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If you find yourself buying books because of the numbers on the spines, you've probably succumbed to the series book fever. It can be difficult to find reading suitable for younger readers, and when we discover the Boxcar Children, Trixie Belden, or the Hardy Boys it's hard to let go. And why not? A collection of 150 titles featuring the same characters and with no trace of inappropriate subject matter is pretty alluring.

The problem with a lot of series books, however, is that they aren't very well written. After the first five books or so, it's hard for any writer (or collective authors, as is most often the case) to avoid derivative storylines, recycled dialogue, or repetitive descriptions. They usually do manage to keep the content clean, however, and that's what makes a lot of series popular.

We're certainly not suggesting you should avoid books like the Nancy Drew mysteries or Dear America novels altogether. They are fun for kids, and all the series we carry are wholesome and generally free of the typical bratty kids and questionable morals of so much contemporary fiction. (The Mandie books do feature a rather disobedient heroine, but these would be the exception.) When you find a whole collection of books that you can be perfectly comfortable handing your kids, it's natural and right to take advantage of it.

We would caution that you don't let these kinds of titles form all (or even most) of your kids' reading material. The great classics aren't series books, and plenty of them are just as wholesome while maintaining a much higher quality of expression. If your kids already read plenty of great literature and just need a break, series books are a good place to look.

A word of clarification: there are plenty of excellent literary series available (for instance, The Chronicles of Narnia, Margaret Peterson Haddix's Shadow Children, C.S. Forester's Hornblower books, etc.) that we haven't included here; they're offered in our Literature Packages section. For our purposes, series books are any series including more than 8 titles, and open-ended. If the series is contained, it doesn't qualify; if each book has a number and the series is constantly growing (or grew until the author died or retired), it's a series book.

