1972
The Haunted Mountain (By: Mollie Hunter)
1972
The Sign of the Chrysanthemum
1973
A Billion for Boris (By: Mary Rodgers)
1974
A Stranger Came Ashore (By: Mollie Hunter)
1975
The Wicked One (By: Mollie Hunter)
1977
Runaway To Freedom (By: Barbara Smucker)
1979
Poem stew (By: William Cole)
1981
The Land I Lost (By: Quang Nhuong Huynh)
1982
Summer Switch (By: Mary Rodgers)
1982
The Magical Adventures of Pretty Pearl (By: Virginia Hamilton)
1983
Hey World, Here I Am! (By: Jean Little)
1986
Desdemona-Twelve Going on Desperate (By: Beverly Keller)
1986
The Two-Thousand-Pound Goldfish (By: Betsy Byars)
1987
Stonewords (By: Pam Conrad)
1990
What's So Terrible About Swallowing an Apple Seed? (By: Harriet Lerner,Susan Goldhor)
1996
Crush (By: Ellen Conford)
1998
Good Night, Maman (By: Norma Fox Mazer)
1999
Pilot Down, Presumed Dead (By: Marjorie Phleger)
2009
Will Spring Be Early? Or Will Spring Be Late? (By: Crockett Johnson)
2018
Travellers in Time: Past, Present, and to Come
1980
The World In 1492
1992
When I Was Your Age: Original Stories about Growing Up
1996
Places I Never Meant To Be
1999
Tomorrowland: 10 Stories About The Future
1999
The Young Oxford Book of Christmas Stories
2001
The Swiftly Tilting Worlds of Madeleine L'Engle: Essays In Her Honor
2001
Open Your Eyes
2003
Acting Out
2008
Totally Middle School
2018
The Noonday Friends (By: Mary Stolz)
1965
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