The Hamlet Chronicles books in order

The Hamlet Chronicles by Gregory Maguire is a seven-book children's series set in the fictional town of Hamlet, Vermont, where Miss Earth's class encounters spiders, ghosts, aliens, and other comic misadventures.

Reading order

# Title Published Author Buy on Amazon
1 Seven Spiders Spinning 1994 Gregory Maguire Buy
2 Six Haunted Hairdos 1997 Gregory Maguire Buy
3 Five Alien Elves 1998 Gregory Maguire Buy
4 Four Stupid Cupids 2001 Gregory Maguire Buy
5 Three Rotten Eggs 2002 Gregory Maguire Buy
6 A Couple of April Fools 2004 Gregory Maguire Buy
7 One Final Firecracker 2005 Gregory Maguire Buy

The Hamlet Chronicles by Gregory Maguire is a children’s series set in Hamlet, Vermont, where the students of Miss Earth’s classroom run into one bizarre situation after another. The all-girl Tattletales Club and the all-boy Copycats compete and collaborate through encounters with giant prehistoric spiders, alien visitors, haunted hairdos, and more.

The seven books, published between 1994 and 2005, count down in their titles from Seven Spiders Spinning to One Final Firecracker. The series blends gentle comedy with light supernatural elements and is aimed at younger readers than Maguire’s adult novels.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many books are in the The Hamlet Chronicles series?

There are 7 books in the The Hamlet Chronicles series, published between 1994 and 2005.

What is the first book in the The Hamlet Chronicles series?

The first book in the The Hamlet Chronicles series is Seven Spiders Spinning, published in 1994.

What is the Hamlet Chronicles series about?

The Hamlet Chronicles follows the students of Miss Earth’s class in the fictional town of Hamlet, Vermont. Across seven books, the kids and their rival clubs face supernatural and comic threats including giant spiders, haunted hairdos, alien elves, and rotten eggs. The titles count down from Seven Spiders Spinning to One Final Firecracker.

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