Peter Lerangis

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  • Bibliography:
    73 Books (9 Series)
  • First Book:
    December 1986
  • Latest Book:
    March 2021
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Full Series List in Order

Abracadabra!

1 - Poof! Rabbits Everywhere! (Sep-2001)
2 - Boo! Ghosts In The School! (Oct-2001)
3 - Presto! Magic Treasure (Jan-2002)
4 - Yeeps! Secret in the Statue! (Oct-2002)
5 - Zap! A Science Fair Surprise! (Jan-2003)
6 - Yikes! It's Alive! (Apr-2003)
7 - Whoa! Amusement Park Gone Wild! (Jul-2003)
8 - Wow! Blast from the Past! (Oct-2003)

Antarctica

1 - Antarctica Journey to the Pole (Jun-2000)
2 - Escape from Disaster (Jul-2000)
Journey to the Pole (Mar-2012)

Drama Club

1 - The Fall Musical (Sep-2007)
2 - The Big Production (Sep-2007)
3 - Too Hot! (Mar-2008)
4 - Summer Love (Jul-2008)

Max Tilt

1 - Fire the Depths (Oct-2017)
2 - 80 Days or Die (Jul-2018)
3 - Enter the Core (Feb-2019)

Seven Wonders

1 - The Colossus Rises (Feb-2013)
2 - Lost in Babylon (Nov-2013)
3 - The Tomb of Shadows (May-2014)
4 - The Curse of the King (Mar-2015)
5 - The Legend of the Rift (Mar-2016)
Seven Wonders Journals: The Select (Dec-2012)
Seven Wonders Journals: The Orphan (Apr-2014)
Seven Wonders Journals: The Key (Feb-2015)
Seven Wonders Journals: The Promise (Feb-2016)

Spy X

1 - The Code (Jan-2004)
2 - Hide And Seek (Oct-2004)
3 - Proof Positive (Jan-2005)
4 - Tunnel Vision (May-2005)

Throwback

1 - Throwback (Oct-2019)
2 - The Chaos Loop (May-2020)
3 - Out of Time (Mar-2021)

Watchers

1 - Last Stop (Nov-1998)
2 - Rewind (Nov-1998)
3 - I.D. (Jan-1999)
4 - War (Apr-1999)
5 - Island (Jul-1999)
6 - Lab 6 (Oct-1999)

X-Isle

1 - X-Isle (Sep-2003)
2 - Return to X-Isle (May-2004)

Multi-Author Series List

The 39 Clues

3 - The Sword Thief (Mar-2009)
7 - The Viper's Nest (Feb-2010)

The 39 Clues: Cahills Vs. Vespers

3 - The Dead of Night (Mar-2012)

Famous Characters: Batman

Batman Begins: The Junior Novel (Jun-2005)

G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero

6 - Sultan's Secret (Jun-1988)

The Three Investigators: Crimebusters

9 - Foul Play (Apr-1990)

Time Machine

22 - Last of the Dinosaurs (Jan-1988)
25 - World War II Codebreaker (Aug-1989)

Book List in Order: 73 titles

  • Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

    Facing a courtmartial for having saved Spock, Captain Kirk and the crew of the "Enterprise" begin the journey home, but the voyage is interrupted by a mysterious intruder whose appearance threatens the existence of Earth...

  • Amazing Ben Franklin

  • Last of the Dinosaurs

    Time Machine - 22

    IT IS THE YEAR 150 MILLION B.C. You have traveled back to a time when dinosaurs rule the earth. You're alone in a prehistoric pine forest when a huge dinosaur-a flesh-eating megalosaurus-comes staggering toward you. It looks sick and weak-but suddenl...

  • Sultan's Secret

    G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero - 6

  • License to Drive

  • World War II Codebreaker

    Time Machine - 25

  • Foul Play

    The Three Investigators: Crimebusters - 9

  • Dick Tracy Activity Book

  • Dick Tracy: Movie Novelization



  • Dick Tracy: A Catch-a-Crook Adventure

  • Safari Sleuth

    On a mission to shoot specimens for the Smithsonian with none other than Teddy Roosevelt, ten-year-old Indy finds that his own life is endangered when he sets off to find a vanishing species of gazelle. Simultaneous....

