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  • Bibliography:
    28 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    December 1999
  • Latest Book:
    December 2015
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Full Series List in Order

Matt and Michael Snow Investigate

1 - The Shadow Imp (Jan-2015)
2 - The Haunted House on Hawthorn Hill (Jan-2015)

Book List in Order: 28 titles




  • Two teenage boys â€" from opposite sides of the track â€" in the midst of a fist fight over a girl, become trapped together in a deep, slick-walled, dark cave. The only escape is through a tiny, seemingly unreachable hole in the roof a hundred feet ...



  • One dark, cold, November night, twelve-year old Zach is dumped, kicking and screaming, into the county orphanage. With his mother suddenly gone, he begins testing a relationship with the wise, old, white-bearded handyman. Rocky at first, it develops...



  • BOOK ONE Tommy Powers (an almost 13 year old orphan) has never really been what you would call a typical kid, but when he meets the ancient Sage who helps him discover his awesome super powers there can be no doubt about it! He learns that he belongs...



  • Three books for 10 to 15 year olds in one volume. In The Shadow Imp, a pair of twin boys find themselves investigating strange goings on in their city â€" a mysterious shadowy figure is seen lurking about and tries to make contact. Is it a wild crea...



  • BOOK TWO Here in Book Two, the story continues. A new problem arises for Tommy - somebody is out to kill him. His new assailant - The Mutant Stranger - makes no attempt to hide himself or what he's about. He also has super powers (including lethal, l...




  • This is Book Three in the series: Thirteen year old, Super Hero Tommy Powers welcomes an unlikely new partner in his fight against evil. This time his foe is a brilliant magician who uses mind control methods to force people all over the world to liv...







  • Book 3: The Orvie Mystery Series â€" In this outing Orvie (the boy who will forever be 12 years old and can see the truth or fiction about thing said about the past) finds himself in North Dakota on a search for Diamonds that belong to a grandfather ...



  • In Book Six of the series, Orvie finds himself in the Ozark Mountains helping a new friend â€" Joey â€" solve a mystery involving the haunting of Joey’s big old house by a long departed relative who wants Joey and his mother to leave. The ghost â€...



  • BOOK FOUR: Orvie visits an isolated island in the southern section of Lake Michigan, intrigued by rumors of a ghost ship that sails in close to shore, fires volleys of cannon balls at the island and then turns and disappears into thin air. He bef...




  • The first of a series of six western novels for young teens. Think, teen detective mysteries set in 1880 Kansas where the old west is still very much alive. In this first book in the series, Johnny, a 13-year-old orphan, and Doc, a frontier doctor,...



  • The second book in the Doc and Johnny’s Old West Mystery series. A carnival and rodeo run by Gypsies come to Red Bend and Johnny becomes friends with an orphan boy traveling with them. Johnny and Doc find they have two mysteries to solve: First, ...



  • Book Four: 10 to 15 year old readers. Kidnapped: Johnny’s Aunt Bea and the banker’s wife are kidnapped for a large ransom during the week in early spring when Abbot comes to visit. Johnny, Jerry and Abbot take the lead in solving the mysterie...



  • Book Five for 10 to 14 year olds: With Abbot and Jerry gone for the summer, Johnny has some time on his hands (never a good thing for the sanity of those around him!). A new mystery surfaces in which a lone bandit, wearing crimson boots and shirt, ...



  • Book Three: Doc and Johnny’s Old West Mysteries. Johnny uncovers a mystery involving the disappearance of a Pony Express rider some twenty years before. He smells foul play and investigates with his new 15 year old friend, Jericho. He helped nu...



  • For 9 to 14 year olds. Matt and Michael Snow are twins whose lives are filled with mysteries that just have to be solved. As thirteen year olds go they are really excellent detectives. They live at the edge of a small city. In BOOK TWO of this s...






  • For 9 to 14 year olds. Matt and Michael Snow are twins whose lives are filled with mysteries that just have to be solved. As thirteen year olds go they are really excellent detectives. They live at the edge of a small city. In Book One of this s...



  • Rabbles: unconventional, common people, often looked down uponThree exhausted teen boys form an odd alliance as they work their way north from southern Arkansas, away from the horrendous battles of the Civil War. Zachary, a wounded 17 year old Confed...



  • In 1870 Maryland, Nathan, age 17, and Alexander, 13, had been separated for four, long years while Nate apprenticed under a cruel master. Without warning, they suddenly found themselves orphaned and on their own. Almost immediately, they managed to...



  • Unique among twin boy novels, here, twelve-year-old twin boys were separated at birth, one being raised as a Cherokee and the other as a white boy. In 1870, Kansas, these young teens discover each other while on separate journeys to Red Bend, hoping...



  • Book Three: [10 to 14 year olds. The books are best read in order since the story continues.]Jericho and Red Eagle encounter the ‘ghost’ of a Pirate who, according to the lore, hid his considerable treasure, just north of Red Bend some 55 years ...



  • Ages 10 to 14: Twelve year old twin boys were separated at birth. One was raised as a Cherokee and the other a white boy. In 1870, Kansas, they discover each other while on separate journeys to Red Bend hoping to discover who they were. They soon a...




  • 10 to 14 year old readers: (Best read in order) The boys decide it would be good if they visited the places where each of them grew up â€" The Cherokee Reservation in the Indian Territory, and south western Missouri where Jericho lived. After visit...



Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

David Drake (1) has published 28 books.

David Drake (1) does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Boys' Great Adventure, was published in December 2015.

The first book by David Drake (1), Diamonds, Dust, and Death, was published in December 1999.

Yes. David Drake (1) has 1 series.