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American Girl: History Mysteries Books in Order

American Girl: History Mysteries contains 22 books, published between 1999 and 2004. The first book is Hoofbeats of Danger (1999) and the newest is Betrayal at Cross Creek (2004). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
22
Published
1999–2004
Pages on record
1,091 in 7 of 22 books
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American Girl: History Mysteries is a 22-book line of mysteries for children, published between 1999 and 2004. Eight writers share the run: Elizabeth McDavid Jones on 5 books, Kathleen Ernst and Sarah Masters Buckey on 3 each, and Katherine Ayres, Evelyn Coleman and Kathryn Reiss on 2 each. Hoofbeats of Danger (1999) opens the listing and Betrayal at Cross Creek (2004) closes it. The subject headings tie the books to United States history, among them the War of 1812, indentured servants, smuggling and buried treasure.

How many American Girl: History Mysteries books are there?

American Girl: History Mysteries has 22 books, released between 1999 and 2004.

American Girl: History Mysteries Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 22 American Girl: History Mysteries 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 The Smuggler's Treasure by Sarah Masters Buckey, book 5 of the American Girl: History Mysteries series (1999)
  2. Cover of Shadows in the Glasshouse by Megan McDonald, book 9 of the American Girl: History Mysteries series (2000)
  3. Cover of Enemy in the Fort by Sarah Masters Buckey, book 12 of the American Girl: History Mysteries series (2001)
  4. Cover of Circle of Fire by Evelyn Coleman, book 13 of the American Girl: History Mysteries series (2001)
  5. Cover of Gangsters at the Grand Atlantic by Sarah Masters Buckey, book 19 of the American Girl: History Mysteries series
  6. Cover of Danger at the Wild West Show by Alison Hart, book 20 of the American Girl: History Mysteries series (2003)
  7. Cover of Betrayal at Cross Creek by Kathleen Ernst, book 22 of the American Girl: History Mysteries series (2004)
  1. 1
    Hoofbeats of Danger1999 · confirmed 2/4
    1999–
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  2. 2
    Trouble at Fort Lapointe1999 · confirmed 2/4
    1999–
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  3. 3
    The Night Flyers1999 · confirmed 2/4
    1999–
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  4. 4
    Secrets on 26th Street1999 · confirmed 2/4
    1999–
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  5. 5
    The Smuggler's Treasure1999 · 163 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1999163
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  6. 6
    Voices at Whisper Bend1999 · confirmed 2/4
    1999–
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  7. 7
    Mystery of the Dark Tower2000 · confirmed 2/4
    2000–
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  8. 8
    Watcher in the Piney Woods2000 · confirmed 2/4
    2000–
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  9. 9
    Shadows in the Glasshouse2000 · 131 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2000131
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  10. 10
    Under Copp's Hill2000 · confirmed 2/4
    2000–
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  11. 11
    The Minstrel's Melody2001 · confirmed 2/4
    2001–
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  12. 12
    Enemy in the Fort2001 · 163 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2001163
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  13. 13
    Circle of Fire2001 · 145 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2001145
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  14. 14
    Mystery on Skull Island2001 · confirmed 2/4
    2001–
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  15. 15
    Riddle of the Prairie Bride2001 · confirmed 2/4
    2001–
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  16. 16
    Whistler in the Dark2002 · confirmed 2/4
    2002–
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  17. 17
    Mystery at Chilkoot Pass2002 · confirmed 2/4
    2002–
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  18. 18
    The Strange Case of Baby H2002 · confirmed 2/4
    2002–
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  19. 19
    Gangsters at the Grand Atlantic2003 · 163 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2003163
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  20. 20
    Danger at the Wild West Show2003 · 163 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2003163
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  21. 21
    Ghost Light on Graveyard Shoal2003 · confirmed 2/4
    2003–
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  22. 22
    Betrayal at Cross Creek2004 · 163 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004163
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Where to start with American Girl: History Mysteries

Start with Hoofbeats of Danger (1999), the earliest published title.

What is the newest American Girl: History Mysteries book?

Betrayal at Cross Creek (2004) is the newest American Girl: History Mysteries book released so far.

Is there a new American Girl: History Mysteries book coming?

No next American Girl: History Mysteries book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

American Girl: History Mysteries at a glance

No recent titles
The newest American Girl: History Mysteries title on record dates from 2004, 22 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
American Girl: History Mysteries books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
1,091 pages across the 7 of 22 books with a recorded length, a median of 163 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most American Girl: History Mysteries books, 16 of 22, were published in the 2000s.
Attribution
Of the 22 titles, 5 are credited to Elizabeth McDavid Jones, 3 to Sarah Masters Buckey, 3 to Kathleen Ernst and 2 to Katherine Ayres. A further 7 writers are credited.

What the American Girl: History Mysteries books are about

7 of the 22 American Girl: History Mysteries books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: history is tagged on 7 of 7. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.