Alison Hart

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  • Bibliography:
    42 Books (5 Series)
  • First Book:
    March 1994
  • Latest Book:
    March 2021
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Full Series List in Order

Dog Chronicles

1 - Darling, Mercy Dog of World War I (Oct-2013)
2 - Murphy, Gold Rush Dog (Oct-2014)
3 - Finder, Coal Mine Dog (Oct-2015)
4 - Leo, Dog of the Sea (Apr-2017)

A Molly Mystery

A Spy On The Home Front (Mar-2005)

Racing to Freedom

1 - Gabriel's Horses (Apr-2007)
2 - Gabriel's Triumph (Jul-2010)
3 - Gabriel's Journey (Jan-2011)

Riding Academy

1 - A Horse for Mary Beth (Mar-1994)
2 - Andie Out of Control (Mar-1994)
3 - Jina Rides to Win (May-1994)
4 - Lessons for Lauren (Jul-1994)
5 - Mary Beth's Haunted Ride (Sep-1994)
6 - Andie Shows Off (Nov-1994)
7 - Jina's Pain-In-The-Neck Pony (Jan-1995)
8 - The Craziest Horse Show Ever (Mar-1995)
9 - Andie's Risky Business (May-1995)
10 - Trouble at Foxhall (Jul-1995)
11 - Foxhunt! (Oct-1995)
12 - Lauren Rides to the Rescue (Nov-1995)
13 - Million-Dollar Mare ()
14 - Black Stallion's Steeplechaser ()
15 - Rivals in the Ring (Feb-2000)

Shadow Horse

1 - Shadow Horse (Mar-1999)
2 - Whirlwind (May-2010)

Multi-Author Series List

The American Girls Collection

Danger at the Wild West Show (Mar-2003)
A Spy On The Home Front (Mar-2005)
The Runaway (Feb-2017)

American Girl History Mysteries

19 - Danger at the Wild West Show (Mar-2003)

American Girl Mysteries

A Spy On The Home Front (Mar-2005)

American Girl: Innerstar University

Taking the Reins (Nov-2010)
Dive Right In (Sep-2011)
Bound for Snow (Sep-2012)
A Change of Pace (Mar-2014)

Horse Diaries

2 - Bell's Star (Mar-2009)
7 - Risky Chance (Sep-2011)

Book List in Order: 42 titles

  • Andie Out of Control

    Riding Academy - 2

    Much to her Foxhall Academy roommates' dismay, Andie Perez likes breaking every rule at the boarding school, until the arrival of a wild young thoroughbred horse named Magic brings Andie a challenge that she cannot refuse. Reading Level, 4.5. Origina...

  • A Horse for Mary Beth

    Riding Academy - 1

    Mary Beth is delighted to be attending Foxhall Academy, until she discovers that her roommates are all avid horseback riders, and Mary Beth signs up for the junior riding program, even though she is terrified of horses. Reading Level, 4.5. Original....

  • Jina Rides to Win

    Riding Academy - 3

    Jina pushes herself and her horse too far in preparing for a competitive event, and a disaster strikes that saps her will to compete, leaving it up to her roommates to rekindle her fighting spirit. Original....

  • Lessons for Lauren

    Riding Academy - 4

    Spunky Laren Remick is everyone's best friend, the suite's cheerleader, and sometimes peacemaker. But when the girls receive their mid-semester grades, she isn't sure she'll be allowed to continue at Foxhall. To Lauren's relief, her adviser suggests ...

  • Mary Beth's Haunted Ride

    Riding Academy - 5

    During a fun-filled Halloween weekend with the boys from Manchester School, novice rider Mary Beth must do some quick thinking when a boy from the masked costume party runs into danger during the Haunted Trail Ride. Original....

  • Andie Shows Off

    Riding Academy - 6

  • Jina's Pain-In-The-Neck Pony

    Riding Academy - 7

    Jina deserves a blue ribbon for patience after her own horse is sidelined and she agrees to show a pony named Applejacks--with a sour disposition--and help out his seven-year-old owner, Whitney, who constantly demands attention. Original....

