Elana K. Arnold

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  • Bibliography:
    27 Books (4 Series)
  • First Book:
    November 2012
  • Latest Book:
    February 2026
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Full Series List in Order

Bat

1 - A Boy Called Bat (Mar-2017)
2 - Bat and the Waiting Game (Apr-2018)
3 - Bat and the End of Everything (Mar-2019)

Just Harriet

1 - Just Harriet (Feb-2022)

Sacred

1 - Sacred (Nov-2012)
2 - Splendor (Nov-2013)

Starla Jean

1 - Starla Jean (Jan-2021)
2 - Starla Jean Takes The Cake (Apr-2022)
3 - Starla Jean Cracks the Case (Apr-2023)

Multi-Author Series List

Fairytale Retellings: Red Riding Hood

Red Hood (Feb-2020)

Book List in Order: 27 titles

  • Sacred

    Sacred - 1

    A grieving girl meets a boy with mystical powers in this passionate love story. Growing up on Catalina Island, off the California coast, Scarlett Wenderoth has led a fairly isolated life. After her brother dies, her isolation deepens as she withdr...

  • Burning

    A sizzling love story between a small-town boy and a Gypsy girl unfolds as the Burning Man festival is in full swing. Ben: Having just graduated from high school, Ben is set to leave Gypsum, Nevada. It's good timing since the gypsum mine that is ...

  • Splendor

    Sacred - 2

    Splendor, the stunning sequel to Sacred, is a story about changing friendships, family, romance, passion, the study of Kabbalah, and self-discovery. Sometimes the answers we seek aren’t ours to find. . . . Scarlett loves her boyfriend, the d...

  • The Question of Miracles

    Sixth-grader Iris Abernathy hates life in Corvallis, Oregon, where her family just moved. It’s always raining, and everything is so wet. Besides, nothing has felt right since Iris’s best friend, Sarah, died. When Iris meets Boris, an awkw...

  • Infandous

    "Once there was a mermaid who dared to love a wolf. Her love for him was so sudden and so fierce that it tore her tail into legs." Sephora Golding lives in the shadow of her unbelievably beautiful mother. Even though they scrape by in the seedier par...

  • Far from Fair

    Odette Zyskowski has a list: Things That Aren’t Fair. At the top of the list is her parents’ decision to take the family on the road in an ugly RV they’ve nicknamed the Coach. There’s nothing fair about leaving California and living in the cr...

  • A Boy Called Bat

    Bat - 1

    From acclaimed author Elana K. Arnold and with illustrations by Charles Santoso, A BOY CALLED BAT is the first book in a funny, heartfelt, and irresistible young middle grade series starring an unforgettable young boy on the autism spectrum. For B...

  • What Girls Are Made of

    When Nina Faye was fourteen, her mother told her there was no such thing as unconditional love. Nina believed her. Now she'll do anything for the boy she loves, to prove she's worthy of him. But when he breaks up with her, Nina is lost. What is she i...

  • Bat and the Waiting Game

    Bat - 2

    In the tradition of Clementine and Ramona Quimby, meet Bat. Author Elana K. Arnold returns with another irresistible story of friendship in this widely acclaimed series starring an unforgettable boy on the autism spectrum. For Bixby Alexander Tam ...



  • Damsel

    A dark, twisted, unforgettable fairy tale from Elana K. Arnold, author of the National Book Award finalist What Girls Are Made Of The rite has existed for as long as anyone can remember: When the king dies, his son the prince must venture out into...

  • Bat and the End of Everything

    Bat - 3

    The third book in the funny and joyful series Katherine Applegate has called “tender and important,” by National Book Award finalist Elana K. Arnold. Bixby Alexander Tam (nicknamed Bat) has been the caretaker for Thor, the best skunk kit in t...

  • What Riley Wore

    Gender-creative Riley knows just what to wear for every occasion during a busy week with family and friends in this sweet and timely picture book from Elana K. Arnold and Linda Davick.Riley wears whatever clothes feel right each day. On Monday, Riley...

