James Ponti

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  • Bibliography:
    31 Books (3 Series)
  • First Book:
    November 1998
  • Latest Book:
    September 2024
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Full Series List in Order

City Spies

1 - City Spies (Mar-2020)
2 - Golden Gate (Mar-2021)
3 - Forbidden City (Feb-2022)
4 - City of the Dead (Feb-2023)
5 - Mission Manhattan (Feb-2024)

Molly Bigelow

1 - Dead City (Oct-2012)
2 - Blue Moon (Oct-2013)
3 - Dark Days (Oct-2015)

A T.O.A.S.T. Mystery

1 - Framed! (Aug-2016)
2 - Vanished! (Aug-2017)
3 - Trapped! (Sep-2018)

Multi-Author Series List

Camp Rock

Sound Off! (May-2009)
The Right Chord (Oct-2009)

Camp Rock: Second Session

6 - Sound Off! (May-2009)
8 - The Right Chord (Oct-2009)

Disney's A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol: The Junior Novel (Oct-2009)

The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo

14 - Friends in Need (Aug-1999)

Pirates of the Caribbean

On Stranger Tides: The Junior Novelization (Apr-2011)

Prince of Persia

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time: The Junior Novel (Apr-2010)

That's so Raven

10 - Psyched (Sep-2005)

Tron Legacy

Tron (Oct-2010)

Book List in Order: 31 titles

  • History Mystery

  • The Green Monster

    When Red Sox outfielder Ricky Baines, who is extremely superstitious, is victimized by a series of seemingly coincidental unlucky events, it is up to Shelby, Vince, and Angie to find out who is sabotaging the baseball star. Original....

  • Friends in Need

    The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo - 14

    Tension and jealousy erupt when Cindi and Noah, Shelby's best friends from Florida, come to visit, between them and her new Boston friends, Angie and Vince, until all five of them team up to catch a thief. Original....

  • Election Connection

    While helping his friend Robbie run against two of the most popular kids in school for student government, Allen picks up signs of an alien congress nearby and makes contact, hoping to find a way back home. Original....

  • Psyched

    That's so Raven - 10

    Watch out world! Here comes Raven Baxter, star of Disney Channel's smash-hit That's So Raven! This teenage psychic's glimpses of the future are always getting her (and often her friends and family) into trouble. Raven usually gets out of these predic...

  • Santa Clause 3, The: The Escape Clause: The Junior Novelization

    Ho...ho...ho...Scott Calvin (aka Santa Clause) is back and everything seems perfect for him and his family. But when Jack Frost tries to take over Clause’s holiday, Santa has to pull double-duty. He must figure out away to keep his family happy and...

  • Santa's Secret

    Ho...ho..ho...Scott Calvin (aka Santa Clause) is back and everything seems perfect for him and his family. But when Jack Frost tries to take over Clause’s holiday, Santa has to pull double-duty. He must figure out away to keep his family happy and ...

  • Saving Santa's Workshop

  • Race to Witch Mountain: The Junior Novel

    Cabdriver Jack Bruno (Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson) is about to go on the ride of his lifetime. When he picks up two teenagers named Seth and Sara (AnnaSophia Robb), he quickly discovers that there teenage angst is far from ordinary. Seth can pass t...



  • Sound Off!

    Camp Rock
    Camp Rock: Second Session - 6

    It is time for the annual Camp Rock Game Day! All the campers are excited to put down their instruments and microphones for one whole day of good old-fashioned games. There are canoe races, obstacle courses, relays and much more. When Mitchie finds h...

  • G-Force: The Junior Novelization

    G-Force has one mission -- put a stop to Leonard Saber’s plan. But they have one small problem -- they have no idea what that plan is! Now, this specially trained force of guinea pigs will have to uncover Saber’s plot or risk the future of humani...

  • A Christmas Carol: The Junior Novel

    Disney's A Christmas Carol

    The timeless tale of an old miser who must face Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet-to-Come, is re-imagined by cinematic visionary Robert Zemeckis. The three Ghosts remind Scrooge of the man he once used to be, the cold truth of who he is toda...

  • The Right Chord

    Camp Rock
    Camp Rock: Second Session - 8

    Camp Rock's second session is coming to a close. Actually, it has already officially ended, but there are a few campers remaining a day or two after everyone else has left. Some are there because schedules have dictated it. (Tess Tyler's mo...

  • Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time: The Junior Novel

    Prince of Persia

    The junior novel will be a 144-page retelling of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. Featuring an eight-page full-colored photo insert with stills from the film, the junior novel is a must for fans of the soon-to-be-hit movie!...