  • The Yearbook

    Pity, pity, Laura Chase Pretty hair and pretty face Isn’t it a sorry fate She won’t live to graduate? Someone is playing a little joke on the students of Wetherby High. Someone who thought it'd be funny to make up nasty little poems abou...

  • Driver's Dead

    Trying to get the hang of becoming a better driver, Kirsten gratefully accepts Rob's offer of help, but when Rob disappears after their first lesson, Kirsten begins to realize that the driver's ed class may be more than she bargained for...

  • Spring Fever!

    It’s spring and the geeks are in bloom! As soon as the dorky Gheik kids set foot on school grounds, they were the objects of everyone's ridicule. But that was before they offered to grant wishes to their classmates at Hopnoodle Junior High. A...

  • It Came from the Cafeteria

  • Spring Break

  • Attack of the Killer Potatoes

    Accidentally spilling Humongasaurus Dinosaur growth hormone on a sack of potatoes, Arnold and Max are shocked when the spuds sprout all over the subway system, invade the baseball stadium, and attempt to destroy the city. Original....

  • Last Stop

    Watchers - 1

    To find his missing father, a young boy must cross over to another dimensionIt’s been six months since David Moore’s father disappeared. After months of strange behavior—baby talk, forgetfulness—he simply vanished forever. The...

  • Rewind

    Watchers - 2

    A mysterious camera gives Adam the chance to change the past  In the dead of a Vermont winter, Adam, Edgar, and Lianna skate onto the pond to practice hockey. Suddenly, a crack in the ice sends the two boys tumbling into the frozen water. When h...



  • I.D.

    Watchers - 3

     To stay alive, an adopted girl must discover the secret of her birthWhen her parents tell her that she is adopted, Eve is upset but not surprised. After all, she doesn’t look like her parents, and has always felt a strange distance from t...

  • War

    Watchers - 4

    Nobody knows who the Watchers are. But they are around us. They observe us. They see the things we can't see.... Jake Branford loves war. He loves the reading about war and writing about war. He wishes he could be in a war. Then he stumbles upon t...

  • Island

    Watchers - 5

    A teenage girl follows a mysterious boy to an island with a dark secretSince she was born, Rachel’s whole life has been planned out for her, from prep school to the Ivy League to a job as a doctor or lawyer. Only her grandfather understands tha...

  • Lab 6

    Watchers - 6

    Something is wrong in Lab 6—what are Sam’s parents hiding?Sam Hughes has always been too smart for his own good. It’s in his genes—both his parents are scientists who specialize in artificial intelligence—and sometimes i...

  • Sleepy Hollow: A Novelization

    HEADS WILL ROLL It is 1799, the eve if a new century. In New York City, young Constable Ichabod Crane is eager to use his latest scientific methods and his powers of deduction to solve the most brutal of crimes. But nothing can prepare him for the...

  • The Road to El Dorado: Junior Novelization

    Miguel & Tulio - two adventurers in search of fame and fortune After winning a map to El Dorado in a crooked craps game, Miguel and Tulio set sail on the seas, face near starvation, and tackle dense jungles on their way to the lost city of gold. Th...

  • The Sixth Sense

  • Antarctica Journey to the Pole

    Antarctica - 1

    Set in 1911, a group of explorers must concede defeat and give up on their dreams of reaching the South Pole, yet getting back to civilization isn't nearly as easy as they thought it would be and so each passing day becomes a battle for survival agai...

  • Escape from Disaster

    Antarctica - 2

    Trapped in Antarctic ice, Jack Winslow and his sons fight to get homeIt has been nearly a year since Jack Winslow and his two sons, Colin and Andrew, set out to conquer Antarctica. While Colin and most of the crew stayed behind on the ship, Andrew ma...

