Order of Penny Parker Books
Penny Parker is the protagonist in a series of children’s mystery novels by American author Mildred A. Wirt. Penny Parker is an amateur sleuth, high school student and newspaper reporter for her father’s newspaper. After her mother died when she was young, she was raised by the family housekeeper, Mrs. Weems. Mildred A. Wirt was quoted as saying, “I always thought Penny Parker was a better Nancy Drew than Nancy is.”
Mildred A. Wirt began her Penny Parker series in 1939 with the novel Tale of the Witch Doll. The series lasted 17 novels, concluding in 1947 with the novel The Cry at Midnight. There is one additional novel that was never finished. Below is a list of Mildred A. Wirt’s Penny Parker books in order of when they were first published (which is the same as their chronological order):
Publication Order of Penny Parker Mystery Stories Books
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Tale of the Witch Doll |
(1939) |
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The Vanishing Houseboat |
(1939) |
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Danger At The Drawbridge |
(1940) |
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Behind the Green Door |
(1940) |
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Clue of the Silken Ladder |
(1941) |
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The Secret Pact |
(1941) |
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The Clock Strikes Thirteen |
(1942) |
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The Wishing Well |
(1942) |
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Saboteurs on the River |
(1943) |
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Ghost Beyond The Gate |
(1943) |
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Hoofbeats on the Turnpike |
(1944) |
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Voice from the Cave |
(1944) |
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Guilt of the Brass Thieves |
(1945) |
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Signal in the Dark |
(1946) |
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Whispering Walls |
(1946) |
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Swamp Island |
(1947) |
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The Cry At Midnight |
(1947) |