Susan K. Marlow

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  • Bibliography:
    42 Books (5 Series)
  • First Book:
    May 2005
  • Latest Book:
    February 2025
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Full Series List in Order

Circle C Adventures

1 - Andrea Carter and the Long Ride Home (May-2005)
2 - Andrea Carter and the Dangerous Decision (Jan-2007)
3 - Andrea Carter and the Family Secret (Jan-2008)
4 - Andrea Carter and the San Francisco Smugglers (Jul-2008)
5 - Andrea Carter and the Trouble With Treasure (Feb-2010)
6 - Andrea Carter and the Price of Truth (Jun-2010)

Circle C Beginnings

1 - Andi's Pony Trouble (Nov-2010)
2 - Andi's Indian Summer (Nov-2010)
3 - Andi's Scary School Days (Feb-2011)
4 - Andi's Fair Surprise (Feb-2011)
5 - Andi's Lonely Little Foal (Jul-2011)
6 - Andi's Circle C Christmas (Jul-2011)

Circle C Milestones

1 - Thick as Thieves (Mar-2015)
2 - Heartbreak Trail (Aug-2015)
3 - The Last Ride (Mar-2016)
4 - Courageous Love (Mar-2017)

Circle C Stepping Stones

1 - Andi Saddles Up (Apr-2017)
2 - Andi Under the Big Top (Apr-2017)
3 - Andi Lassos Trouble (Dec-2017)
4 - Andi to the Rescue (Dec-2017)

Goldtown Adventures

1 - Badge of Honor (Nov-2012)
2 - Tunnel of Gold (Apr-2013)

Book List in Order: 42 titles

  • Andrea Carter and the Long Ride Home

    Circle C Adventures - 1

    Twelve-year-old Andrea Carter has several frightening encounters after taking her horse, Taffy, and running away from her home at the Circle C Ranch. She begins to realize that there really is no place like home....

  • Andrea Carter and the Dangerous Decision

    Circle C Adventures - 2

    In this sequel to Andrea Carter and the Long Ride Home, Andi nearly tramples her new teacher in a reckless, impromptu horse race down the main street of Fresno -- not a good way to begin the school term. Then between the teacher's irritating daugh...

  • Andrea Carter and the Family Secret

    Circle C Adventures - 3

    Andrea "Andi" Carter returns in her third nail-biting adventure. Even after dealing with escaped convicts and wild horses, Andi isn't prepared for her latest surprise: a sister she never knew she had. Katherine left the family when Andi was just a...

  • Andrea Carter and the San Francisco Smugglers

    Circle C Adventures - 4

    When a winter flood in Fresno closes school temporarily, Andi is outraged when she's sent to live with a spinster aunt in San Francisco, doomed to finish the winter term of school at Miss Whitaker's Academy for Young Ladies. But her new roommate, the...

  • Andrea Carter and the Trouble With Treasure

    Circle C Adventures - 5

    When innocent horseplay temporarily lands Andi and her friends in jail, they decide that a trip into the mountains will leave their troubles far behind. Accompanied by big brother Mitch and armed with a map showing old gold diggings, they can’t wai...

  • Andrea Carter and the Price of Truth

    Circle C Adventures - 6

    Thirteen-year-old Andi Carter wants to surprise her mother with the perfect birthday gift. But keeping her plans to earn money a secret from her family is easier said than done. The Circle C Adventures have captivated the hearts of children ages 8â€"...

  • Andi's Indian Summer

    Circle C Beginnings - 2

    It's just a made-up story . . . or is it?Andi wishes Riley had never read her that scary old dime novel to her. Now she can't stop thinking about being captured by Indians. Then one hot day when she and Riley ride up to the creek, Andi hears somethin...

  • Andi's Pony Trouble

    Circle C Beginnings - 1

    A new series for early readers!No more ponies! Andi wants a horse of her own more than anything. But Mother says Andi has to ride pokey old Coco. Andi is sure she's big enough for a horse--even if she's not so good at remembering to care for Coco. Ca...

  • Andi's Fair Surprise

    Circle C Beginnings - 4

    Exciting adventures for early readers! Written for reading levels 2.0 2.8, the Circle C Beginnings series combines fun illustrations and six-year-old Andi s signature curiosity. In book three, if Andi can t take her new foal, Taffy, to the 1874 Calif...



  • Andi's Scary School Days

    Circle C Beginnings - 3

    Exciting adventures for early readers! Written for reading levels 2.0-2.8, the Circle C Beginnings series combines fun illustrations and six-year-old Andi's signature curiosity. In book four, Andi didn't think she was afraid of anything―until now. ...