  • Poof! Rabbits Everywhere!

    Abracadabra! - 1

    Anything can happen when you wave your magic wand! POOF! All Max wanted to do was pull a fake rabbit out of his magician's hat...but he made real bunnies appear instead! Now they’re poofing up all over school, and the Abracadabra Club is in trou...



  • Boo! Ghosts In The School!

    Abracadabra! - 2

    Boo! Jessica's little brother, Noah, is very scared of ghosts. He's started hearing funny ghost noises all over school -- in the theater, in the halls, and in the stinky janitor's closet. At first everyone thinks he's making it up. But soon Quincy,...

  • Presto! Magic Treasure

    Abracadabra! - 3

    Anything can happen when you wave your magic wand! PRESTO! Quincy, Jessica, Max, and Selena knew their field trip would be the perfect place to practice magic tricks. But they had no idea they would find a secret treasure map. Suddenly jewels and ...

  • Yeeps! Secret in the Statue!

    Abracadabra! - 4

    Anything can happen when you wave your magic wand! YEEPS! When Quincy opens the Abracadabra Club's new magic chest, he finds a strange-looking statue with one glowing red eye. The funny statue rattles when it's shaken. Could it hide a hidden treasur...

  • Zap! A Science Fair Surprise!

    Abracadabra! - 5

    Join Max, Jessica, Quincy, and Selena in this hilarious chapter book series about the adventures and misadventures of an after-school magic and mystery club.

    It's time for the annual science fair. This year that kids at Rebus Elementary will b...

  • Yikes! It's Alive!

    Abracadabra! - 6

  • Whoa! Amusement Park Gone Wild!

    Abracadabra! - 7

    Join Max, Jessica, Quincy, and Selena in a hilarious new chapter book series about the adventures and misadventures of an after-school magic and mystery club.

    Crump's Playworld is in trouble. The Ferris wheel won't spin. The coin-stamping mach...

  • X-Isle

    X-Isle - 1

    Money won't save you. An exclusive, glamorous resort and celebrity hotspot sounds like the perfect holiday destination to five teens all hoping for a summer to die for. But when the murders begin, their fun-filled holiday island starts to seem like l...

  • Wow! Blast from the Past!

    Abracadabra! - 8

    Anything can happen when you wave your magic wand! WOW! The Abracadabra Club is going to take part in the grand opening of Olde Brattle Village. It's been restored to look just as it did in 1798. Max, Jessica, Quincy, and Selena will act as Coloni...

  • The Code

    Spy X - 1

    TRUST NO ONE. Another house, another town, another year without Mom. For twelve-year-old twins Andrew and Evie, moving is a way of life. Their dad is in the military, and they've never stayed in one place for long. But relocating has gotten harder s...

  • Return to X-Isle

    X-Isle - 2

    Check in and die...The hooded figure wielding a scythe is still at large on the glamorous east coast resort of Essex Island, but will he claim another victim? Erica, Anna, Martin and Carter are walking a knife edge, not knowing when or where the kill...



  • Hide And Seek

    Spy X - 2

    FIND THE TRUTH. It's been just two weeks since Andrew and Evie received the first message from their missing mother. Two weeks since they discovered the truth about her disappearance. And now the twins are living in a new city, going to a new school...

  • Proof Positive

    Spy X - 3

    NO ONE IS SAFE Just when Andrew and Evie think they're getting closer to their missing mother, she seems farther away than ever. Even if she's still in the same city as the twins, she could be anywhere, disguised as anyone. And she won't reveal herse...

  • Smiler's Bones

    A "hugely fascinating" (Kirkus), "wonderful" (VOYA) historical novel based on the harrowing true story of Minik, an Eskimo boy seized in the name of exploration and brought to New York in the 1900s.

    In 1897, famed explorer Robert Peary took si...

  • Tunnel Vision

    Spy X - 4

    An exciting new spy series for kids ages 8-12 from master storyteller Peter Lerangis. Twins Andrew and Evie must decode clues that lead to their missing mother, a spy on the run from a gov't agency.

