Phillip Hoose Books in Order
Phillip Hoose has written 14 books, published between 1980 and 2022. The first book is We Were There, Too!: Young People in U.S. History (1980) and the newest is Duet: Our Journey in Song with the Northern Mockingbird (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 14
- Published
- 1980–2022
- Pages on record
- 990 in 5 of 14 books
Phillip Hoose is an American writer of books, essays, stories, songs and articles, born on May 31, 1947. Hoose's first published works were written for adults, and later work turned to children and young adults. The Race to Save the Lord God Bird (2004) won the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for nonfiction, and Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice (2009) won the National Book Award for Young People's Literature. The 14 catalogued books run from We Were There, Too!: Young People in U.S. History (1980) to Duet: Our Journey in Song with the Northern Mockingbird (2022).
How many Phillip Hoose books are there?
Phillip Hoose has 14 books, released between 1980 and 2022.
Phillip Hoose Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 14 Phillip Hoose 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.
- 1We Were There, Too!: Young People in U.S. History1980 · 264 pages · confirmed 1/419802641/4
- 2Building an Ark1981 · 221 pages · confirmed 1/419812211/4
- 3Hoosiers: The Fabulous Basketball Life of Indiana1986 · confirmed 1/41986–1/4
- 4Necessities: Racial Barriers in American Sports1989 · 163 pages · confirmed 1/419891631/4
- 5It's Our World, Too!1993 · 166 pages · confirmed 1/419931661/4
- 6Hey, Little Ant1998 · confirmed 1/41998–1/4
- 7The Race to Save the Lord God Bird2004 · confirmed 1/42004–1/4
- 8Perfect, Once Removed: When Baseball Was All the World to Me2006 · 176 pages · confirmed 1/420061761/4
- 9Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice2009 · confirmed 1/42009–1/4
- 10Moonbird: A Year on the Wind with the Great Survivor B952012 · confirmed 1/42012–1/4
- 11The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club2015 · confirmed 1/42015–1/4
- 12A History of Medicine in 50 Discoveries2017 · confirmed 1/42017–1/4
- 13Attucks!: Oscar Robertson and the Basketball Team That Awakened a City2018 · confirmed 1/42018–1/4
- 14Duet: Our Journey in Song with the Northern Mockingbird2022 · confirmed 1/42022–1/4
Phillip Hoose 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.
Standalone books
14 books14 Phillip Hoose titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Phillip Hoose books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 14 Phillip Hoose books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Phillip Hoose
Start with We Were There, Too!: Young People in U.S. History (1980), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Phillip Hoose book?
Duet: Our Journey in Song with the Northern Mockingbird (2022) is the newest Phillip Hoose book released so far.
Is there a new Phillip Hoose book coming?
No next Phillip Hoose 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 Phillip Hoose has won
Wikidata records 2 awards for Phillip Hoose. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Indiana Authors Awards2020Wonfor Attucks!: Oscar Robertson and the Basketball Team that Awakened a City
- National Book Award for Young People's Literature2009Won
Phillip Hoose at a glance
- Paused
- No new Phillip Hoose title has appeared for 4 years. The last was published in 2022.
- Release pace
- Phillip Hoose books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
- Length
- 990 pages across the 5 of 14 books with a recorded length, a median of 176 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Phillip Hoose books, 4 of 14, were published in the 2010s.
What the Phillip Hoose books are about
8 of the 14 Phillip Hoose books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: juvenile literature is tagged on 3 of 8. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Juvenile literature 3 of 8 books
- Biography 2 of 8 books
- History 2 of 8 books