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Patricia C. McKissack Books in Order

Patricia C. McKissack has written 25 books, published between 1981 and 2015. The first book is Ask the Kids (1981) and the newest is An African American Girl's Diary 1859 (2015). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
25
Published
1981–2015
Pages on record
1,835 in 14 of 25 books
Reading time
31–46 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,835 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 14 of 25 titles with a page count on record.

See all 25 books in order Printable Patricia C. McKissack checklist

Patricia C. McKissack (1944–2017) was an African American children's author credited with more than 100 books. McKissack wrote Dear America diaries, the Royal Diaries novel Nzingha: Warrior Queen of Matamba, and standalones such as Flossie & the Fox (1986). Her nonfiction covers Black history, from the Negro baseball leagues to Sojourner Truth. The catalogue holds 25 of her books, spanning Ask the Kids (1981) to 2015, and the Clone Codes and Scraps of Time series.

How many Patricia C. McKissack books are there?

Patricia C. McKissack has 25 books, released between 1981 and 2015. They include 5 series and 11 titles listed outside any series.

Patricia C. McKissack Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 25 Patricia C. McKissack 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 A Long Hard Journey: The Story of the Pullman Porter by Patricia C. McKissack (1989)
  2. Cover of Ralph J. Bunche: Peacemaker by Patricia C. McKissack (1991)
  3. Cover of The Dark-Thirty by Patricia C. McKissack, book 1 of the Patricia C. McKissack series (1992)
  4. Cover of Sojourner Truth: Ain't I a Woman? by Patricia C. McKissack (1992)
  5. Cover of Christmas In The Big House, Christmas In The Quarters by Patricia C. McKissack (1994)
  6. Cover of Black Diamond: The Story Of The Negro Baseball Leagues by Patricia C. McKissack (1994)
  7. Cover of Rebels Against Slavery by Patricia C. McKissack (1996)
  8. Cover of Let My People Go by Patricia C. McKissack, book 1 of the Patricia C. McKissack Chapter series (1998)
  9. Cover of Miami Jackson Sees It Through by Patricia C. McKissack, book 2 of the Miami Jackson series (2002)
  10. Cover of Abby Takes a Stand by Patricia C. McKissack, book 1 of the Scraps of Time series (2005)
  11. Cover of Amistad by Patricia C. McKissack, book 2 of the Patricia C. McKissack Chapter series (2005)
  12. Cover of Away West by Patricia C. McKissack, book 2 of the Scraps of Time series (2006)
  13. Cover of A Friendship for Today by Patricia C. McKissack, book 1 of the Patricia C. McKissack Standalone Novels series (2007)
  14. Cover of A Song for Harlem by Patricia C. McKissack, book 3 of the Scraps of Time series (2007)
  15. Cover of The Home-Run King by Patricia C. McKissack, book 4 of the Scraps of Time series (2008)
  16. Cover of The Clone Codes by Patricia C. McKissack, book 1 of the Clone Codes series (2010)
  17. Cover of Cyborg by Patricia C. McKissack, book 2 of the Clone Codes series (2011)
  18. Cover of Never Forgotten by Patricia C. McKissack (2011)
  19. Cover of The Visitors by Patricia C. McKissack, book 3 of the Clone Codes series (2012)
  20. Cover of An African American Girl's Diary 1859 by Patricia C. McKissack, book 2 of the My Story series (2015)
  1. 1
    Ask the Kids1981 · 72 pages · confirmed 1/4
    198172
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  2. 2
    A Long Hard Journey: The Story of the Pullman Porter1989 · 144 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1989144
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  3. 3
    Ralph J. Bunche: Peacemaker1991 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    199132
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  4. 4
    The Dark-ThirtyPatricia C. McKissack #11992 · 122 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1992122
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  5. 5
    Sojourner Truth: Ain't I a Woman?1992 · 186 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1992186
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  6. 6
    Christmas In The Big House, Christmas In The Quarters1994 · 68 pages · confirmed 1/4
    199468
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  7. 7
    Black Diamond: The Story Of The Negro Baseball Leagues1994 · 184 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1994184
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  8. 8
    Rebels Against Slavery1996 · 181 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1996181
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  9. 9
    Let My People GoPatricia C. McKissack Chapter #11998 · 134 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1998134
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  10. 10
    Miami Jackson Gets It StraightMiami Jackson #11999 · confirmed 1/4
    1999–
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  11. 11
    Black Hands, White Sails: The Story Of African American Whalers1999 · confirmed 1/4
    1999–
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  12. 12
    Miami Jackson Sees It ThroughMiami Jackson #22002 · 84 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200284
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  13. 13
    Days Of Jubilee2003 · confirmed 1/4
    2003–
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  14. 14
    Abby Takes a StandScraps of Time #12005 · 104 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2005104
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  15. 15
    AmistadPatricia C. McKissack Chapter #22005 · confirmed 1/4
    2005–
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  16. 16
    Away WestScraps of Time #22006 · confirmed 1/4
    2006–
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  17. 17
    A Friendship for TodayPatricia C. McKissack Standalone Novels #12007 · 172 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2007172
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  18. 18
    A Song for HarlemScraps of Time #32007 · 112 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2007112
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  19. 19
    The Home-Run KingScraps of Time #42008 · confirmed 1/4
    2008–
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  20. 20
    Best Shot in the West2009 · confirmed 1/4
    2009–
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  21. 21
    The Clone CodesClone Codes #12010 · confirmed 1/4
    2010–
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  22. 22
    CyborgClone Codes #22011 · confirmed 1/4
    2011–
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  23. 23
    Never Forgotten2011 · confirmed 1/4
    2011–
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  24. 24
    The VisitorsClone Codes #32012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012–
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  25. 25
    An African American Girl's Diary 1859My Story #22015 · 240 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015240
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Patricia C. McKissack 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.

Scraps of Time in order

4 books
  1. 1. Abby Takes a Stand
  2. 2. Away West
  3. 3. A Song for Harlem
  4. 4. The Home-Run King

Clone Codes in order

3 books
  1. 1. The Clone Codes
  2. 2. Cyborg
  3. 3. The Visitors

Patricia C. McKissack Chapter in order

2 books
  1. 1. Let My People Go
  2. 2. Amistad

Miami Jackson in order

2 books
  1. 1. Miami Jackson Gets It Straight
  2. 2. Miami Jackson Sees It Through

Patricia C. McKissack in order

1 book
  1. 1. The Dark-Thirty

Patricia C. McKissack Standalone Novels

1 book

1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

My Story in order

1 book
  1. 2. An African American Girl's Diary 1859

Standalone books

11 books

11 Patricia C. McKissack titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Patricia C. McKissack books in order?

You only need to read Patricia C. McKissack books in order within each series: the books listed here span 5 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Patricia C. McKissack

Start with Ask the Kids (1981), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Patricia C. McKissack book?

An African American Girl's Diary 1859 (2015) is the newest Patricia C. McKissack book released so far.

Is there a new Patricia C. McKissack book coming?

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

Awards Patricia C. McKissack has won

Wikidata records 1 award for Patricia C. McKissack. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • Regina Medal1998Won

Patricia C. McKissack at a glance

Died
Patricia C. McKissack died in 2017, according to Wikidata.
Last book
The newest book credited to Patricia C. McKissack on record dates from 2015.
Release pace
Patricia C. McKissack books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
1,835 pages across the 14 of 25 books with a recorded length, a median of 128 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Patricia C. McKissack books, 9 of 25, were published in the 2000s.

What the Patricia C. McKissack books are about

23 of the 25 Patricia C. McKissack books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: african americans is tagged on 14 of 23. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.