  • The Craziest Horse Show Ever

    Riding Academy - 8

    The upcoming interschool horse show has Andie, Jina and the other girls of Foxhall Academy excitedly preparing their entrants--all except for Lauren, whose assignment to a jumping class scares her to death. Original....

  • Andie's Risky Business

    Riding Academy - 9

    Starting her own business in order to raise funds to buy a horse, Andie enlists the help of her roommates, making them unwilling employees for horse grooming, laundry, and midnight delivery services. Original....



  • Trouble at Foxhall

    Riding Academy - 10

    Although Mary Beth and Lauren are competing over the same horse and the same guy, Mary Beth and the others become worried when Lauren leaves their suite because of the fighting, and then disappears without a trace. Original....

  • Foxhunt!

    Riding Academy - 11

    Bringing her roommates home for Thanksgiving and the annual Middlefield Foxhunt, Jina finds trouble when Mary Beth feels sorry for the poor fox and launches a full-scale protest against fox hunting. Original....

  • Lauren Rides to the Rescue

    Riding Academy - 12

  • Shadow Horse

    Shadow Horse - 1

    Thirteen-year-old foster kid Jasmine Schuler is immediately drawn to the scrawny, broken-looking brown gelding huddled in the corner of an auction house stall. Feeling a kinship with the lonely animal, Jas convinces her new foster mom, who rescues an...

  • Rivals in the Ring

    Riding Academy - 15

    Lauren is delighted when she and her horse, Sunset's Fawn, win the pleasure championship at the big winter show, but now she is facing some unexpected competition from another student at Foxhall Academy. Original....

  • Chase

    A convict escapes from a prison work crew and hijacks a car! State police notify police departments all over the state of Virginia to be on the lookout for a stolen vehicle. When the car is spotted by a Staunton police officer, an exciting chase ensu...

  • Rescue

  • Danger at the Wild West Show

    American Girl History Mysteries - 19
    The American Girls Collection

  • Fires of Jubilee

    ABBY IS FREE FROM SLAVERY BUT NOT FROM THE SECRETS OF HER PAST... It's 1865 in the conquered South and things are not as they were before the war. Thirteen-year-old Abby Joyner still lives on the plantation where she was raised but she and her grand...

  • A Spy On The Home Front

    A Molly Mystery
    American Girl Mysteries
    The American Girls Collection

    When Molly's aunt flies in for a visit, she unknowingly brings trouble - and a frightening mystery. While searching for clues, Molly discovers that even on the home front, war can change friends and family forever. At the end of the story, the "Looki...



  • Anna's Blizzard

    When a fierce blizzard suddenly kicks up on a mild winter day, a young Nebraska girl must find the courage and strength to lead others to safety in this novel inspired by the true story of the 1888 School Children's Blizzard.Twelve-year-old Anna love...

  • Gabriel's Horses

    Racing to Freedom - 1

    In 1864 Kentucky, an enslaved boy dares to pursue his dream of becoming a jockey.Twelve-year-old Gabriel loves to help his father -- one of the best horse trainers in Kentucky -- care for the thoroughbred racehorses on Master Giles's farm until the v...

  • Bell's Star

    Horse Diaries - 2

    Vermont, 1850s Bell's Star is a brown Morgan colt with a white star and two white stockings. He was bred for hard work, yet he longs to run free with his human friend, Katie, on his back. But when Star helps rescue a runaway slave girl, his ideas ...

  • Emma's River

    Emma, her pony, and her mother travel up the Missouri River on a steamboat to join Papa on the frontier. When she sneaks to the main deck to check on her beloved pony, she finds Patrick, a stowaway, who s bunking with her pony, and the two make a dea...

  • Whirlwind

    Shadow Horse - 2

    Here is the much-begged-for sequel to Shadow Horse. With a feisty female protagonist, a little romance, a lot of mystery, and a barnful of animals just waiting to be loved, this young adult horse mystery novel will have young girls galloping to the b...

  • Gabriel's Triumph

    Racing to Freedom - 2

    The year is 1864 and twelve-year-old Gabriel, a recently freed slave, is making a name for himself throughout the state of Kentucky. With his competitive spirit and natural talent for racing horses, Gabriel is burning up the horse track and stacking ...

