Anthologies#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| A Treasury of Ghost Stories |
1996 |
Buy |
Avon Camelot Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Lottie & Lisa |
1952 |
Buy |
| Summerdog Comes Home |
1980 |
Buy |
| A Hippopotamus Ate the Teacher |
1981 |
Buy |
| Baseball Fever |
1981 |
Buy |
| The Trouble with Tuck |
1981 |
Buy |
| Irma and Jerry |
1982 |
Buy |
| Basic Fun |
1982 |
Buy |
| Esp McGee |
1983 |
Buy |
| Tunnel to Yesterday |
1983 |
Buy |
| Bet You Can! Science Possibilities to Fool You |
1983 |
Buy |
| Rich Mitch |
1983 |
Buy |
| Summerdog |
1983 |
Buy |
| Bet You Can’t! |
1983 |
Buy |
| The Earth is Flat–And Other Great Mistakes |
1983 |
Buy |
| Behind the Attic Wall |
1983 |
Buy |
| Peggy Fleming: Portrait of an Iceskater |
1984 |
Buy |
| Gremlins |
1984 |
Buy |
| Maura’s Angel |
1984 |
Buy |
| The Jellyfish Season |
1985 |
Buy |
| Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Book 1 |
1985 |
Buy |
| Get Rich Mitch! |
1985 |
Buy |
| Mystery of the Melted Diamonds |
1986 |
Buy |
| Ukrainian Egg Mystery |
1986 |
Buy |
| Moroccan Mystery |
1986 |
Buy |
| Ralph Fozbek and the Amazing Black Hole Patrol |
1986 |
Buy |
| Flash Fry, Private Eye |
1986 |
Buy |
| The Anti-Peggy Plot |
1986 |
Buy |
| Best Joke Book for Kids 2 |
1987 |
Buy |
| The Codebreaker Kids |
1987 |
Buy |
| Summer Camp Creeps |
1987 |
Buy |
| The Case of the Lost Look-Alike |
1988 |
Buy |
| Breezy |
1988 |
Buy |
| Racing the Sun |
1988 |
Buy |
| Anne Frank |
1989 |
Buy |
| The Case of the Vanishing Villain |
1990 |
Buy |
| Something Upstairs |
1990 |
Buy |
| Ghost Brother |
1990 |
Buy |
| A Haunting in Williamsburg |
1990 |
Buy |
| The Best Ever Kids’ Book of Lists |
1991 |
Buy |
| Ask Me Anything About the Presidents |
1992 |
Buy |
| The Adventures of King Midas |
1992 |
Buy |
| Tons of Trash |
1992 |
Buy |
| Maria, a Christmas Story |
1992 |
Buy |
| How to Travel Through Time |
1993 |
Buy |
| Lucie Babbidge’s House |
1993 |
Buy |
| Beardance |
1993 |
Buy |
| Christmas Countdown |
1993 |
Buy |
| Miss Yonkers Goes Bonkers |
1994 |
Buy |
| The Mummy’s Curse |
1994 |
Buy |
| Lemonade Days |
1994 |
Buy |
| Super Snoop Sam Snout and the Case of the Missing Marble |
1994 |
Buy |
| Main Street |
1994 |
Buy |
| Comet Luck |
1994 |
Buy |
| Home Front Hero |
1994 |
Buy |
| Ali Baba Bernstein, Lost and Found |
1995 |
Buy |
| Kwanzaa |
1995 |
Buy |
| Goodbye, Desert Rose |
1995 |
Buy |
| Vampire Mom |
1995 |
Buy |
| My Own Two Feet |
1995 |
Buy |
| Spookhouse |
1995 |
Buy |
| Harry the Poisonous Centipede |
1996 |
Buy |
| Going for the Gold: Shannon Miller |
1996 |
Buy |
| Four Perfect Pebbles |
1996 |
Buy |
| Zombie Queen |
1996 |
Buy |
| Freak Show |
1996 |
Buy |
| Going to Net |
1996 |
Buy |
| Tracks in the Snow |
1997 |
Buy |
| Danger Along the Ohio |
1997 |
Buy |
| Lasting Echoes |
1997 |
Buy |
| Night of the Chupacabras |
1998 |
Buy |
| As Ever, Gordy |
1998 |
Buy |
| No Pretty Pictures: A Child of War |
1998 |
Buy |
| Becoming Felix |
1998 |
Buy |
| Breakaway |
1998 |
Buy |
| Mischief, Mad Mary, and Me |
1998 |
Buy |
| It’s In Your Hands, Daisy P. Duckwitz |
1998 |
Buy |
| Leaving Summer |
1998 |
Buy |
| Flea Circus Summer |
1998 |
Buy |
| Calling Me Home |
1998 |
Buy |
| The Pizza That Time Forgot |
1999 |
Buy |
| Love Me, Love My Broccoli |
1999 |
Buy |
| Get on the Net |