    Andrew and Evie have found Mom at last. But ...

  • Batman Begins: The Junior Novel

    Famous Characters: Batman

    Go back to the beginning! When the mysterious origins of Batman's background are explained, Scholastic will be there with books based on the new movie BATMAN BEGINS!


    The origin of Batman is revealed for the first time -- and this novelizat...

  • The Big Production

    Drama Club - 2

    When it is announced that the Big Spring Musical will be Grease, immediately the drama heats up. Auditions are swamped, emotions run high, and everyone is stressing to make sure that every last detail is exactly right. Meanwhile, it's all just a bit ...

  • The Fall Musical

    Drama Club - 1

    Drama Club. Everyone wants a part. Opening night is like a movie premiere: the entire town rolls up to see the show, and the show itself is always fabulous. But only the talented make the cut--the prodigies, the singers, the future stars. The play i...

  • Too Hot!

    Drama Club - 3

    For the Spring production, the Drama Club decides to do something different, something meatier. So they convince Mr. Levin to let them do an independent production of a serious play--a play with issues--and raw language--and some controversy. (Just t...

  • Summer Love

    Drama Club - 4

    The excitement builds as the Drama Club joins an official summer stock production!It’s summer, which for Ridgeport Drama Club means summer stock, and a chance to test their mettle on (or behind) a real stage. This year, the production stars Shawn N...

  • The Sword Thief

    The 39 Clues - 3

    A DEADLY ALLIANCE There's only one rule in the race to find 39 clues hidden around the world: TRUST NO ONE! But when the hunt leads 14-year-old Amy Cahill and her younger brother, Dan, to Japan, their only chance to find the third clue seems to be w...



  • wtf

    On a Saturday night, five friends embark on personal missions to get laid, get high, and--if all goes well--get rich in the process. They'll push the envelope until it breaks....

  • The Viper's Nest

    The 39 Clues - 7

    A VENOMOUS TRUTH The hunt for 39 hidden Clues that lead to an unimaginable power have taken a heavy toll on fourteen-year-old Amy Cahill and her younger brother, Dan. They've just seen a woman die. They're wanted by the Indonesian police. They're tr...

  • The Dead of Night

    The 39 Clues: Cahills Vs. Vespers - 3

    A LIFE ON THE LINE When seven members of his family were kidnapped by the Vespers, thirteen-year-old Dan Cahill knew he was in for the fight of his life. He knew he was up against an impossibly powerful enemy. And Dan knew the odds were that some of...

  • Journey to the Pole

    Antarctica

    A father and his sons embark on a perilous trek to the ends of the earth It is May 1909, and the race to the South Pole is on. For years, Jack Winslow has dreamed of conquering the frozen wasteland, but just before he sets sail, his wife dies sudd...

  • The Select

  • Seven Wonders Journals: The Select

    Seven Wonders

    From the lost Journals of the Seven Wonders saga comes the story of Burt Wenders--one of the first of the chosen kids to be marked as "The Select." In this thrilling prequel to Book 1, delve into the mystery and the magic of Seven Wonders, the brand-...

  • The Colossus Rises

    Seven Wonders - 1

    JUST ONE BOY... Jack McKinley is an ordinary kid with an extraordinary problem. In six months, Jack is going to die. JUST ONE MISSION... After Jack collapses in the middle of a busy street, he's whisked off to a strange hospital in a strange pla...

  • Lost in Babylon

    Seven Wonders - 2

    Percy Jackson meets Indiana Jones in the New York Times bestselling epic adventure Seven Wonders! Lost in Babylon is the second book in a seven-book series by master storyteller Peter Lerangis. This sequel to the bestselling The Colossus Rises chroni...

  • Seven Wonders Journals: The Orphan

    Seven Wonders

    Discover the history behind the mystery of the epic New York Times bestselling series Seven Wonders with this original novella. In Seven Wonders Book 2 we met Daria, a twelve-year-old orphan abandoned among the Babylonians. The Orphan chronicles h...