  • Taking the Reins

    American Girl: Innerstar University

    You love riding horses at the stable, but you steer clear of competition. Whenever there's an audience, your confidence heads for the hills. Then one of the school's best riders gets injured and asks if you'll ride her quarterhorse, Silver Sky, in th...

  • Gabriel's Journey

    Racing to Freedom - 3

    In the final book of the Racing to Freedom trilogy, ex-slave Gabriel leaves behind a successful horse racing career to join his parents at Camp Nelson, where his father is a sergeant in the Fifth U.S. Colored Calvary of the Union Army. Twelve-year...

  • Dive Right In

    American Girl: Innerstar University

    In this book, readers can imagine themselves as the main character, a girl who has worked hard to become a good diver. She's one of the best on the team, until her spot is threatened by the success of a friend. Does she switch sports and try somethin...

  • Risky Chance

    Horse Diaries - 7

    For all lovers of horses and history, it's the next book in the popular Horse Diaries series. Born in California at the start of the Great Depression, Risky Chance is a gray thoroughbred who was born to race. Life at the track and being spoiled by hi...



  • Bound for Snow

    American Girl: Innerstar University

    You've been teaching Honey the retriever how to pull a dog-sled, but she doesn't seem to be getting the hang of it. Is she just not strong enough? You know the feeling. You've been trying to learn to snowboard, but you spend more time on the ground t...

  • Darling, Mercy Dog of World War I

    Dog Chronicles - 1

    At home in England, Darling is a mischievous but much loved pet to Robert and Katherine. But when the British military asks families to volunteer their dogs to help the war effort, they send Darling off to be trained, even though it is very hard to s...

  • A Change of Pace

    American Girl: Innerstar University

    In this interactive story, see the Innerstar University campus through the eyes of the main character: a girl who is suddenly faced with a whole lot of change. It all begins when your room becomes flooded and you have no choice but to move out. YouĂ­...

  • Murphy, Gold Rush Dog

    Dog Chronicles - 2

    Murphy wants to help Sally and Mama build a new life in Nome, but life in the mining town is not easy. Can the three of them find a home--and maybe a fortune? ...

  • Finder, Coal Mine Dog

    Dog Chronicles - 3

    When Thomas's family needs money, he's forced to go to work in the coal mines, even though neither of his late parents wanted that for him. His only comfort is his dog Finder, a failed hunting dog who now pulls a cart in the mines. When disaster stri...

  • The Runaway

    The American Girls Collection

    Scooter, Maryellen's pudgy pet dachshund, may be lazy, but he's one of the family, and Maryellen loves him dearly. And he never misses a meal! So when Scooter doesn't show up at dinnertime, she's worried. Maryellen launches a search a...

  • Leo, Dog of the Sea

    Dog Chronicles - 4

    An action-packed and heartwarming story of a hardened old sea dog on Magellans journey to Spice Island. After three ocean voyages, Leo knows not to trust anyone but himself. But when he sets sail with Magellan on a journey to find a westward route to...

  • Mostly White

    "So compelling it gave me goosebumps from the very first pages." -- ISABEL ALLENDE A family saga: four generations of mixedâ€"race African American, Native American, and Irish women experience intergenerational trauma as well as the healing brought ...

  • School Rules Are Optional

    Jesse is in his final year of primary school and should be living it up as one of the 'Kings', but he can't even get his Prep buddy to follow school rules. A hilarious story of being undervalued and over everything for fans of Diary of a Wimpy Kid an...

  • A Class Full of Lizards

    In this hilarious sequel to School Rules are Optional, Jesse is back with even more hysterical antics as he navigates the worst family health kick ever and the chaotic end of Grade Six. It's my first day back at school after the holidays and I've alr...



  • Black Stallion's Steeplechaser

    • / General Fiction
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    Riding Academy - 14

  • Haunted Horseback Holiday

    • / Horror
    • Buy Buy

  • Million-Dollar Mare

    • / General Fiction
    • Buy Buy
    Riding Academy - 13

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Alison Hart has published 42 books.

Alison Hart does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, A Class Full of Lizards, was published in March 2021.

The first book by Alison Hart, A Horse for Mary Beth, was published in March 1994.

Yes. Alison Hart has 5 series.
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