1999 |
Buy |
| Don’t Try This at Home! |
1999 |
Buy |
| Bruce Coville’s Shapeshifters |
1999 |
Buy |
| A Kids’ Guide to America’s Bill of Rights |
1999 |
Buy |
| Bruce Coville’s Alien Visitors |
1999 |
Buy |
| Green Mango Magic |
1999 |
Buy |
| All the Answers |
2000 |
Buy |
| Can of Worms |
2000 |
Buy |
| Orphan Journey Home |
2000 |
Buy |
| Bearstone |
2000 |
Buy |
| Alice-by-Accident |
2000 |
Buy |
| Death at Devil’s Bridge |
2000 |
Buy |
| Alice By Accident |
2003 |
Buy |
Children’s Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| When Grampa Kissed His Elbow |
1992 |
Buy |
| Mule Eggs |
1994 |
Buy |
| Three Perfect Peaches |
1995 |
Buy |
| Casey in the Bath |
1996 |
Buy |
| Willy’s Silly Grandma |
1997 |
Buy |
| Clever Crow |
1998 |
Buy |
| The Real, True Dulcie Campbell |
2002 |
Buy |
| Old Granny and the Bean Thief |
2003 |
Buy |
| One Potato, Two Potato |
2006 |
Buy |
| Nelly May Has Her Say |
2013 |
Buy |
Devil’s Bridge Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Devil’s Bridge |
1994 |
Buy |
| Death at Devil’s Bridge |
2000 |
Buy |
Ghost Mysteries Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Ghost of Fossil Glen |
1998 |
Buy |
| The Ghost and Mrs. Hobbs |
2001 |
Buy |
| The Ghost of Cutler Creek |
2004 |
Buy |
| The Ghost of Poplar Point |
2007 |
Buy |
Nathan Fowler Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Weasel |
1991 |
Buy |
| Bringing Ezra Back |
2006 |
Buy |
Standalone Novels#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Strange Night Writing of Jessamine Colter |
1988 |
Buy |
| The Dancing Skeleton |
1989 |
Buy |
| The Light on Hogback Hill |
1993 |
Buy |
| Lostman’s River |
1994 |
Buy |
| The Apprenticeship of Lucas Whitaker |
1996 |
Buy |
| Nowhere to Call Home |
1999 |
Buy |
| Cold Feet |
2000 |
Buy |
| Under the Same Sky |
2003 |
Buy |
| The Missing Manatee |
2005 |
Buy |
| Signal |
2009 |
Buy |
| Wild Life |
2011 |
Buy |
| Fort |
2015 |
Buy |
Cynthia C. DeFelice has been writing for young readers since the late 1980s, covering everything from spooky middle grade mysteries to picture books rooted in folk storytelling traditions. Her best-known work is the Ghost Mysteries series, which follows Allie Nichols as she encounters restless spirits who need her help. She also wrote the Nathan Fowler books, historical fiction set on the Ohio frontier.
Beyond her series work, DeFelice has written a large catalog of standalone novels for middle grade readers. Books like Weasel, Signal, and The Missing Manatee deal with themes of survival, nature, and growing up in rural settings. Her picture books, including Clever Crow and One Potato, Two Potato, draw on folktale traditions with humor and warmth. She has also contributed to the Avon Camelot children’s imprint.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many books has Cynthia C. DeFelice written?
Cynthia C. DeFelice has written 125 books across seven series.
What was Cynthia C. DeFelice's first book?
Cynthia C. DeFelice’s first book is Lottie & Lisa, published in 1952.
What is Cynthia C. DeFelice best known for?
Cynthia C. DeFelice is best known for her Ghost Mysteries series, a four-book middle grade series about a girl named Allie Nichols who encounters ghosts that need her help solving mysteries. She is also well known for her standalone novels like Weasel and The Missing Manatee.