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: January 2026
Publication Order
Hurry Home, Candy (By: Meindert DeJong)
Buy on Amazon1953
Shadrach (By: Meindert DeJong)
Buy on Amazon1953
Little Witch (By: Anna Elizabeth Bennett)
Buy on Amazon1953
Along Came a Dog (By: Meindert DeJong)
Buy on Amazon1958
The Summer of the Falcon (By: Jean Craighead George)
Buy on Amazon1962
Grizzly (By: Gilbert Riswold)
Buy on Amazon1964
Noonday Friends (By: Mary Stolz)
Buy on Amazon1965
The Seventeenth-Street Gang (By: Emily Cheney Neville)
Buy on Amazon1966
Sour Land (By: William H. Armstrong)
Buy on Amazon1971
The Park Book (By: Charlotte Zolotow)
Buy on Amazon1972
The Haunted Mountain (By: Mollie Hunter)
Buy on Amazon1972
The Sign of the Chrysanthemum
Buy on Amazon1973
A Billion for Boris (By: Mary Rodgers)
Buy on Amazon1974
A Stranger Came Ashore (By: Mollie Hunter)
Buy on Amazon1975
The Wicked One (By: Mollie Hunter)
Buy on Amazon1977
Runaway To Freedom (By: Barbara Smucker)
Buy on Amazon1979
Poem stew (By: William Cole)
Buy on Amazon1981
The Land I Lost (By: Quang Nhuong Huynh)
Buy on Amazon1982
Summer Switch (By: Mary Rodgers)
Buy on Amazon1982
The Magical Adventures of Pretty Pearl (By: Virginia Hamilton)
Buy on Amazon1983
Hey World, Here I Am! (By: Jean Little)
Buy on Amazon1986
Desdemona-Twelve Going on Desperate (By: Beverly Keller)
Buy on Amazon1986
The Two-Thousand-Pound Goldfish (By: Betsy Byars)
Buy on Amazon1987
Stonewords (By: Pam Conrad)
Buy on Amazon1990
What's So Terrible About Swallowing an Apple Seed? (By: Harriet Lerner,Susan Goldhor)
Buy on Amazon1996
Crush (By: Ellen Conford)
Buy on Amazon1998
Good Night, Maman (By: Norma Fox Mazer)
Buy on Amazon1999
Pilot Down, Presumed Dead (By: Marjorie Phleger)
Buy on Amazon2009
Will Spring Be Early? Or Will Spring Be Late? (By: Crockett Johnson)
Buy on Amazon2018
Travellers in Time: Past, Present, and to Come
Buy on Amazon1980
The World In 1492
Buy on Amazon1992
When I Was Your Age: Original Stories about Growing Up
Buy on Amazon1996
Places I Never Meant To Be
Buy on Amazon1999
Tomorrowland: 10 Stories About The Future
Buy on Amazon1999
The Young Oxford Book of Christmas Stories
Buy on Amazon2001
The Swiftly Tilting Worlds of Madeleine L'Engle: Essays In Her Honor
Buy on Amazon2001
Open Your Eyes
Buy on Amazon2003
Acting Out
Buy on Amazon2008
Totally Middle School
Buy on Amazon2018
The Noonday Friends (By: Mary Stolz)
Buy on Amazon1965
Frequently Asked Questions
The recommended reading order for the Harper Trophy series is publication order: 1. Hurry Home, Candy (By: Meindert DeJong) (1953), 2. Shadrach (By: Meindert DeJong) (1953), 3. Little Witch (By: Anna Elizabeth Bennett) (1953), 4. Along Came a Dog (By: Meindert DeJong) (1958), 5. The Summer of the Falcon (By: Jean Craighead George) (1962), and 35 more. This is generally the best way to experience the story as the author intended.
The Harper Trophy series by Katherine Paterson contains 40 books. The series began in 1953 and continues to be a popular choice for readers.
The Harper Trophy series is written by Katherine Paterson. You can find more books and series by this author on our website.
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