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Roy MacGregor Books in Order

Roy MacGregor has written 56 books, published between 1983 and 2021. The first book is The Last Season (1983) and the newest is The Ice Chips and the Killer Wave (2021). Publication order is the reading order below. 29 of the 56 books listed here are in the Screech Owls series, which has its own page: Screech Owls books in order.

Books
56
Published
1983–2021
Pages on record
9,135 in 47 of 56 books
Reading time
152–228 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 9,135 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 47 of 56 titles with a page count on record.

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Hockey runs through Roy MacGregor's books. The Screech Owls series puts a young hockey team into mysteries and adventures, from Mystery at Lake Placid (1995) onward, and the Ice Chips books carry that line to The Ice Chips and the Killer Wave (2021). MacGregor also wrote about the professional game in Road Games: A Year in the Life of the NHL (1993). The listing holds 56 books dated 1983 to 2021, at a median of 156 pages.

How many Roy MacGregor books are there?

Roy MacGregor has 56 books, released between 1983 and 2021. They include 2 series and 21 titles listed outside any series.

Roy MacGregor Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 56 Roy MacGregor 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 Home Game by Roy MacGregor (1989)
  2. Cover of Road Games: A Year in the Life of the NHL by Roy MacGregor (1993)
  3. Cover of The Night They Stole the Stanley Cup by Roy MacGregor, book 2 of the Screech Owls series (1995)
  4. Cover of The Home Team by Roy MacGregor (1995)
  5. Cover of In School by Roy MacGregor (1995)
  6. Cover of The Screech Owls' Northern Adventure by Roy MacGregor, book 3 of the Screech Owls series (1996)
  7. Cover of Murder at Hockey Camp by Roy MacGregor, book 4 of the Screech Owls series (1996)
  8. Cover of Kidnapped in Sweden by Roy MacGregor, book 5 of the Screech Owls series (1996)
  9. Cover of The Seven A.M. Practice by Roy MacGregor (1996)
  10. Cover of Terror in Florida by Roy MacGregor, book 6 of the Screech Owls series (1997)
  11. Cover of The Quebec City Crisis by Roy MacGregor, book 7 of the Screech Owls series (1998)
  12. Cover of The Screech Owls' Home Loss by Roy MacGregor, book 8 of the Screech Owls series (1998)
  13. Cover of Nightmare in Nagano by Roy MacGregor, book 9 of the Screech Owls series (1998)
  14. Cover of A Life in the Bush by Roy MacGregor (1999)
  15. Cover of Danger in Dinosaur Valley by Roy MacGregor, book 10 of the Screech Owls series (1999)
  16. Cover of The Ghost of the Stanley Cup by Roy MacGregor, book 11 of the Screech Owls series (1999)
  17. Cover of The West Coast Murders by Roy MacGregor, book 12 of the Screech Owls series (2000)
  18. Cover of Horror on River Road by Roy MacGregor, book 14 of the Screech Owls series (2000)
  19. Cover of Death Down Under by Roy MacGregor, book 15 of the Screech Owls series (2001)
  20. Cover of The Screech Owls Scrapbook by Roy MacGregor, book 16 of the Screech Owls series (2001)
  21. Cover of Power Play In Washington by Roy MacGregor, book 17 of the Screech Owls series (2001)
  22. Cover of Canoe Lake by Roy MacGregor (2002)
  23. Cover of The Life, Times and Passing of Pierre Elliott Trudeau by Roy MacGregor (2002)
  24. Cover of A Loonie for Luck by Roy MacGregor (2002)
  1. 1
    The Last Season1983 · 384 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1983384
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  2. 2
    Home Game1989 · 244 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1989244
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  3. 3
    Road Games: A Year in the Life of the NHL1993 · 321 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1993321
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  4. 4
    Mystery at Lake PlacidScreech Owls #11995 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1995256
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  5. 5
    The Night They Stole the Stanley CupScreech Owls #21995 · 155 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1995155
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  6. 6
    The Home Team1995 · 407 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1995407
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  7. 7
    In School1995 · 282 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1995282
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  8. 8
    The Screech Owls' Northern AdventureScreech Owls #31996 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1996128
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  9. 9
    Murder at Hockey CampScreech Owls #41996 · 110 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1996110
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  10. 10
    Kidnapped in SwedenScreech Owls #51996 · 110 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1996110
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  11. 11
    The Seven A.M. Practice1996 · 208 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1996208
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  12. 12
    Terror in FloridaScreech Owls #61997 · 115 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1997115
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  13. 13
    The Quebec City CrisisScreech Owls #71998 · 120 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1998120
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  14. 14
    The Screech Owls' Home LossScreech Owls #81998 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1998128
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  15. 15
    Nightmare in NaganoScreech Owls #91998 · 120 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1998120
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  16. 16
    A Life in the Bush1999 · 392 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1999392
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  17. 17
    Danger in Dinosaur ValleyScreech Owls #101999 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1999128
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  18. 18
    The Ghost of the Stanley CupScreech Owls #111999 · 176 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1999176
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  19. 19
    The West Coast MurdersScreech Owls #122000 · 124 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2000124
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  20. 20
    Sudden Death in New York CityScreech Owls #132000 · 165 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2000165
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  21. 21
    Horror on River RoadScreech Owls #142000 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2000128
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  22. 22
    Death Down UnderScreech Owls #152001 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2001128
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  23. 23
    The Screech Owls ScrapbookScreech Owls #162001 · confirmed 1/4
    2001–
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  24. 24
    Power Play In WashingtonScreech Owls #172001 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2001128
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  25. 25
    Canoe Lake2002 · 289 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2002289
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  26. 26
    The Life, Times and Passing of Pierre Elliott Trudeau2002 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2002128
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  27. 27
    A Loonie for Luck2002 · 96 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200296
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  28. 28
    Escape: In Search of the Natural Soul of Canada2002 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2002288
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  29. 29
    The Secret of the Deep WoodsScreech Owls #182002 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2002128
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  30. 30
    Murder at the Winter GamesScreech Owls #192003 · 128 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2003128
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Roy MacGregor series in order

The series linked below has its own reading-order page.

Roy MacGregor 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.

Ice Chips in order

6 books
  1. 1. The Ice Chips and the Magical Rink
  2. 2. The Ice Chips and the Haunted Hurricane
  3. 3. The Ice Chips and the Invisible Puck
  4. 4. The Ice Chips and the Stolen Cup
  5. 5. The Ice Chips and the Grizzly Escape
  6. 6. The Ice Chips and the Killer Wave

Standalone books

21 books

21 Roy MacGregor titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Roy MacGregor books in order?

You only need to read Roy MacGregor books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Roy MacGregor

Start with Mystery at Lake Placid (1995), the first Screech Owls book. The earliest catalogued title overall is The Last Season (1983).

What is the newest Roy MacGregor book?

The Ice Chips and the Killer Wave (2021) is the newest Roy MacGregor book released so far.

Is there a new Roy MacGregor book coming?

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

Roy MacGregor at a glance

Paused
No new Roy MacGregor title has appeared for 5 years. The last was published in 2021.
Release pace
Roy MacGregor books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
9,135 pages across the 47 of 56 books with a recorded length, a median of 156 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Roy MacGregor books, 21 of 56, were published in the 2000s.

What the Roy MacGregor books are about

50 of the 56 Roy MacGregor books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: hockey is tagged on 23 of 50. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.