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  • Bibliography:
    10 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    January 1984
  • Latest Book:
    August 2025
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Full Series List in Order

Notherland Journeys

The Nordlings (Jan-1997)
The Shining World (Jan-2003)
The Songweavers (Sep-2008)

Book List in Order: 10 titles



  • Ezzie has friends and a loving family who never maker her feel that she is "fat." But sometimes schoolmates tease her. Ezzie's bravery makes others realize she is more than simply "the fat girl." For ages 6-10...



  • The first book in the Notherland Journeys trilogy. Fifteen-year-old Peggy is trying to run away from her problems at home. Before she can decide what to do, she finds herself thrust back into a long-forgotten fantasy world called Notherland, which sh...




  • A year after the events in The Nordlings, Peggy returns to Notherland to learn her friend Mi has gone off in search of a mythical “shining world.” Fearing for Mi's safety, Peggy sets out to find her....





  • In a world where thousands are dying over matters of religion, where do you go? What do you believe? Who do you put your own faith in? These questions, so relevent to growing up in 2006, are also questions faced by young people hundreds of years ago ...



  • In a world where thousands are dying over matters of religion, where do you go? What do you believe? Who do you put your own faith in? These questions, so relevant to growing up in 2006, are also questions faced by young people hundreds of years ago ...



  • Peggy is starting to outgrow Notherland, the imaginary world she created as a child, and wants to cut her ties - not knowing it will destroy Notherland completely....







  • County Mayo, Ireland, 1847. The potato crop has failed two years in a row. People are in the throes of starvation, and young Bridget Sweeney must witness things that no nine-year-old should have to bear: Whole families stricken with fever, corpses li...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Kathleen McDonnell has published 10 books.

Kathleen McDonnell does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Brideen, was published in August 2025.

The first book by Kathleen McDonnell, Ezzie's Emerald, was published in January 1984.

Yes. Kathleen McDonnell has 1 series.