Lois Walfrid Johnson

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  • Bibliography:
    23 Books (3 Series)
  • First Book:
    March 1990
  • Latest Book:
    January 2006
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Full Series List in Order

Adventures of the Northwoods

1 - The Disappearing Stranger (Mar-1990)
2 - Hidden Message (Mar-1990)
3 - Creeping Shadows (Oct-1990)
4 - Vanishing Footprints (Jun-1991)
5 - Trouble at Wild River (Oct-1991)
6 - The Mysterious Hideaway (Jun-1992)
7 - Grandpa's Stolen Treasure (Oct-1992)
8 - The Runaway Clown (Jun-1993)
9 - Mystery of the Missing Map (Mar-1994)
10 - Disaster on Windy Hill (Oct-1994)

Riverboat Adventures

1 - Escape into the Night (Jul-1995)
2 - Race for Freedom (Feb-1996)
3 - Midnight Rescue (Oct-1996)
4 - The Swindler's Treasure (Mar-1997)
5 - Mysterious Signal (Feb-1998)
6 - The Fiddler's Secret (Sep-1998)

Viking Quest

1 - Raiders from the Sea (Sep-2003)
2 - Mystery of the Silver Coins (Sep-2003)
3 - The Invisible Friend (Jun-2004)
4 - Heart of Courage (Mar-2005)
5 - Raider's Promise (Jan-2006)

Book List in Order: 23 titles

  • The Disappearing Stranger

    Adventures of the Northwoods - 1

    If she told her new family what she saw, would anyone believe her? Her Irish father having died in a construction accident, Kate O'Connell and her mother are left to struggle alone in the Minneapolis of 1906. Deciding her mother needs help, tw...

  • Hidden Message

    Adventures of the Northwoods - 2

    With their father away, who will solve the mystery? In the darkness of a November night, Kate O'Connell awakens to the murmur of voices coming from below her room in the Windy Hill farmhouse. Sneaking down the stairs, she learns that Papa Nord...

  • Creeping Shadows

    Adventures of the Northwoods - 3

    The joy of Christmas Day for the Nordstrom family is followed by the dreaded fact that Papa must return to the dangerous work at the logging camp. Having lost her own father to a construction accident, Kate O'Connell truly fears for Papa's sa...

  • Vanishing Footprints

    Adventures of the Northwoods - 4

    Kate walked three miles that cold January day to pick up her family’s creamery check. Yet she found that all the checks from the Trade Lake Creamery had been stolen the night before. No check means no money -- at least for now. No money means big t...

  • Trouble at Wild River

    Adventures of the Northwoods - 5

    With the help of a Chippewa Indian boy, Kate and Anders race against time… It was a cloudless March night when Kate, Anders, and Erik first spotted the timber swindler. On their way to see Joe, a Chippewa Indian boy who is helping his grandmothe...

  • The Mysterious Hideaway

    Adventures of the Northwoods - 6

    What secret could be hidden in the one-room schoolhouse? Spring term at Spirit Lake School had begun, and the one-room building is filled with excitement of friends who have finally gotten back together again. But from the very first day, this spr...

  • Grandpa's Stolen Treasure

    Adventures of the Northwoods - 7

  • The Runaway Clown

    Adventures of the Northwoods - 8

    The circus Big Top was coming with the most daring act ever performed…and a lot of trouble! Kate, Anders, and Erick had been the first to see the huge colorful poster that boldly proclaimed that the circus was coming to River Falls, Wisconsin. ...

  • Adventures of the Northwoods



  • Mystery of the Missing Map

    Adventures of the Northwoods - 9

    A long-lost map holds the key -- and Kate is determined to find it! Kate, Anders, and Erik have traveled to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, where Kate’s Irish relatives live as caretakers of an enormous mansion. Kate is excited to meet her cousin ...

  • Disaster on Windy Hill

    Adventures of the Northwoods - 10

    Someone is trying to steal Kate’s horse! Will she lose Windsong to a crook? With the reward money Kate received in Calmet burning a hole in her pocket, she, Anders, and Erik head to Charlie Saunder’s livery stable to buy Kate a horse of her o...

  • Escape into the Night

    Riverboat Adventures - 1

    Join Libby, Caleb, and Jordan On a Race for Freedom- Twelve-year-old Libby Norstad isn't sure she's going to like her new life on the Mississippi River in 1857. After all, how many girls her age live on a steamboat? And life isn't any easier with ...

  • Race for Freedom

    Riverboat Adventures - 2

    Late at night, as the Christina puts out into the Mississippi River, Caleb and Libby keep watch on deck. Close by, the runaway slave, Jordan, creeps forward without a sound. Drawing near the lantern, he stops, as if afraid to enter the circle of ligh...

  • Midnight Rescue

    Riverboat Adventures - 3

    One Misstep Could Wreck Their Plan! As the Christina steams southward, Libby Norstad and her friends Caleb and Jordan finalize their plans to rescue Jordan's family from slavery. But problems arise with the news of an escaped convict who may have ...

  • The Swindler's Treasure

    Riverboat Adventures - 4

    Time is running out to catch a thief! In Galena, Illinois, Libby Norstad and her friend Caleb say good-bye to the fugitive slave Jordan. They hope to see him again soon, but a swindler has replaced the money in the Christina's safe with worthless ...

  • Mysterious Signal

    Riverboat Adventures - 5

    Danger lurks in the nighttime shadows! When they learn that they are being watched, Jordan and his daddy need to leave Springfield, Illinois, at once. With the crooked Dexter behind bars, Libby, Caleb, Peter, and Jordan make plans to take the stol...

  • The Fiddler's Secret

    Riverboat Adventures - 6

    In the dark of night Libby Norstad wakes up. "It s quiet. Too quiet." Then come the rapid strokes of the ship s bell. "What s wrong? What happened? Where s Pa?" Hurrying out into the dense fog on deck, Libby hears the slap of paddl...

  • Thanks for Being My Friend!

  • Mystery of the Silver Coins

    Viking Quest - 2

    In this second installment of the Viking Quest series, Bree finds herself in a physical and spiritual battle for survival. With another young slave, she makes a daring escape from the ship as soon as it reaches harbor. They hide in the woods as Mik...



  • Raiders from the Sea

    Viking Quest - 1

    In one harrowing day, Viking raiders capture Bree and her brother Devin and take them from their home in Ireland. After the young Viking prince Mikkel sets Devin free on the Irish coast far from home, Bree and Devin embark on separate journeys to ...

  • The Invisible Friend

    Viking Quest - 3

    Once again Bree finds the courage to win in a story that builds on the first two books of the Viking Quest series. In this novel, Bree arrives in Norway and is sent to work as a slave for the family of Mikkel, her Viking captor. She struggles to ad...

  • Heart of Courage

    Viking Quest - 4

    When Bree learns that her brother, Devin, her sister, Keely, and her friend, Lil, will set out for Ireland, she longs to go with them. Instead, Mikkel asks her to be a cook for voyage to Greenland. Somehow her excellent food becomes inedible and th...

  • Raider's Promise

    Viking Quest - 5

    Three years after their first adventure began, Bree, Devin, and Mikkel now enter a new world with the explorer Leif Erikson. Their first task: build a shelter to survive the winter. But danger lurks from within the shadows on the horizon of a life ...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Lois Walfrid Johnson has published 23 books.

Lois Walfrid Johnson does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Raider's Promise, was published in January 2006.

The first book by Lois Walfrid Johnson, Hidden Message, was published in March 1990.

Yes. Lois Walfrid Johnson has 3 series.
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