Bet You Can't Read Just One!--Series books

Alexander, Lloyd

The Book of Three (Prydain Chronicles series)

Taran, the Assistant Pig-Keeper of an oracular sow, sets out on a hazardous mission to save Prydain from evil forces.

Other books in this series: The Black Cauldron, The Castle of Llyr, Taran Wanderer and The High King (Newbery Award Winner).

Banks, Lynne Reid

The Indian in the Cupboard

Omri discovers that with the turn of a special key, he can bring plastic figures to life, including an Indian.

Other books in this series: The Return of the Indian, The Secret of the Indian, The Mystery of the Cupboard, and the Key to the Indian.

Bellairs, John

The Treasure of Alpheus Winterborn (Anthony Monday series)

After stumbling upon a clue in the public library, Anthony searches for a long-hidden treasure.

Other books in this series: The Dark Secret of Weatherend, and the Mansion in the Mist.

Blume, Judy

Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing

Peter Hatcher is an ordinary middle school kid with an extraordinary nuisance of a little brother known as Fudge.

Other books in this series: Superfudge and Fudge-a-Mania.

Bond, Michael

A Bear Called Paddington

A small bear found by Mr. And Mrs. Brown at Paddington Station becomes one of the family.

Other books in this series: More About Paddington; Paddington Helps Out; Paddington Abroad and many more!

Byars, Betsy

Bingo Brown (series)

Bingo is puzzled by comic and confusing questions about love and life.

Other books in this series: Bingo Brown and the Language of Love, Bingo Brown, Gypsy Lover and Bingo Brown's Guide to Romance.

Christopher, John

The White Mountains (Tripod series)

Aliens have taken over the Earth, and every Earth boy receives a cap at age 13 so the aliens can control his thoughts.

Other books in this series: The City of Gold and Lead, The Pool of Fire and When the Tripods Came.

Cleary, Beverly

The Mouse and the Motorcycle

A reckless young mouse named Ralph makes friends with a boy and discovers the joys of motorcycling.

Other books in this series: Runaway Ralph and Ralph S. Mouse

Colfer, Eoin

Artemis Fowl

Artemis is a 12-year-old villain who takes on the dangerous world of the fairies.

Other books in this series: Arctic incident, Eternity Code, Opal Deception and more.

Coville, Bruce

Aliens Ate My Homework

Tiny aliens have landed in Rod's science project.

Other books in this series: I Left My Sneakers in Dimension X; and The Search for Snout.

Coville, Bruce

My Teacher Is an Alien: collector's edition

Susan Simmons has just discovered that her teacher is an alien who wants to kidnap some kids from her class.

Other books in this series: My Teacher Fried My Brains, My Teacher Glows in the Dark and My Teacher Flunked the Planet.

Cray, Jordan

Gemini7 (danger.com series)

Jonah loves entering the Internet world where there are no rules, you can be anyone you want, you can discover exciting new places, and meet people from around the world but, he also discovers the Internet can be dangerous and hazardous to your health.

Other books in this series: Firestorm; Shadow man; Hot pursuit, and more.

Danziger, Paula

Everyone Else's Parents Said Yes (Matthew Martin series)

Matthew can't resist playing practical jokes on his older sister and all the girls in his class at school.

Other books in this series: Make Like a Tree and Leave, Earth to Matthew and Not for a Billion Gazillion Dollars.

Danziger, Paula

I, Amber Brown

Amber is a spunky, opinionated third grader, who is devastated by the impending move of her best friend, Justin.

Other books in this series: Orange You Glad It's Halloween, Amber Brown?; Amber Brown is Green With Envy; and many more!

DiTerlizzi, Tony

The Field Guide (Spiderwick Chronicles series)

After moving to a creepy old mansion, the Grace kids come to believe that an old book with hand-drawn pictures holds the key to all the weird things that have been going on.

Other books in this series: The Seeing Stone, Lucinda's Secret and more.

Estes, Eleanor

The Moffats

The lively adventures of the Moffats, a warm, fun-loving family in Connecticut.

Other books in this series: The Middle Moffat, Rufus M. and The Moffat Museum.

Farley, Walter

The Black Stallion

Alec Ramsay is shipwrecked on a desert island with a wild stallion. After being rescued, he takes the stallion to America and enters it in a race.

Other books in this series: The Black Stallion Returns; The Black Stallion and Satan; The Black Stallion Revolts and many more!

Finney, Patricia

Assassin (The Lady Grace Mysteries series)

Thirteen-year-old Lady Grace Cavendish, favorite maid of honor of Elizabeth I, must solve a murder mystery and clear the name of her betrothed.

