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  • Bibliography:
    35 Books (2 Series)
  • First Book:
    March 1984
  • Latest Book:
    June 1989
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Full Series List in Order

The Girls of Canby Hall

1 - Roommates (Mar-1984)
2 - Our Roommate is Missing (Mar-1984)
3 - You're No Friend of Mine (Mar-1984)
4 - Keeping Secrets (Mar-1984)
5 - Summer Blues (Aug-1984)
6 - Best Friends Forever (Sep-1984)
7 - Four Is a Crowd (Oct-1984)
8 - The Big Crush (Nov-1984)
9 - Boy Trouble (Jan-1985)
10 - Make Me a Star (Feb-1985)
11 - With Friends Like That (Mar-1985)
12 - Who's the New Girl? (Jan-1985)
13 - Here Come the Boys (May-1985)
14 - What's a Girl To Do? (Jan-1985)
15 - To Tell the Truth (Jul-1985)
16 - Three of a Kind (Sep-1985)
17 - Graduation Day (Jun-1986)
18 - Making Friends (Sep-1986)
19 - One Boy Too Many (Nov-1986)
20 - Friends Times Three (Feb-1987)
21 - Party Time! (Apr-1987)
22 - Troublemaker (Jun-1987)
23 - But She's So Cute (Aug-1987)
24 - Princess Who? (Oct-1987)
25 - The Ghost of Canby Hall (Dec-1987)
26 - Help Wanted! (Feb-1988)
27 - The Roommate and the Cowboy (Apr-1988)
28 - Happy Birthday, Jane (Jun-1988)
29 - A Roommate Returns (Aug-1988)
30 - Surprise! (Oct-1988)
31 - Here Comes the Bridesmaid (Nov-1988)
32 - Who's Got a Crush on Andy? (Mar-1989)
33 - Six Roommates and a Baby (Jun-1989)

The Girls of Canby Hall Super Edition

1 - Something Old, Something New (Dec-1986)
2 - The Almost Summer Carnival (Jul-1987)

Book List in Order: 35 titles



  • Were her secrets all she was hiding? Faith's dark eyes are newly lit by romance, and Dana is happily dating Bret, but Shelley has problems. She's outraged because her new bracelets are missing -- and she's not the only victim of theft. All is not ...



  • Alone and afraid, Shelley is held captive by two desperate men. Who kidnapped Shelley? Shelley is missing, and her roommates, Faith and Dana are frantic. Where is she? Then the FBI agents arrive at Canby Hall to investigate. Shelley’s disappe...



  • Dana Morrison--spirited, independent city girl. Faith Thompson--determined, talented, and practical. Shelley Hope--naive small-town girl. Dana, Faith and Shelley, all new to Canby Hall in their sophomore year, end up as roommates--and get their wors...



  • Would they always be enemies? Dana and Shelley are fighting night and day, and their roommate Faith is stuck in the middle. Everyone is on edge. Dana has a big decision to make. Her dad and his new wife have invited her to live with them -- in Haw...



  • School's out! So why are the girls of Canby Hall still hanging around? Dana, Faith and Shelley are signed up for a month of summer school. For Dana, that means class with her favorite poet by day and romantic moonlit walks with Bret by night. But B...



  • Dana thinks country means quilts from cozy boutiques, and Faith can't imagine a town without hot pretzel vendors... But they find themselves home with Shelley in Iowa for the last weeks of summer, and small-town life is anything but humdrum! O...



  • Pamela thinks she can buy her friends the way she picks her clothes... And Shelley almost falls for it. The movie star's daughter is new to Canby Hall, and Shelley can't believe the glamorous life Pamela has led. Despite Faith and Dana's warnings,...



  • The fall term looks promising, with a new guy on campus. Dana, Faith, and Shelley find that they have yet another thing in common- they all have a crush on the new guy. What's worse, Michael isn't from the prep school down the road; he's Canby Ha...



  • Never get mixed up with your roommate's boyfriend. The girls of Canby Hall find that rules were made to be broken, when Shelley starts dating Randy behind Dana's back. Of course, Dana's busy schedule was the reason that Shelley and Ran...






  • What are best friends for? Shelley, Faith, and Dana volunteer to work at the local hospital. It's a big responsibility but each of the roommates is worried about something else--Shelley with the upcoming spring play tryouts; Faith with the possibili...



  • She looks so innocent...but -- When French Nicole Brisbet arrives at Canby Hall, everyone is charmed by her sweet, quiet manner. Shelley, Faith, and Dana find her long braids and jumpers a bit old- fashioned, but decided they should help her feel ...



  • LIGHTS! CAMERA! ACTION! Shelley, Dana, and Faith are sure that winter at Canby Hall is going to be the pits -- until a film crew arrives to shoot a movie right on campus! For Shelley, this could be a dream come true. For Dana, it will mean unexpecte...



  • ONLY A MIRACLE WILL SAVE CANBY HALL. Shelley, Faith, and Dana are stunned when they hear that their school will be shut down unless money is raised by the end of the semester. But what can the girls do? Time is running out.... Each of the girls c...



