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Ten True Tales Books in Order

Ten True Tales by Allan Zullo contains 19 books, published between 2006 and 2017. The first book is Surviving Sharks and Other Dangerous Creatures (2006) and the newest is Escape to Freedom (2017). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
19
Published
2006–2017
Pages on record
2,103 in 13 of 19 books
Reading time
35–53 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,103 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 13 of 19 titles with a page count on record.

See all 19 books in order Printable Ten True Tales checklist

Ten True Tales is a juvenile biography series by Allan Zullo, with heroes, courage and inspiration among its subjects. The series runs to 19 books between 2006 and 2017, opening with Surviving Sharks and Other Dangerous Creatures (2006). Pirates, criminal investigation, soldiers and the First World War also appear in the subjects, and titles include Teens at War (2008), Titanic Young Survivors (2012) and World War I Heroes (2014). Escape to Freedom (2017) is the latest entry.

How many Ten True Tales books are there?

Ten True Tales has 19 books, released between 2006 and 2017.

Ten True Tales Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 19 Ten True Tales 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 Surviving Sharks and Other Dangerous Creatures by Allan Zullo, book 1 of the Ten True Tales series (2006)
  2. Cover of The Rescuers: Kids Who Risked Everything to Save Others by Allan Zullo, book 2 of the Ten True Tales series (2006)
  3. Cover of The Secret Agent And Other Spy Kids by Allan Zullo, book 3 of the Ten True Tales series (2006)
  4. Cover of Kid Pirates: Their Battles, Shipwrecks & Narrow Escapes by Allan Zullo, book 4 of the Ten True Tales series (2007)
  5. Cover of Teens at War by Allan Zullo, book 5 of the Ten True Tales series (2008)
  6. Cover of Crime Scene Investigators by Allan Zullo, book 6 of the Ten True Tales series (2008)
  7. Cover of War Heroes: Voices from Iraq by Allan Zullo, book 7 of the Ten True Tales series (2009)
  8. Cover of Battle Heroes: Voices from Afghanistan by Allan Zullo, book 8 of the Ten True Tales series (2010)
  9. Cover of World War I Heroes by Allan Zullo, book 10 of the Ten True Tales series (2014)
  10. Cover of FBI Heroes by Allan Zullo, book 11 of the Ten True Tales series (2014)
  11. Cover of Young Civil Rights Heroes by Allan Zullo, book 12 of the Ten True Tales series (2014)
  12. Cover of Heroes of Hurricane Katrina by Allan Zullo, book 14 of the Ten True Tales series (2015)
  13. Cover of Young Survivors of the Holocaust by Allan Zullo, book 16 of the Ten True Tales series (2016)
  14. Cover of Heroes of Pearl Harbor by Allan Zullo, book 17 of the Ten True Tales series (2016)
  1. 1
    Surviving Sharks and Other Dangerous Creatures2006 · 151 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2006151
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  2. 2
    The Rescuers: Kids Who Risked Everything to Save Others2006 · 135 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2006135
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  3. 3
    The Secret Agent And Other Spy Kids2006 · 147 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2006147
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  4. 4
    Kid Pirates: Their Battles, Shipwrecks & Narrow Escapes2007 · 147 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2007147
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  5. 5
    Teens at War2008 · 150 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2008150
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  6. 6
    Crime Scene Investigators2008 · 149 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2008149
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  7. 7
    War Heroes: Voices from Iraq2009 · 160 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2009160
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  8. 8
    Battle Heroes: Voices from Afghanistan2010 · 159 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2010159
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  9. 9
    Titanic Young Survivors2012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012–
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  10. 10
    World War I Heroes2014 · 162 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014162
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  11. 11
    FBI Heroes2014 · 160 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014160
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  12. 12
    Young Civil Rights Heroes2014 · 173 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014173
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  13. 13
    World War II Heroes2015 · confirmed 1/4
    2015–
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  14. 14
    Heroes of Hurricane Katrina2015 · 180 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015180
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  15. 15
    Vietnam War Heroes2015 · confirmed 1/4
    2015–
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  16. 16
    Young Survivors of the Holocaust2016 · 230 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2016230
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  17. 17
    Heroes of Pearl Harbor2016 · confirmed 1/4
    2016–
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  18. 18
    Police Heroes2017 · confirmed 1/4
    2017–
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  19. 19
    Escape to Freedom2017 · confirmed 1/4
    2017–
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Is there a chronological order for Ten True Tales?

No separate chronological order is on record for Ten True Tales, because none of the book listings this catalogue draws on publishes one; the publication order above is the only order given.

Do you have to read Ten True Tales books in order?

You should read the Ten True Tales books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Ten True Tales book also stands alone.

Where to start with Ten True Tales

Start with Surviving Sharks and Other Dangerous Creatures (2006), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Ten True Tales book?

Escape to Freedom (2017) is the newest Ten True Tales book released so far.

Is there a new Ten True Tales book coming?

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

Ten True Tales at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Ten True Tales title on record dates from 2017, 9 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Ten True Tales books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
2,103 pages across the 13 of 19 books with a recorded length, a median of 159 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Ten True Tales books, 12 of 19, were published in the 2010s.

What the Ten True Tales books are about

14 of the 19 Ten True Tales 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 8 of 14. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

  • Juvenile literature 8 of 14 books
  • Biography 6 of 14 books
  • Heroes 4 of 14 books
  • Courage 3 of 14 books
  • Inspiration 3 of 14 books
  • Children 2 of 14 books
  • Criminal investigation 2 of 14 books
  • Criminal investigation, juvenile literature 2 of 14 books
  • Heroes, juvenile literature 2 of 14 books
  • Soldiers 2 of 14 books

More books by Allan Zullo

The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.

Other series by Allan Zullo

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