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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 32 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 (By: Katherine Paterson)
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?
2018

Strange Stories for Strange Kids
2001

Big Fat Little Lit
2006

The Noonday Friends (By: Mary Stolz)
1965
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