  • Andi's Lonely Little Foal

    Circle C Beginnings - 5

    Written for reading level 2.0 2.8, the Circle C Beginnings series combines fun illustrations and six-year-old Andi s signature curiosity. In Andi s Lonely Little Foal, Taffy is growing up too quickly. Soon Taffy will have to leave her mama and stay b...

  • Andi's Circle C Christmas

    Circle C Beginnings - 6

    Written for reading level 2.0â€"2.8, the Circle C Beginnings series combines fun illustrations and six-year-old Andi’s signature curiosity.

    In Andi’s Circle C Christmas, Andi’s fun holiday break is spoiled when a grumpy, bossy visitor arrive...

  • Badge of Honor

    Goldtown Adventures - 1

    Twelve-year-old Jeremiah “Jem” Coulter knows that Goldtown, California, has seen the last of the gold rush. But the flecks of gold he and an old prospector, “Strike,” find in their played-out claim on Cripple Creek spur Jem’s hope of striki...

  • Tunnel of Gold

    Goldtown Adventures - 2

    When Jem Coulter is caught in a miners' riot, he learns the worst: the Midas mine is no longer producing the gold the town relies on to stay alive. Will, the son of the mine's owner, tells Jem the only way to get the Midas working again is to blast d...

  • Canyon of Danger

    Jem Coulter’s pa, the sheriff of Goldtown, is away on a trip to deliver a prisoner to Sacramento, and he has left Jem in charge of the ranch -- along with Aunt Rose, that is.

    No sooner is the sheriff gone then trouble starts -- a dead calf...

  • Way Out West--Circle C Stories

    Join Andi Carter, her family, and her friends in 14 original stories from the 2013 Circle C Adventures short-story writing contest. These winning stories include: - life without Taffy - Christmas in New York City - saving Taffy - a discovery in a cre...

  • Beneath the Western Sky

    Ride into the Old West with the winners of the 2nd annual Circle C Adventures short-story writing contest. Twelve young authors ages 7 to 16 present their unique and delightful visions of Andi’s life on the Circle C ranch, her family, and her frien...

  • Thick as Thieves

    Circle C Milestones - 1

    Girls will love Andrea's new adventures in Circle C Milestones, the continuation of Susan K. Marlow's popular Circle C series

    Fourteen-year-old Andrea Carter would rather ride her beloved palomino, Taffy, than do anything else. But life on ...

  • Heartbreak Trail

    Circle C Milestones - 2

    The second in the Circle C Milestones series
    Andrea Carter can ride, rope, and cut out cattle with the best of her brothers’ ranch hands. Yet, her mother has always held the family’s youngest daughter back from fully participating in ranch ac...



  • Along the Western Trail

    Ride along the western trail with the winners of the 3rd annual Circle C Adventures short-story writing contest. Thirteen young authors from ages 7 to 17 present their unique and delightful visions of Andi's life on the Circle C ranch, her family, an...

  • The Last Ride

    Circle C Milestones - 3

    Andi's newest adventure may be more than she can handle--even with her family's help

    Andrea Carter is turning sweet 16 and life could not be better. She's about to finish school, her sister Melinda is getting married, and her older brother ...

  • Courageous Love

    Circle C Milestones - 4

    Andrea Carter is finally pulling her own weight on the Circle C Ranch she loves. The only thing she loves more than helping to run the ranch is spending time racing and stunt-riding on her horse Shasta, with the help of wrangler Riley Prescott. Li...

  • Andi Saddles Up

    Circle C Stepping Stones - 1

    Andi Carter has just turned nine. She and her palomino, Taffy, are old enough to be a real horse-and-rider pair at last! With a beautiful new saddle, Andi's sure she is ready to learn to trick ride like her friend Riley used to do before he left the ...

  • Andi Under the Big Top

    Circle C Stepping Stones - 2

    The summer after Andi Carter turns nine the circus comes to town. She can't wait to get in line to see the elephants, acrobats, and--most of all--the champion bareback rider. What could be more thrilling than riding your very own horse under the b...

  • Andi Lassos Trouble

    Circle C Stepping Stones - 3

    When the Circle C ranch decides to host a rodeo competition with two other ranches, dozens of cowboys are eager to prove they're the best riders and ropers in the valley. But they're not the only ones who want to show off their skills--Andi aims to l...

  • Andi to the Rescue

    Circle C Stepping Stones - 4

    This is so embarrassing. Andi's teacher, Miss Hall, is sick--and Mother is the substitute teacher. What will Andi's friends think?

