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Eliot Schrefer Books in Order

Eliot Schrefer has written 22 books, published between 2006 and 2025. The first book is Glamorous Disasters (2006) and the newest is Wyatt Hill Brings a Lizard to School (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
22
Published
2006–2025
Confirmed
2 of 22 titles
Pages on record
4,167 in 15 of 22 books
Reading time
69–104 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,167 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 15 of 22 titles with a page count on record.

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Photo of Eliot Schrefer, author

Eliot Schrefer, born in 1978, is an American and British author of adult and young adult fiction, and has twice been a finalist for the National Book Award in Young People's Literature. Endangered (2012) and Threatened (2014), the best known of the young adult novels, are survival stories about young people and great apes. Schrefer teaches on the Creative Writing MFA programme at Fairleigh Dickinson University. The catalogue holds 22 books from Glamorous Disasters (2006) to Wyatt Hill Brings a Lizard to School (2025), with the Ape Quartet, Lost Rainforest and Animal Rescue Agency series on file.

How many Eliot Schrefer books are there?

Eliot Schrefer has 22 books, released between 2006 and 2025. They include 3 series and 10 titles listed outside any series.

Eliot Schrefer Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 22 Eliot Schrefer books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of Glamorous Disasters by Eliot Schrefer (2006)
  2. Cover of The New Kid by Eliot Schrefer (2007)
  3. Cover of Hack the SAT by Eliot Schrefer (2008)
  4. Cover of The School for Dangerous Girls by Eliot Schrefer (2009)
  5. Cover of The Deadly Sister by Eliot Schrefer (2010)
  6. Cover of Endangered / Heart of Danger by Eliot Schrefer, book 1 of the Ape Quartet (2012)
  7. Cover of Rise and Fall by Eliot Schrefer, book 6 of the Spirit Animals series (2014)
  8. Cover of Immortal Guardians by Eliot Schrefer, book 1 of the Spirit Animals: Fall Of The Beasts series (2015)
  9. Cover of Mez's Magic by Eliot Schrefer, book 1 of the Lost Rainforest series (2018)
  10. Cover of Gogi's Gambit by Eliot Schrefer, book 2 of the Lost Rainforest series (2019)
  11. Cover of Rumi’s Riddle by Eliot Schrefer, book 3 of the Lost Rainforest series (2020)
  12. Cover of The Darkness Outside Us by Eliot Schrefer (2021)
  13. Cover of Pangolin Pop Star by Eliot Schrefer, book 2 of the Animal Rescue Agency series (2022)
  14. Cover of Queer Ducks (and Other Animals) by Eliot Schrefer (2022)
  1. 1
    Glamorous Disasters2006 · 328 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2006328
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  2. 2
    The New Kid2007 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2007288
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  3. 3
    Hack the SAT2008 · 236 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2008236
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  4. 4
    The School for Dangerous Girls2009 · confirmed 1/4
    2009–
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  5. 5
    The Deadly Sister2010 · confirmed 1/4
    2010–
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  6. 6
    Endangered / Heart of DangerApe Quartet #12012 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2012288
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  7. 7
    ThreatenedApe Quartet #22014 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014288
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  8. 8
    Rise and FallSpirit Animals #62014 · 187 pages · confirmed 4/4
    2014187
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  9. 9
    Immortal GuardiansSpirit Animals: Fall Of The Beasts #12015 · 183 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2015183
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  10. 10
    RescuedApe Quartet #32016 · 272 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2016272
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  11. 11
    Mez's MagicLost Rainforest #12018 · 368 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2018368
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  12. 12
    OrphanedApe Quartet #42018 · 305 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2018305
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  13. 13
    Gogi's GambitLost Rainforest #22019 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2019352
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  14. 14
    Rumi’s RiddleLost Rainforest #32020 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2020320
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  15. 15
    The Popper Penguin Rescue2020 · 144 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2020144
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  16. 16
    The Darkness Outside Us2021 · 416 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2021416
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  17. 17
    Little ClawsAnimal Rescue Agency #12022 · confirmed 1/4
    2022–
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  18. 18
    Pangolin Pop StarAnimal Rescue Agency #22022 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2022192
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  19. 19
    Queer Ducks (and Other Animals)2022 · confirmed 1/4
    2022–
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  20. 20
    Charming Young Man2023 · confirmed 1/4
    2023–
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  21. 21
    The Brightness Between Us2024 · confirmed 1/4
    2024–
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  22. 22
    Wyatt Hill Brings a Lizard to SchoolKids in Mrs. Z's Class #52025 · confirmed 2/4
    2025–
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Eliot Schrefer books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.

Ape Quartet in order

4 books
  1. 1. Endangered / Heart of Danger
  2. 2. Threatened
  3. 3. Rescued
  4. 4. Orphaned

Lost Rainforest in order

3 books
  1. 1. Mez's Magic
  2. 2. Gogi's Gambit
  3. 3. Rumi’s Riddle

Animal Rescue Agency in order

2 books
  1. 1. Little Claws
  2. 2. Pangolin Pop Star

Spirit Animals: Fall Of The Beasts in order

1 book
  1. 1. Immortal Guardians

Kids in Mrs. Z's Class in order

1 book
  1. 5. Wyatt Hill Brings a Lizard to School

Spirit Animals in order

1 book
  1. 6. Rise and Fall

Standalone books

10 books

10 Eliot Schrefer titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Eliot Schrefer books in order?

You only need to read Eliot Schrefer books in order within each series: the books listed here span 3 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Eliot Schrefer

Start with Glamorous Disasters (2006), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Eliot Schrefer book?

Wyatt Hill Brings a Lizard to School (2025) is the newest Eliot Schrefer book released so far.

Is there a new Eliot Schrefer book coming?

No next Eliot Schrefer book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Eliot Schrefer at a glance

Still publishing
Eliot Schrefer published a book as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Eliot Schrefer books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
4,167 pages across the 15 of 22 books with a recorded length, a median of 288 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Eliot Schrefer books, 9 of 22, were published in the 2020s.
Corroboration
1 of the 22 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and 2 in at least three.

What the Eliot Schrefer books are about

17 of the 22 Eliot Schrefer books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: children's fiction is tagged on 9 of 17. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.