Patricia Hermes

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  • Bibliography:
    52 Books (5 Series)
  • First Book:
    March 1980
  • Latest Book:
    May 2019
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Full Series List in Order

Cousins' Club

1 - I'll Pulverize You, William (Nov-1994)
2 - Everything Stinks (Oct-1997)
3 - Thirteen Things Not to Tell a Parent (Nov-1995)
4 - Boys are Even Worse than I Thought (Mar-1996)

Elizabeth's Jamestown Colony Diaries

1 - Our Strange New Land (Jun-2000)
2 - The Starving Time (May-2001)
3 - Seasons of Promise (Nov-2002)

Emma Dilemma

1 - Emma Dilemma and the New Nanny (Apr-2006)
2 - Emma Dilemma and the Two Nannies (Apr-2007)
3 - Emma Dilemma and the Soccer Nanny (Apr-2008)
4 - Emma Dilemma and the Camping Nannny (Apr-2009)
5 - Emma Dilemma, the Nanny, and the Secret Ferret (Apr-2010)
6 - Emma Dilemma, the Nanny, and the Best Horse Ever (Apr-2011)
7 - Emma Dilemma, the Nanny, and the Wedding (Oct-2012)

Joshua's Oregon Trail Diaries

1 - Westward to Home (Jan-2001)
2 - A Perfect Place (Nov-2002)
3 - The Wild Year (Aug-2003)

Katie Potts

Something Scary (Sep-1996)
Turkey Trouble (Sep-1996)
Christmas Magic (Nov-1996)
My Secret Valentine (Jan-1997)
Hoppy Easter (Mar-1998)

Multi-Author Series List

Horse Diaries

3 - Koda (Nov-2009)
8 - Black Cloud (Jan-2012)

My America

Our Strange New Land (Jun-2000)
Westward to Home (Jan-2001)
The Starving Time (May-2001)
A Perfect Place (Nov-2002)
Seasons of Promise (Nov-2002)
The Wild Year (Aug-2003)

My Side of the Story

The Brothers' War (Jul-2005)
Salem Witch (Oct-2006)

Book List in Order: 52 titles

  • What If They Knew?

    Spending the summer with her grandparents in Brooklyn has been so much fun, Jeremy should be elated when she learns she will be starting school there. But her parents' decision to extend their stay in Europe comes as a terrible blow. Jeremy has a ...

  • Nobody's Fault?

  • You Shouldn't Have to Say Goodbye

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    From the moment thirteen-year-old Sarah Morrow hugs her mother on that dreary afternoon, it's clear that something is wrong. Usually filled with giggles and spectacular ideas, her mom winces with pain instead. Though she laughs it off quickly, Sarah ...

  • Who Will Take Care of Me?

  • Friends Are Like That

  • A Solitary Secret

  • Kevin Corbett Eats Flies

  • A Place for Jeremy

    After she switches schools in the middle of the year and goes to stay with her grandparents, eleven-year-old Jeremy's life is further disrupted when her parents announce from overseas that they are adopting a new baby sister for her....

  • Heads, I Win

    Bailey's running for president of her fifth grade class, and she's got to win! She's even writing to the president of the U.S. for an endorsement. And her best friend Kevin is helping her concoct some wild schemes for winning votes. Anything to beat ...



  • Be Still My Heart

  • I Hate Being Gifted

    Nobody Wants to Be a LEAP Creep That's what some kids call the ones who make it into LEAP -- our school's special program for smart kids. Like me. Just because I passed one lousy test, everyone thinks I'm a nerd. Even my best friends, Melinda and Ch...

  • Mama, Let's Dance

    Abandoned by their mother after the death of their father, three youngsters are determined to keep their situation a secret so that the authorities will not split them up and send them to foster homes...

  • My Girl

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  • Take Care of My Girl

  • Nothing But Trouble, Trouble, Trouble

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    Getting into trouble is Alex's specialty. Alex is always getting into trouble -- but not on purpose. Especially not this time, because if she doesn't get into trouble it will prove to her parents that she's grown-up. Grown-up enough to baby-sit --...

  • My Girl 2

    WHEN YOU'RE AN UNDERTAKER'S DAUGHTER, LIFE'S NOT EXACTLY NORMAL TO BEGIN WITH. Thirteen-year-old Vada Sultenfuss is being kicked out of her room because her stepmother, Shelly, is about to have a baby. Her friend Judy’s in love with a jerk. And ...

  • I'll Pulverize You, William

    Cousins' Club - 1

  • Someone to Count on

    “Run away from home,” she said. “Have an adventure!” That’s what Sam's mom says each time things get a little difficult -- or she gets bored. Sam’s only dream is to have a home. Not to have to move to another strange town. So when th...