  • The Sorcerer's Apprentice

    In modern-day Manhattan, one young man's life is about to take a surprising turn. When ten-year-old Dave Stutler wanders into a strange and mysterious shop downtown, his life takes an unimaginable twist. It turns out that Dave is no ordinary boy--he ...

  • Tron

    Tron Legacy

    A fully illustrated 48-page retelling of the soon-to-be-hit film, Tron: Legacy. ...

  • Tron: The Movie Storybook

    Sam Flynn is the rebellious 27-year-old son of Kevin Flynn, a computer programmer who disappeared when Sam was just a child. When Sam looks into his father's disappearance, he finds himself pulled into the same world of brutal programs....

  • On Stranger Tides: The Junior Novelization

    Pirates of the Caribbean

    The return of Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp), Captain Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush), and other familiar faces brings about an all-new adventure in Pirate of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, where Jack must confront an old love from the past, whether he wants...

  • Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides Movie Storybook

    The return of Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp), Captain Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush), and other familiar faces brings about an all-new adventure in Pirate of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, where Jack must confront an old love from the past, whether he wants...



  • Dead City

    Molly Bigelow - 1

    Most kids have enough to deal with between school, homework, extracurricular activities, and friends, but Molly Bigelow has something else on her list: hunting zombies. By day, Molly attends MIST -- the Metropolitan Institute of Science and Technolog...

  • Blue Moon

    Molly Bigelow - 2

    Molly is ready for more nonstop, undead action in this follow-up to Dead City, which Kirkus Reviews described as “a fast-paced read for those who like their zombies with just a little fright.” When Molly Bigelow discovered that zombies shared ...

  • Dark Days

    Molly Bigelow - 3

    Molly’s up against the undead -- and the fate of Manhattan is in her hands -- in the third and final book of the Dead City trilogy, which Hunger Games author Suzanne Collins says “breathes new life into the zombie genre.” Molly and the Omega...

  • Framed!

    A T.O.A.S.T. Mystery - 1

    Get to know the only kid on the FBI Director’s speed dial and several international criminals’ most wanted lists all because of his Theory of All Small Things in this hilarious start to a brand-new middle grade mystery series. So you’re only...

  • Vanished!

    A T.O.A.S.T. Mystery - 2

    Florian Bates -- the only kid on the FBI Director’s speed dial and several international criminals’ most wanted lists -- must uncover the truth behind a series of middle school pranks that may or may not involve the daughter of the President of t...

  • Trapped!

    A T.O.A.S.T. Mystery - 3

    Florian Bates -- the only kid on the FBI Director’s speed dial and several international criminals’ most wanted lists -- must save his friend from being framed for a crime he didn’t commit in this hilarious third novel in the Framed! series. ...

  • City Spies

    City Spies - 1

    In this thrilling new series that Stuart Gibbs called “a must-read,” Edgar Award winner James Ponti brings together five kids from all over the world and transforms them into real-life spies -- perfect for fans of Spy School and Mrs. Smith’s Sp...

  • Golden Gate

    City Spies - 2

    In this second installment in the New York Times bestselling series from Edgar Award winner James Ponti, the young group of spies returns for another international adventure perfect for fans of Spy School and Mrs. Smith’s Spy School for Girls.After...

  • Forbidden City

    City Spies - 3

    In this third “thrilling” (Kirkus Reviews) installment in the New York Times bestselling series from Edgar Award winner James Ponti, the young group of spies help a fellow agent in another international adventure perfect for fans of Spy School an...

  • City of the Dead

    City Spies - 4

    In this fourth installment in the New York Times bestselling series from Edgar Award winner James Ponti, the young group of spies go codebreaking in Cairo in another international adventure perfect for fans of Spy School and Mrs. Smith’s Spy School...



  • Mission Manhattan

    City Spies - 5

    In this fifth installment in the New York Times bestselling series from Edgar Award winner James Ponti, the young group of spies take on New York City in another international adventure perfect for fans of Spy School and Mrs. Smith’s Spy School for...

  • The Sherlock Society

    In the tradition of Nancy Drew, four kids and one grandfather in Miami tackle a decades-old mystery in this first book in the action-packed and funny Sherlock Society middle grade series from New York Times bestselling, Edgar Award"winning author J...

Award-Winning Books by James Ponti

Vanished!
2018 Edgar Allan Poe Award -- Juvenile


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

James Ponti has published 31 books.

The next book by James Ponti, The Sherlock Society, will be published in September 2024.

The first book by James Ponti, History Mystery, was published in November 1998.

Yes. James Ponti has 3 series.
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