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  • Bibliography:
    4 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    July 2008
  • Latest Book:
    April 2017
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Full Series List in Order

Keena Ford

Keena Ford and the Second-Grade Mix-Up (Jul-2008)
Keena Ford and the Field Trip Mix-Up (Jun-2009)
Keena Ford and the Secret Journal Mix-up (Sep-2010)

Book List in Order: 4 titles



  • Keena Ford doesn't mean to be a troublemaker, but sometimes things get out of hand. Lucky for her, it's the beginning of the second grade and Keena's got a clean slate. So when her new second-grade teacher, Ms. Campbell, mistakenly thinks it's her bi...



  • Keena Ford doesn't mean to get in trouble. In fact, she is very excited to go on a field trip to the United States Capitol with her second-grade class. At school, she is running for a spot on the student council, and on the field trip she's going to ...



  • Second-grader Keena Ford loves writing in her journal. One day, Keena accidentally leaves her journal in the apartment of her mean classmate Tiffany Harris. The next day, Tiffany informs Keena that she's read the journal and is going to tell all of K...



  • In Melissa Thomson's first standalone middle-grade novel, the beloved author of the Keena Ford chapter book series delivers a funny yet moving story about fathers, sons, and criminal justice. Oliver "Spaghetti-O" Jones's dad is about to be jailed fo...




Award-Winning Books by Melissa Thomson

Keena Ford and the Second-Grade Mix-Up
2009 Maryland Blue Crab Young Reader Award -- Transitional Fiction


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Melissa Thomson has published 4 books.

Melissa Thomson does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Tito the Bonecrusher, was published in April 2017.

The first book by Melissa Thomson, Keena Ford and the Second-Grade Mix-Up, was published in July 2008.

Yes. Melissa Thomson has 1 series.