Review by C. Hollis Crossman
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Ambush at Sorato
Ranger's Apprentice Royal Ranger #7
by John Flanagan
from Viking Books for Young Readers
for 4th-8th grade
in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
$18.99
Arazan's Wolves
Royal Ranger #6
by John A. Flanagan
from Viking Press
for 4th-8th grade
in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
$18.99
Cleopatra VII
Royal Diaries
by Kristiana Gregory
from Scholastic Inc.
for 4th-8th grade
in Royal Diaries (Location: SER-ROYAL)
Clue of the Marked Claw
Ken Holt Mysteries #4
by Bruce Campbell
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 4th-8th grade
in Vintage Series (Location: VIN-SER)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Doomwyte
by Brian Jacques
1st edition from Philomel Books
for 4th-9th grade
in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
Elizabeth I
Royal Diaries
by Kathryn Lasky
from Scholastic Inc.
for 4th-8th grade
in Royal Diaries (Location: SER-ROYAL)
$6.00 (2 in stock)
Erak's Ransom
Ranger's Apprentice #07
by John A. Flanagan
from Philomel Books
for 4th-8th grade
in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
$10.00 (1 in stock)
Halt's Peril
Ranger's Apprentice #09
by John A. Flanagan
from Philomel Books
for 4th-8th grade
in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
$10.00 (1 in stock)
High Rhulain
by Brian Jacques
1st edition from Philomel Books
for 4th-9th grade
in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
Icebound Land
Ranger's Apprentice #03
by John A. Flanagan
from Philomel Books
for 4th-8th grade
in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
$9.00 (1 in stock)
Isabel
Royal Diaries
by Carolyn Meyer
from Scholastic Inc.
for 4th-8th grade
in Royal Diaries (Location: SER-ROYAL)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Legend of Luke
Redwall #12
by Brian Jacques
1st Us Edition from Philomel Books
Fantasy for 4th-9th grade
in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
Loamhedge
Redwall #16
by Brian Jacques
from Philomel Books
Fantasy for 4th-9th grade
in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
Long Patrol
Redwall #10
by Brian Jacques
from Philomel Books
Fantasy for 4th-9th grade
in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
Lord Brocktree
by Brian Jacques
1st Us Edition from Philomel Books
for 4th-9th grade
in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
Marie Antoinette
Royal Diaries
by Kathryn Lasky
from Scholastic Inc.
for 4th-8th grade
in Royal Diaries (Location: SER-ROYAL)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Mariel of Redwall
Redwall #4
by Brian Jacques
from Philomel Books
Fantasy for 4th-9th grade
in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
Marlfox
by Brian Jacques
1st American Edition from Philomel Books
for 4th-9th grade
in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
Martin the Warrior
by Brian Jacques
First American Edition from Philomel Books
for 4th-9th grade
in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
Mattimeo
by Brian Jacques
from Philomel Books
for 4th-9th grade
in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
Mossflower
by Brian Jacques
from Philomel Books
for 4th-9th grade
in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
Nancy Drew #02: Hidden Staircase
by Carolyn Keene
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 3rd-8th grade
in Vintage Nancy Drew (Location: VIN-SER)
Nzingha
Royal Diaries
by Patricia McKissack
from Scholastic Inc.
for 4th-8th grade
in Royal Diaries (Location: SER-ROYAL)
Outcast of Redwall
Redwall #8
by Brian Jacques
from Philomel Books
Fantasy for 4th-9th grade
in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
Pearls of Lutra
Redwall #9
by Brian Jacques
from Philomel Books
Fantasy for 4th-9th grade
in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
Rakkety Tam
Redwall #17
by Brian Jacques
1st edition from Philomel Books
Fantasy for 4th-9th grade
in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
Redwall
by Brian Jacques
Later Printing from Philomel Books
for 4th-9th grade
in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
Riddle of the Stone Elephant
Ken Holt Mysteries #2
by Bruce Campbell
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 4th-8th grade
in Vintage Series (Location: VIN-SER)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Sable Quean
Redwall #21
by Brian Jacques
from Philomel Books
for 4th-9th grade
in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
Salamandastron
Redwall #5
by Brian Jacques
from Philomel Books
Fantasy for 4th-9th grade
in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
Siege of Macindaw
Ranger's Apprentice #06
by John A. Flanagan
from Philomel Books
for 4th-8th grade
in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
$10.00 (1 in stock)
Sorcerer of the North
Ranger's Apprentice #05
by John A. Flanagan
from Philomel Books
for 4th-8th grade
in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
$10.00 (1 in stock)
Taggerung
by Brian Jacques
1st U.S. edition from Philomel Books
for 4th-9th grade
in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
Tom Corbett: Danger in Deep Space
Tom Corbett Space Cadet #2
by Carey Rockwell, technical advisor Willy Ley, illustrated by Louis Glanzman
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 5th-8th grade
in Vintage Series (Location: VIN-SER)
$10.00 (1 in stock)
Tom Corbett: On the Trail of the Space Pirates
Tom Corbett Space Cadet #03
by Carey Rockwell, technical advisor Willy Ley, illustrated by Louis Glanzman
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 5th-8th grade
in Vintage Series (Location: VIN-SER)
$10.00 (2 in stock)
Tom Corbett: Sabotage in Space
Tom Corbett Space Cadet #7
by Carey Rockwell, technical advisor Willy Ley, illustrated by Louis Glanzman
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 5th-8th grade
in Vintage Series (Location: VIN-SER)
Tom Corbett: Stand By For Mars
Tom Corbett Space Cadet #1
by Carey Rockwell, technical advisor Willy Ley
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 5th-8th grade
in Vintage Series (Location: VIN-SER)
Tom Corbett: The Revolt on Venus
Tom Corbett Space Cadet #5
by Carey Rockwell, technical advisor Willy Ley, illustrated by Louis Glanzman
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 5th-8th grade
in Vintage Series (Location: VIN-SER)
Tom Corbett: The Robot Rocket
Tom Corbett Space Cadet #8
by Carey Rockwell, technical advisor Willy Ley, illustrated by Louis Glanzman
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 5th-8th grade
in Vintage Series (Location: VIN-SER)
Tom Corbett: The Space Pioneers
Tom Corbett Space Cadet #4
by Carey Rockwell, technical advisor Willy Ley, illustrated by Louis Glanzman
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 5th-8th grade
in Vintage Series (Location: VIN-SER)
Tom Corbett: Treachery in Outer Space
Tom Corbett Space Cadet #6
by Carey Rockwell, technical advisor Willy Ley, illustrated by Louis Glanzman
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 5th-8th grade
in Vintage Series (Location: VIN-SER)
Triss
by Brian Jacques
from Philomel Books
for 4th-9th grade
in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
Trixie Belden #09
Trixie Belden #9
by Kathryn Kenny, illustrated by Paul Frame
from Whitman Publishing Company
for 4th-8th grade
in Trixie Belden Mysteries (Location: SER-TRIX)
Trixie Belden #12
by Kathryn Kenny
from Whitman Publishing Company
for 4th-8th grade
in Trixie Belden Mysteries (Location: SER-TRIX)
Witch Winnie at Shinnecock
by Elizabeth W. Champney
from Hurst & Co.
for 4th-8th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
$25.00 (1 in stock)
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