  • On Winter's Wind

    Wishing that her father, who has been lost at sea, is really coming home, eleven-year-old Genevieve faces difficult family struggles that include a harsh winter, dwindling money and food, and a mother who is suffering from depression....



  • Thirteen Things Not to Tell a Parent

    Cousins' Club - 3

    Under the gun after nearly setting fire to the family beach cottage, a girl and her cousin have to raise their own money in order to go to a carnival at the boardwalk but must hide their methods from disapproving parents. Original....

  • Boys are Even Worse than I Thought

    Cousins' Club - 4

    Staying with her cousin for a couple of months, Amelia devises a foolproof plan to keep her parents from getting divorced and reluctantly enlists the help of Jason, the cutest boy in school. Original....

  • Something Scary

    Katie Potts

    When Tiffany does not invite Katie to her Halloween party, the resourceful seven-year old decides to create her own spooky fun by secretly turning a shed into a haunted house. By the author of Mama, Let's Dance. Original....

  • Turkey Trouble

    Katie Potts

  • When Snow Lay Soft on the Mountains

    Dreaming of the beautiful porcelain doll in the window of Grover's store, young Hallie never expects that her wish for the doll will come true, especially when Papa falls ill. By the author of Mama, Let's Dance. ...

  • Christmas Magic

    Katie Potts

    Unable to stay out of mischief during the holiday season, Katie Potts soon has everyone including her best friend mad at her, chooses her twin brother's name for the Secret Santa exchange, and wonders if Santa knows of her antics. Original....

  • Fly Away Home

    When Amy Alden discovers a nest of goose eggs and brings them home to hatch, the newborns "imprint" on her, following her everywhere, claiming her as their mother. As they grow, Amy and her dad, Thomas, realize they must take on the responsibility...

  • My Secret Valentine

    Katie Potts

    As Valentine's Day approaches, Katie Potts struggles with her exasperating baby brother and her father's attempts to put the whole family on a nonfat diet, until she figures out how to have a fun holiday anyway...

  • Zeus and Roxanne

    YOU WON'T BELIEVE WHO'S TALKING! IT'S JUST WILD! Zeus is a lovable mutt with a knack for finding trouble. Roxanne is a lonely dolphin separated from her pod. But they've just found each other on a beach in the Florida Keys, and now they're the be...

  • Everything Stinks

    Cousins' Club - 2

    A second volume in the new series The Cousins' Club centers on ten-year-old Jennifer's determination to have a "perfect day" with her visiting cousins, in spite of having absolutely everything go completely wrong....



  • Hoppy Easter

    Katie Potts

  • Cheat the Moon

    Gabby suddenly finds herself responsible for her five-year-old brother, Will, after her father's absences become longer and more frequent, but twelve-year-old Gabby finds her life very difficult and sometimes wishes she could just leave home too....

  • Calling Me Home

    In a book remniscent of the Little House on the Prairie series, a girl living in 1850s Nebraska dreams of going to school and faces tragedy while helping her family survive on the great plains. Reprint....

  • Our Strange New Land

    Elizabeth's Jamestown Colony Diaries - 1
    My America

    September 20, 1609 Papa works furiously on our house. Jessie and I work alongside him. Mama still frowns, though, when I climb to the roof. And in the lean-to beside us, John Bridger lounges with his lazy brothers. They will be sorry when winter com...

  • Westward to Home

    Joshua's Oregon Trail Diaries - 1
    My America

    In book one of this diary of life on the Oregon Trail, Pat Hermes tells the story of Joshua McCullough's family's experiences as they pack up their belongings and head west in a wagon train.

    It is 1848 when Joshua McCullough and his family lea...

  • The Starving Time

    Elizabeth's Jamestown Colony Diaries - 2
    My America

    November 1 We have a sweet, little house that Papa and I built....It is different from England. But it feels almost like a real home now. Tonight, at twilight, Papa laid a fire on our hearth. Mama was nursing baby Abigail. We talked about Caleb. Ju...

  • A Perfect Place

    Joshua's Oregon Trail Diaries - 2
    My America

    In Patricia Hermes's Book Two of Joshua's journey West in 1848, we meet the young adventurer once again upon his arrival in Oregon where his new life will begin.

    It is the fall of 1848, and Joshua and his family have finally arrived in Oregon...

  • Seasons of Promise

    Elizabeth's Jamestown Colony Diaries - 3
    My America

    In her third and final journal, Elizabeth and her brother, now reunited, grieve the death of their mother, while dramatic changes take place in Jamestown, under the strict leadership of Lord Delaware.