    But it turns out embarrassment is the last thing Andi needs to worry about when two outlaws kidnap Andi and her ...

  • Into the Sunset

    Ride into a western sunset with these thirteen winning stories from the 4th annual Circle C Adventures writing contest. Young authors ages six to seventeen share their exciting ideas of what life might have been like for Andi, Riley, and their family...

  • Andi Dreams of Gold

    Andi Carter has gold fever! Someone near town has struck it rich. Now Andi can't stop wondering if there might be some of the glittery metal in the creeks on the Circle C ranch. Her brothers agree that she might find something that sparkles. But they...

  • Andi Far from Home

    When Fresno is hit with an unexpected outbreak of deadly scarlet fever, Andi Carter is scared. Her town friends are getting sick and school is closed until it passes. Far from the danger, at least Andi has her horse Taffy and plenty of work on the Ci...



  • Jem Strikes Gold

    Seven-year-old Jem Coulter's family is trying to make a go of it in Goldtown, with Pa panning for gold and Mama baking pies and washing laundry to make ends meet. Jem and his little sister, Ellie, do everything they can to help out.

    But it's h...

  • Jem's Frog Fiasco

    Jem needs to buy food for his dog, Gold Nugget. But try as he may, his panning just never leads to gold. When he asks for a job, Mr. Sims, the café owner, sends him out to catch bullfrogs for the menu. Money and frog catching—what a great s...

  • Jem and the Mystery Thief

    Jem can't wait for school to let out for the year. Is there anything more boring than class when you could be outside? When rich boy Will brings a coin collection to school, it's an exciting treat. It isn't often the students get to see all that inte...

  • Jem Digs Up Trouble

    Jem is turning eight years old. And there's just one thing he wants for his birthday: a prospecting trip with Strike-it-rich Sam. With his grown-up friend to watch out for him, Jem's parents say yes. It's off for two weeks in the mountains to find go...

  • Jem and the Golden Reward

    No one really knows where Jem’s beloved dog, Nugget, came from when Strike-it-rich Sam found him. Jem doesn’t care; he just knows he loves his pup. But now "missing dog" posters are going up around town--and the dog looks just like Nugget!It turn...

  • Jem's Wild Winter

    There’s never been a winter like this in all of Jem Coulter's eight years. After weeks of heavy snowfall, no one can pan for gold. And all the wild critters from rabbits to cougars are coming down to the low country around Goldtown looking for food...

  • Stranger in the Glade

    Andi, Riley, and baby make three! Welcoming their first child is this young couple's biggest adventure yet. But having a baby by her side isn't slowing Andi down. When the folks back at Circle C need her help, she and little Jared ride straight in t...

  • Yosemite at Last

    Andrea Carter, frontier heroine, is back! Only she's Andrea Prescott now, married to her sweetheart Riley. They're starting their lives together at Memory Creek ranch, not too far from her beloved Circle C. But if you thought her adventures would sto...

  • Circle C Beginnings, 6-book set

    Race into adventure with Andrea Carter!Meet beloved frontier heroine Andrea Carter—better known to her friends as Andi. She’s the spunky youngest daughter on the Circle C ranch, and her life is full of adventure!Now readers ages 6–8 ...

  • Circle C Milestones, 6-book set

    Andi's adventures don't stop in her teen years!Andrea Carter is growing up-but her adventurous spirit isn't going anywhere! Set on a sprawling ranch in the Old West of the 1880s, this young adult series by popular author Susan K. Marlow is high on ac...



  • Ocean of No Escape

    Is escape even possible when you've been shanghaied? Jem Coulter, his family, and Strike-It-Rich Sam journey to San Francisco with the newfound gold to see if surgery can fix Nathan's broken legs. The uncertainty of Nathan's recovery leaves Jem bore...

  • Valley of Treasure

    The hunt for the lost gold is on! Jem Coulter and his friends celebrate the end of the Civil War in their town with firecrackers, parades, and anticipation for a bear-and-bull fight. But chaos ensues when a bull breaks loose, causing wood splinters ...

  • Andrea Carter and Other Tales from the Circle C Ranch

    Join Andrea Carter for more adventures in the Old West! Spunky ranch girl Andrea Carter is back in six short stories inspired by ideas from fans of the Circle C Adventures series. In this revised edition, readers will find three new stories about And...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Susan K. Marlow has published 42 books.

The next book by Susan K. Marlow, Andrea Carter and Other Tales from the Circle C Ranch, will be published in February 2025.

The first book by Susan K. Marlow, Andrea Carter and the Long Ride Home, was published in May 2005.

Yes. Susan K. Marlow has 5 series.
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