Other books in this series: Betrayal; Conspiracy; Deception (this fourth book, Deception, written by Burchett jB)

Gantos, Jack

Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key

Joey has good intentions, but his hyperactivity causes off-the-wall antics which land him in trouble at school. Attention deficit disorder handled with humor and realism.

Other books in the series: Joey Pigza Loses Control; What Would Joey Do?

Gilson, Jamie

Thirteen Ways to Sink a Sub (The Hobie Hanson series)

The boys and girls in the fourth grade devise a contest to sink their substitute teacher by making her cry.

Other books in this series: 4B Goes Wild; Hobie Hanson, You're Weird; Double Dog Dare; and many more!

Greenwald, Sheila

Give Us a Great Big Smile, Rosy Cole

When Rosy turns ten, Uncle Ralph decides to do a book about her. He pulls out his camera and begins taking pictures.

Other books in this series: Valentine Rosy, Rosy Cole's Great American Guilt Club, Write on Rosy! and many more!

Haddix, Margaret Peterson

Among the Hidden (Shadow Children series)

Luke, 12, is a third child in a future society that allows only two children per family. He discovers other 'shadow children' and the stories deal with their struggles of being outcasts.

Other books in this series: Among the Imposters; Among the Betrayed; Among the Barons; and more.

Hapka, Cathy

Tale of the Toa (Bionicle Chronicles series)

In the time before time, a great being watched over the ancient land of Mata Nui, protecting it from harm. But now, a powerful evil has arisen and all seems lost. Read of the six heroes who emerge from the darkness.

Other books in this series: Beware of the Bohrok; Makuta's Revenge

Henry, Marguerite

Misty of Chincoteague

Two youngsters' wish to own a Chincoteague pony comes true when Misty is among those rounded up for the yearly auction.

Other books in this series: Sea Star, Orphan of Chincoteague, Stormy, Misty's Foal and Misty's Twilight.

Hoffman, Mary

Stravaganza: City of Masks

Time travel between two worlds with politics, intrigue and romance.

Other books in the trilogy: City of Stars; City of Flowers

Horowitz, Anthony

Scorpia (Alex Rider series)

Alex learns that his father was an assassin for Scorpia, the most powerful terrorist organization going and now Scorpia wants Alex on its side.

Other books in this series: Eagle Strike, Skeleton Key, Stormbreaker and more!

Hurwitz, Johanna

The Hot and Cold Summer

Just as Rory and Derek look forward to a great summer, they are told to help entertain a girl named Bolivia.

Other books in this series: Cold and Hot Winter, The Up and Down Spring, and The Down and Up Fall.

Jacques, Brian

Redwall

When the evil rat Cluny invades Redwall, Matthias, a young mouse, sets out to find the lost sword of Martin the Warrior, which will help him defeat the enemy.

Other books in this series: Taggerung; Lord Brocktree; Marlfox; and many more.

Korman, Gordon

The Contest (Everest)

Fierce competition ensues when four kids from across the country compete to be the youngest person to ever climb Mt. Everest.

Other books in this series: The Climb, The Summit

Lawlor, Laurie

Addie Across the Prairie

Addie accompanies her family to the Dakota Territory and slowly begins to adjust to the hard life of prairie homesteaders.

Other books in this series: Addie's Dakota Winter, Addie's Long Summer, and Addie's Forever Friend.

Lawrence, Caroline

The Thieves of Ostia: a Roman Mystery

In Rome in the year 79 A.D., a group of children from very different backgrounds work together to discover mysteries happening around them.

Other books in this series: The Secrets of Vesuvius, The Pirates of Pompeii, the Assassins of Rome and many more!

L'Engle, Madeleine

A Wrinkle in Time (Newbery Award Winner)

Meg Murray, her brother Charles and friend Calvin travel through time to rescue her father from the forces of evil.

Other books in this series: A Wind in the Door, A Swiftly Tilting Planet and Many Waters.

Lewis, C.S.

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

Four children enter a wardrobe and find a magical world called Narnia, inhabited by fauns, witches, dwarves and talking animals.

Other books in this series: Prince Caspian, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, The Silver Chair; and more!

Lowry, Lois

Anastasia Krupnik

Anastasia's 10th year has some good things like falling in love and some bad things like finding out about a new baby brother.

Other books in this series: Anastasia Again!, Anastasia at Your Service, Anastasia, Ask Your Analyst and many more!

Mazer, Anne

Every Cloud Has a Silver Lining (The Amazing Days of Abby Hayes series)

Abby's family is full of over-achievers. As Abby begins fifth grade she is determined to find a way to stand out and be successful.