  • The Tomb of Shadows

    Seven Wonders - 3

    THREE FRIENDS LEFT Jack McKinley and his friends defeated the Colossus of Rhodes, unearthed the treasures of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, and recovered two of the seven lost Loculi -- only to find they'd been betrayed. TWO SIDES SPLIT With Ba...

  • The Select and The Orphan

  • Seven Wonders Journals: The Key

    Seven Wonders

    Discover the history behind the mystery of the New York Times bestselling Seven Wonders series in this original novella. Follow the tale of Aliyah and Osman, twin treasure hunters pressed into a life of crime. For them, every day is another desper...

  • The Curse of the King

    Seven Wonders - 4

    Three battles Thirteen-year-old Jack McKinley has fought impossible odds to save himself, his friends, and the world. Having already defeated the Colossus of Rhodes, hunted through Ancient Babylon, and outfoxed legions of undead, the Select have r...

  • Seven Wonders Journals: The Promise

    Seven Wonders

    From the lost Journals of the New York Times bestselling Seven Wonders series comes the story of how Atlantis came to rest at the bottom of the sea. Follow the threads of history back to ancient times. Two Atlantean princes, Karai and Massarym, ob...

  • The Legend of the Rift

    Seven Wonders - 5

    Percy Jackson meets Indiana Jones in the final installment of the New York Times bestselling epic adventure Seven Wonders! Jack, Marco, Cass, and Aly’s quest to find the seven magic orbs buried beneath each of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient Wo...

  • Perfect

  • Code Breaker World War II

    During World War II, both sides communicated extensively through telegraph messages. If it weren't for a brilliant team of U.S. codebreakers, the allies might not have won the war. Your mission is to join this top-notch team and crack top-secret c...

  • Explorer, In Search of A Shark

    You are the explorer. You journey to places no one has ever been and face dangers no one has ever known. Now you have a new assignment: Find a runaway shark. You are alone in the waters of the Atlantic Ocean, searching for a shark that has swallowwd ...

  • Fire the Depths

    Max Tilt - 1

    The New York Times bestselling author of the Seven Wonders series and books in the 39 Clues series, Peter Lerangis, brings us the enthralling first installment of the Max Tilt trilogy. When thirteen-year-old Max Tilt happens upon his great-great-...

  • 80 Days or Die

    Max Tilt - 2

    The New York Times bestselling author of the Seven Wonders series and of books in the 39 Clues series, Peter Lerangis, brings us the hair-raising, edge-of-your-seat second installment of the Max Tilt trilogy. When thirteen-year-old Max Tilt stumb...

  • Enter the Core

    Max Tilt - 3

    The New York Times bestselling author of the Seven Wonders series and of books in the 39 Clues series, Peter Lerangis, brings us the final installment of the thrilling Max Tilt trilogy. Max Tilt thinks his luck is finally changing, thanks to his ...

  • Throwback

    Throwback - 1

    Peter Lerangis, the New York Times bestselling author of the Seven Wonders and Max Tilt series, returns with an electrifying new trilogy about a boy who discovers that he alone may be able to alter the course of history. Corey Fletcher has an acti...

  • The Chaos Loop

    Throwback - 2

    Peter Lerangis, the New York Times bestselling author of the Seven Wonders and Max Tilt series, returns with the second installment of his electrifying trilogy about a boy who discovers that he alone can alter the course of history. Ever since Cor...

  • Out of Time

    Throwback - 3

    Peter Lerangis, the New York Times bestselling author of the Seven Wonders and Max Tilt series, returns with the last installment of his electrifying trilogy about a boy who discovers that he can alter the course of history. Thirteen-year-old Core...

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Peter Lerangis has published 73 books.

Peter Lerangis does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Out of Time, was published in March 2021.

The first book by Peter Lerangis, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, was published in December 1986.

Yes. Peter Lerangis has 9 series.
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