    Elizabeth, who is finally reunited with he...

  • Sweet By and By

    Nothing makes Blessing happier than to sit, singing, with Monnie, her grandmother, beside her, making music on the fiddle. Blessing's mama died when she was two, and Monnie has looked after her ever since in their small house in the Tennessee moun...

  • The Wild Year

    Joshua's Oregon Trail Diaries - 3
    My America

    In Joshua's final diary, by Patricia Hermes, we meet the young adventurer once again out West.

    Joshua continues to chronicle the pioneering life as he and his family continue to grow and thrive out West, in Oregon. Throughout these times of ha...



  • Summer Secrets

  • The Brothers' War

    My Side of the Story

    Melody and Marshall are cousins whose family is torn apart when Marshall's father enlists in the Confederate Army and Melody's father backs the Union cause. Marshall assists his father by acting as a spy while Melody helps her father. But will fam...

  • Emma Dilemma and the New Nanny

    Emma Dilemma - 1

    Marmaduke is missing! Once again, Emma has forgotten to put her ferret back in his cage. And with four brothers and sisters and a poodle who chases Marmaduke around the house, Emma finds herself in the middle of this and other family dilemmas. If onl...

  • Salem Witch

    My Side of the Story

    Salem, 1692. Devils and witches are an accepted fact of life and religion. When some girls in the village begin having fits and tremors, their torments are attributed to the action of witches. Elizabeth Putnam and her parents are different from ma...

  • Emma Dilemma and the Two Nannies

    Emma Dilemma - 2

    Emma loves the family's Irish nanny. Annie's fun. She likes pets. She keeps secrets. She wears wonderful clothes. And she likes to play. Emma's sisters and brothers are also crazy about her. So when Annie announces that she's returning to Ireland for...

  • Emma Dilemma and the Soccer Nanny

    Emma Dilemma - 3

    Emma has a new dilemma. Her traveling soccer team has its first game in Washington, DC, and she wishes Annie, the family’s totally cool Irish nanny, can be her team chaperone. Mom wants to go, but Mom doesn’t know the difference between a shin gu...

  • Emma Dilemma and the Camping Nannny

    Emma Dilemma - 4

    Instead of spending free time with Emma and her family, Annie the nanny chooses to spend it with Bo. They have signed up for Irish dance class on Sunday nights, and Bo seems to show up whenever Annie has an evening off. To make matters worse, Emma’...

  • Koda

    Horse Diaries - 3

    For anyone who has ever dreamed of hearing a horse’s story . . .Independence, Missouri, 1846Koda is a bay quarter horse with a white blaze. He loves to explore the countryside and run free with his human friend Jasmine nearby. But after Koda sets o...

  • Emma Dilemma, the Nanny, and the Secret Ferret

    Emma Dilemma - 5

    Emma has a new dilemma as her hectic, lovable family heads north to Maine for vacation. Can she get away with smuggling her favorite ferret in her backpack so as not to be parted from him for the whole summer? And once she arrives at the "lake house,...

  • Emma Dilemma, the Nanny, and the Best Horse Ever

    Emma Dilemma - 6

    Emma has always loved animals -- her two ferrets, the family’s friendly poodle, and her sister’s fluffy cat. But now Emma is in love in a way she has never been before -- with a big, beautiful bay horse named Rooney. Emma rides him at a nearby st...



  • Black Cloud

    Horse Diaries - 8

    Born in Northern Nevada in 1950, Black Cloud is a black-and-white mustang colt. He loves roaming free with the rest of his herd, playing with the other foals, and learning the ways of wild horses. But when humans intrude on this wandering life, Black...

  • Emma Dilemma, the Nanny, and the Wedding

    Emma Dilemma - 7

    Annie is the very best nanny in the whole world, and it’s been that way forever. But when Annie announces she’s getting married, Emma panics. What will Emma do if Annie moves out? She won’t be able to see her favorite nanny in the evenings anym...

  • Emma Dilemma and the Camping Nanny

    Instead of spending free time with Emma and her family, Annie the nanny chooses to spend it with Bo. They have signed up for Irish dance class on Sunday nights, and Bo seems to show up whenever Annie has an evening off. To make matters worse, Emma’...

Award-Winning Books by Patricia Hermes

You Shouldn't Have to Say Goodbye
1987 Iowa Teen Award -- Young Adult
1988 Nene Award -- Children's Fiction


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Patricia Hermes has published 52 books.

Patricia Hermes does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Emma Dilemma and the Camping Nanny, was published in May 2019.

The first book by Patricia Hermes, What If They Knew?, was published in March 1980.

Yes. Patricia Hermes has 5 series.
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