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  • Bibliography:
    12 Books (2 Series)
  • First Book:
    January 1955
  • Latest Book:
    July 2003
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Full Series List in Order

The Great Brain

1 - The Great Brain (1967)
2 - More Adventures of the Great Brain (1969)
3 - Me and My Little Brain (1971)
4 - The Great Brain at the Academy (1972)
5 - The Great Brain Reforms (1973)
6 - The Return of the Great Brain (1974)
7 - The Great Brain Does It Again (1976)
8 - The Great Brain Is Back (1995)

Related Books

1 - Papa Married a Mormon (1955)
2 - Mamma's Boarding House (1958)

Book List in Order: 12 titles




  • Mamma always had a way of treating everyone as a member of her own family, of giving warmth and comfort and love to people who had known little but loneliness and misfortune. And in the rugged Utah town of Adenville in the early years of this century...




  • The Great Brain is Tom D. Fitzgerald, aged 10. The story is told by J. D., a sometimes confounded but always admiring younger brother. Such people as Mr. Standish, the mean schoolmaster, regret the day they came up against the Great Brain. But others...



  • People in Adenville breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that Tom D. Fitzgerald, The Great Brain, had truly reformed. Not one kid had been swindled and not one stunt pulled for months. But some suspected that the reform would last only until T.D. got...



  • When that shrewd conniver, Tom, the infamous Great Brain, is sent off to school in Salt Lake City, his favorite victim, J. D., figures he can step into his brother's shoes as town hustler. But J. D.'s schemes always misfire. Nothing's wrong with his ...



  • This fourth book in the series is a great combination of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Terrible Two series, and is perfect for fans of Roald Dahl.Everyone knew that Tom Fitzgerald, better known as the Great Brain, would get into trou...



  • This fifth book in the series is a great combination of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Terrible Two series, and is perfect for fans of Roald Dahl.It's summer vacation, and  J. D. is determined to reform his older brother Tom, a.k...



  • This sixth book in the series is a great combination of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Terrible Two series, and is perfect for fans of Roald Dahl.Tom Fitzgerald, better known as the Great Brain, is struggling to stay reformed now that...






  • This seventh book in the series is a great combination of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Terrible Two series, and is perfect for fans of Roald Dahl.Here he goes again! Tom, a.k.a. the Great Brain, comes up with many more schemes, most...



  • This classic trickster is back again, and he's up to no good in his eighth and final book of the series. Great mix of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Terrible Two series, and is perfect for fans of Roald Dahl.Tom D. Fitzgerald--better known as T...



  • John D. Fitzgerald This powerful story, presented in the simple language of 10-year-old Susan Parker, really centers around the characterization of Jerry, Sue’s 12-year-old brother. The Parker family, unused to any kind of pioneering life, leaves S...


Award-Winning Books by John D. Fitzgerald

The Great Brain Does It Again
1978 Young Reader's Choice Award -- Children's
The Great Brain Reforms
1976 Young Reader's Choice Award -- Children's


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

John D. Fitzgerald has published 12 books.

John D. Fitzgerald does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Brave Buffalo Fighter, was published in July 2003.

The first book by John D. Fitzgerald, Papa Married a Mormon, was published in January 1955.

Yes. John D. Fitzgerald has 2 series.