  • Red Hood

    Fairytale Retellings: Red Riding Hood

    Elana K. Arnold, author of the Printz Honor book Damsel, returns with a dark, engrossing, blood-drenched tale of the familiar threats to female power -- and one girl’s journey to regain it. You are alone in the woods, seen only by the unblinking...

  • An Ordinary Day

    An ordinary day in an ordinary neighborhood turns out to be quite extraordinary in this moving story about the circle of life.It’s an average day in the neighborhood -- children play, roses are watered, and a crow watches over it all. But then two ...

  • Starla Jean

    Starla Jean - 1

    Introducing Starla Jean! She's full of moxie, clever as a fox, and obsessed with catching a chicken she finds at the park. When Starla first sees the scrawny bird wandering around, she just knows they're destined for one another. Her da...

  • The House That Wasn't There

    Alder has always lived in his cozy little house in Southern California. And for as long as he can remember, the old, reliable, comforting walnut tree has stood between his house and the one next door. That is, until a new family -- with a particularl...

  • Just Harriet

    Just Harriet - 1

    From the award-winning author of A Boy Called Bat comes a new young middle grade series in the tradition of Ramona and Clementine, starring an unforgettable girl named Harriet. There are a few things you should know about Harriet Wermer: She just...

  • Starla Jean Takes The Cake

    Starla Jean - 2

    Printz Honor winner and National Book Award Finalist Elana K. Arnold is back with Starla Jean Takes The Cake, an irresistible story of a girl, her chicken, and a few new friends, superbly illustrated by A. N. Kang.It's Willa's first birthday -- a day...

  • Pip and Zip

    A family finds two abandoned duck eggs and are in for a big (and very cute) surprise in this story that is reminiscent of LeUyen Pham's Outside Inside, from award-winning author Elana K. Arnold and charmingly illustrated by Doug Salati.Once, when we ...



  • All by Himself?

    A child spends the day building a castle with wooden blocks -- all by himself! But was it really only his work that made his masterpiece possible?What does it take to create something new? A whole lot of work -- and a whole lot of people! The child m...

  • Harriet Spies

    The unforgettable star of Just Harriet returns for another mystery on Marble Island, from award-winning author Elana K. Arnold.There are a few things you should know about Harriet Wermer:She always tells the truth.She’s loving spending her summer o...

  • Starla Jean Cracks the Case

    Starla Jean - 3

    Starla Jean and her pet chicken, Opal Egg, return in this side-splitting third chapter book, just in time to solve a puzzling mystery that takes them on a chase through the neighborhood!Have you ever walked a chicken on a leash? Well, chicken expert ...

  • The Blood Years

    From Michael L. Printz honoree & National Book Award finalist Elana K. Arnold comes the harrowing story of a young girl's struggle to survive the Holocaust in Romania. Frederieke Teitler and her older sister, Astra, live in a house, in a city,...

  • The Fish of Small Wishes

    Fall in love with a modern fairy tale inspired by a Jewish family memory in this magical picture book by award-winning picture book creators Elana K. Arnold and Magdalena Mora.Once, there was a girl named Kiki, who found a fish on the asphalt.The fis...

  • Harriet Tells the Truth

    Sid Fleischman Humor Award WinnerHarriet sets out to solve a poisoning on Marble Island in the third book in the acclaimed cozy mystery series from award-winning author Elana K. Arnold.There are some things you should know about Harriet Wermer:She us...

  • Bat and the Business of Ferrets

    The bestselling Bat returns! Bat and the Business of Ferrets is the fourth title in National Book Award finalist Elana K. Arnold’s heartfelt and widely acclaimed series featuring an unforgettable young boy on the autism spectrum.Bixby Alex...

  • Holloway

    Holloway has descriptive copy which is not yet available from the Publisher....

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Elana K. Arnold has published 27 books.

The next book by Elana K. Arnold, Holloway, will be published in February 2026.

The first book by Elana K. Arnold, Sacred, was published in November 2012.

Yes. Elana K. Arnold has 4 series.
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