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  • Bibliography:
    24 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    October 1971
  • Latest Book:
    May 2015
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Full Series List in Order

Adam Pelko

1 - A Boy at War (Apr-2001)
2 - A Boy No More (Sep-2004)
3 - Heroes Don't Run (Feb-2007)

Book List in Order: 24 titles





  • At fifteen, Tony Laporte is what many people would call a throughly spoiled kid. He gets away with a lot because his parents want him to have all the things they never had. But when they surprise him by refusing to let him keep a stray dog he has fou...






  • In 1944, as World War II is  raging across Europe, fifteen-year-old Jack Raab  dreams of being a hero. Leaving New York City, his  family, and his boyhood behind, Jack uses a false  I.D. and lies his way into t...





  • Jeff’s life would be so much better if he were the one directing it  Close-up: Mary running toward him with tears in her eyes. “Oh, my darling, I couldn’t wait to get back.” Cut to long shot: Jeff puts his arms around her. They kiss. Fad...



  • When the phone range, and the cold voice on the other end of the line said, “No survivors,” Billy knows that the death of his parents mean nothing will ever be the same again. Well-meaning relatives come to split up the three Keller children ...



  • Nobody said New York City was easy, but for Tolley Holtz, it’s home Tolley Holtz would rather be exploring the city with his friends, talking about the Yankees, and discussing what President Roosevelt is going to do about the Depression than watchi...






  • When you’re alone, all you have to think about is yourself Willis Pierce knows she’s out there somewhere. He doesn’t know when she’ll appear, but he knows that when he meets the girl of his dreams, they’ll recognize each other from the look...



  • Can Marcus be friends with a girl without thinking about sex all the time?  Marcus Rosenbloom wants to be a writer almost as much as he doesn’t want to be a virgin anymore. At seventeen years old, Marcus thinks, shouldn’t he have done it alr...



  • Sam's world turns upside down when his wealthy uncle dies and his emotionally fragile aunt walks out on his cousin. Suddenly cousins Lisa and Robyn must leave their comfortable house and move in with Sam's family. Sam's house is small and chaotic, an...



  • Nonplussed by the obfuscations of his grandmother on the subject, fifteen-year-old Eddie Leonard hopes he has found the key to his birth and the identity of his parents in a missing child poster that features his own likeness....



  • Guns. They are an undeniable part of contemporary life. Stories about their use--and misuse--spice the nightly news, the papers, and our favorite TV shows. Guns shape the course of history. They make us wild with excitement or red with anger, sick to...



  • In these three finely crafted novellas that chart the emotional ties that bind man and man’s best friend together, a brilliant dog changes places with his basketball playing master, a young man falls in love with a dog trainer, and a newspaper deli...



  • "What effect does [the climate of censorship] have on a writer?....It's chilling. It's easy to become discouraged, to second-guess everything you write. There seemed to be no one to stand up to the censors....so I began to speak out about my experie...



  • "Can I go home now?" After his bike gets stolen, twelve-year-old Sammy gets lost in the woods near his home. He stumbles upon the makeshift hideaway of the "wild kid" named Kevin, who has run away from reform school. Will this strongly independent t...



  • December 7, 1941: A morning like any other, but the events of this day would leave no one untouched. For Adam, living near Honolulu, this Sunday morning is one he has been looking forward to -- fishing with friends, away from the ever-watchful eyes...



  • "WHAT ABOUT WHAT THEY DID TO MY FATHER?... THE JAPS KILLED HIM!" Adam Pelko witnessed something horrible: the sinking of the USS Arizona during the attack on Pearl Harbor -- with his father aboard. Since then, Adam and his mother and sister have m...






  • "I WANTED TO SERVE, TO BE PART OF THIS THING MY FATHER HAD GIVEN HIS LIFE FOR. I DIDN'T WANT THE WAR TO END, AND ALL I'D BE ABLE TO SAY WAS, NO I DIDN'T SERVE, I WAS RIGHT HERE THE WHOLE WAR, SAFE IN BAKERSFIELD." Adam Pelko witnessed the Japanese a...





  • Virtually nothing is known about Sarah Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln's older sister. This novel follows the few known facts of the Lincoln family's early life, starting with the Lincolns' move from Kentucky to Indiana when Sarah was nine through their yea...



  • A soldier returns home from Iraq forever changed in this poignant and pivotal novel from award-winning authors -- one a veteran. Ben lives a charmed life -- effortlessly landing the lead in the high school musical, dating the prettiest girl in sch...



  • George feels as if he's going through life with his eyes half closed -- but sometimes that's how you bump into the best surprises George has been in love with Julie since they were twelve years old. For six years, they've barely taken a step with...


Award-Winning Books by Harry Mazer

A Boy at War
2007 Nene Award -- Children's Fiction
Somebody, Please Tell Me Who I Am
2013 Schneider Family Book Award -- Teen


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Harry Mazer has published 24 books.

Harry Mazer does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, City Light, was published in May 2015.

The first book by Harry Mazer, Guy Lenny, was published in October 1971.

Yes. Harry Mazer has 1 series.