  • They're letting boys into Canby Hall! Dana, Faith, and Shelley are in for a shock. Canby Hall has gone co-ed! Only three boys arrive, but who would have thought they could turn a girls' school upside down? Having boys on campus brings new fun, new...



  • Telling the truth is easy as pie, right? Wrong! At least that's what Shelley, Faith, and Dana begin to discover when they take a 48 hour "Truth Pledge" as part of a psychology research experiment. Although it may be the best policy, honesty isn't ...



  • Who is the real Mac McAllister? Dana is in love...again, with Mac, a gorgeous boy in town. Shelley and Faith are happy for Dana, at least at first, but there's something a little odd about Mac. Why doesn't he ever remember Dana's frien...



  • For every beginning, there's an ending. Senior year at Canby Hall means lots of fun, excitement, and problems. Faith has to win a scholarship to go to college, and Shelley isn't sure if she even wants to go. Dana has pressing worries on her mind, ...



  • Opposites don't always attract. Jane Barrett, a proper Bostonian, likes classical music, conservative clothes, and -- most of all -- privacy. She wasn't expecting to share a room this year. Now she's got two roommates! Andy Cord, a black girl f...



  • Jane Barrett is in real trouble-- boy trouble. If Neal isn't sending her flowers from Boston, then Cary, a local student, is asking her for a date. Jane's friends can't believe Neal and Cary don't know about each other, but Jane can&#...






  • Will too many roommates spoil the wedding? Andy, Jane, and Toby are planning their housemother's wedding, but Dana, Faith, and Shelley, the old Baker 407 girls, have other ideas. Sparks are flying! Will six roommates, three old and three new, keep...



  • Slightly pampered rich girl Jane Barrett is excited about helping her good friend Andrea pitch in with the waitressing at her family's restaurant over the Christmas holidays, but she has no idea of how hard the work will be or how confused she will b...



  • Everything is going wrong. Jane doesn’t understand. Her friends should be honored to attend the Barrett Landing Party, the very formal annual celebration of the arrival of the first Barrett in Boston in 1663. But Toby and Andy are not exactly u...



  • There's a troublemaker on the loose. Toby is down in the dumps until Andy and Jane promise her a special party to cheer her up. But first they have to get their headmistress's permission. Then Andy has to devote every spare minute to a major term ...



  • One strike, and they might be out. Everyone is working hard on the big annual Almost Summer Carnival when the Canby Hall maintenance crew goes on strike! The headmistress wants to close the school and cancel the carnival, but Toby and Andy persuad...



  • Being a good friend isn't always easy. Even though newcomer Penny Vanderark can't seem to do anything for herself, Andy thinks she's sweet. Jane can understand why Penny has a hard time keeping her room neat, and she likes Penny's funny stories. Onl...



  • She's a real, live princess! The Princess Allegra of Montavia is touring boarding schools, and Jane, Andy, and Toby are put in charge of her during her visit to Canby Hall. Everyone is excited, and Jane gives plenty of advice on how to treat royalt...



  • Has Julia Canby come back? Jane knows she has seen the ghost of 13-year-old Julia Canby, in whose memory Canby Hall was founded long ago. Toby thinks Jane could be right. Andy is disgusted with both of her roommates. Ghosts? Impossible! No such th...



  • Suddenly it’s all work -- and no fun! With a little help from photos of her family’s Boston mansion, Jane has gotten the girls of 407 the perfect summer job. It’s getting a big, old house cleaned up, repaired, and decorated before the owners...



  • Who would ever think Jane would feel so at home on the range? Life on Toby's Texas ranch isn't exactly what Andy and Jane expected -- Texas is so big. And hot. And Toby's father isn't used to having three teenage girls around. When Jane meets a ha...






  • Who ever thought a birthday could be so much trouble? First the girls of 407 have to decide the best way to celebrate Jane's birthday. Should it be an evening at a French restaurant? An afternoon at a baseball game? A picnic? A sailing trip? Th...



  • Is an ex-roommate about to become a new star? Former 407 roommate Shelly Hyde has come back to Canby Hall -- to invite Toby, Andy, and Jane to the opening night of a play in Boston. Shelley has a part in it, and it could be her big break. But t...



  • There's a Halloween festival coming up and Andy, Toby and Jane are on a committee to plan events. Unfortunately Gigi is also on the committee and spends the entire book trying to cause her usual trouble. For Jane there's a major problem. T...



  • What could go wrong at a wedding? Andy has been invited to be a bridesmaid in the wedding of Princess Allegra, with who she became friends at Canby Hall. Toby and Jane have been invited to the wedding, too. From the moment the girls arrive at t...



  • How do you mend a broken heart? Andy found her prince at the royal wedding, but it didn't work. So she's never going to fall in love again. And she's keeping very, very busy to make sure she doesn't. The new, too-busy-for-love A...



  • There's nothing the 407 girls can't handle. Is there? All the girls of 407, old and new converge on Boston to be godmothers at the christening of their form housemother Alison's new twins. And not everyone is happy about it. Then Al...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Emily Chase has published 35 books.

Emily Chase does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Six Roommates and a Baby, was published in June 1989.

The first book by Emily Chase, Roommates, was published in March 1984.

Yes. Emily Chase has 2 series.