Other books in this series: Declaration of Independence, Reach for the Stars, Have Wheels, Will Travel, and many more!

Mills, Claudia

Dynamite Dinah

When her baby brother comes home from the hospital and her best friend gets a lead role in the class play, Dinah feels left out.

Other books in this series: Dinah for President, Dinah in Love, and Dinah Forever.

Montgomery, Lucy Maud

Anne of Green Gables

Anne, an eleven-year-old orphan, is sent by mistake to live with the Cuthberts, who requested a boy to help on their farm.

Other books in this series: Anne of Avonlea, Chronicles of Avonlea, Anne of the Island, Anne's House of Dreams and many more!

Namioka, Lensey

Yang the Youngest and His Terrible Ear

Musically untalented Yingtao is faced with giving a violin performance when he would rather be making friends and playing baseball.

Other books in this series: Yang the Third and Her Impossible Family, Yang the Second and Her Secret Admirers and Yang the Eldest and His Odd Jobs.

Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds

The Agony of Alice

Eleven-year-old, motherless Alice decides she needs a gorgeous role model who does everything right.

Other books in this series: Lovingly Alice; Including Alice; Alice the Brave; and many more!

Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds

Shiloh (Newbery Award Winner)

Marty makes friends with a beagle named Shiloh, only to discover the dog is being abused.

Other books in this series: Shiloh Season and Saving Shiloh.

Nimmo, Jenny

Midnight for Charlie Bone (Children of the Red King series)

Charlie discovers that he can hear people in photographs talking.

Other books in this series: Charlie Bone and the Time Twister, Charlie Bone and the Invisible Boy, and Charlie Bone and the Castle of Mirrors.

Nixon, Joan Lowery

A Family Apart (The Orphan Train series)

When their mother can no longer support them, six siblings are sent to live with farm families in Missouri in 1860.

Other books in this series: Caught in the Act; In the Face of Danger; A Place to Belong; and Circle of Love.

Nixon, Joan Lowery

Land of Hope (Ellis Island series)

Rebekah, a fifteen-year-old Jewish immigrant arriving in New York City in 1902, is forced to work in a sweatshop.

Other books in this series: Land of Promise and Land of Dreams.

O'Brien, Robert C., and Jane Leslie Conly

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH (Newbery Award Winner)

A widowed mouse visits the rats whose former imprisonment in a laboratory made them wise and long lived.

Other books in this series: Racso and the Rats of NIMH and

R-T, Margaret and the Rats of NIMH.

Sachar, Louis

Sideways Stories from Wayside School

Wayside School was accidentally built sideways with one classroom on each story, and the 30th floor is the wackiest of all.

Other books in this series: Sideways Arithmetic from Wayside School, Wayside School Is Falling Down, More Sideways Arithmetic from Wayside School and Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger.

Stilton, Geronimo

Lost Treasure of the Emerald Eye (Geronimo Stilton series)

This globe-trotting mouse journalist runs a newspaper and writes great adventure tales. In this one, the group boards a ship seeking buried treasure on a secret island a trip that's dangerous and exciting, but has lots of laughs too.

Other books in the series: The Curse of the Cheese Pyramid; Cat and Mouse in a Haunted House; I'm Too Fond of My Fur!; and many more!

Stine, R.L.

Who Let the Ghosts Out? (Mostly Ghostly series)

A boy suddenly finds himself haunted by the friendly ghosts of two children while being pursued by an evil being.

Other books in the series: Have You Met My Ghoulfriend?; One Night in Doom House; and more.

Taylor, Sydney

All-of-a-Kind Family

The adventures of five sisters growing up in a Jewish family in New York's Lower East Side before World War I.

Other books in this series: All-of-a-Kind Family Uptown, All-of-a-Kind Family Downtown and Ella of All-of-a-Kind Family.

Van Draanen, Wendelin

Secret Identity (Shredderman series)

Fifth-grader Nolan Byrd is bothered by bullies so he creates a secret identity, and with the help of his teacher, Nolan uses his computer skills to expose the bad guys.

Other books in this series: Attack of the Tagger; Meet the Gecko; Enemy Spy

Wilder, Laura Ingalls

Little House in the Big Woods

Laura's childhood home on the Wisconsin frontier, where she and Mary help with chores and enjoy Pa's stories.

Other books: Little House on the Prairie; On the Banks of Plum Creek; and many more!

Winkler, Henry

Niagara Falls or Does It? (Hank Zipzer series)

Hank is the world's best underachiever struggling with his schoolwork and causing chaos in the classroom.

Other books in this series: I Got a “D” in Salami; Zipppety Zinger; Summer School! What Genius Thought Up That? and many more.