Order of Kate Messner Books

Kate Messner is a children’s author who is best known for writing books aimed towards children. She is the author of the Ranger in Time series of books. Her books are designed to inspire and encourage kids to approach life with a general curiosity. Her books have been listed on the New York Times Notable list, and has been a selection for the Junior Library Guild, IndieBound, and Bank Street College of Education Best Books.

Before she was a full-time writer, Kate worked as both a TV news reporter and a middle school English teacher. She may be best known for The Brilliant Fall of Gianna Z which won the 2010 E.B. White Read-Aloud Medal for Older Readers. That book was followed up by Sugar and Ice which was a Junior Library Guild selection.

Publication Order of Fergus and Zeke Books

Fergus and Zeke	(2017)
Fergus and Zeke at the Science Fair	(2018)
Fergus and Zeke and the Field Day Challenge	(2020)

Publication Order of History Smashers Books

History Smashers: The Mayflower	(2020)
History Smashers: Women's Right To Vote	(2020)
History Smashers: Pearl Harbor	(2020)
History Smashers: The Titanic	(2021)
History Smashers: The American Revolution	(2021)

Publication Order of Marty McGuire Books

Marty McGuire	(2011)
Marty McGuire Digs Worms!	(2012)
Marty McGuire Has Too Many Pets!	(2014)

Publication Order of North Country Adventures Books

Spitfire	(2007)
Champlain and the Silent One	(2008)

Publication Order of Over and Under Books

Over and Under the Snow	(2011)
Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt	(2015)
Over and Under the Pond	(2017)

Publication Order of Ranger in Time Books

Rescue on the Oregon Trail	(2015)
Danger in Ancient Rome	(2015)
Long Road to Freedom	(2015)
Race to the South Pole	(2016)
Journey through Ash and Smoke	(2017)
Escape from the Great Earthquake	(2017)
D-Day: Battle on the Beach	(2018)
Hurricane Katrina Rescue	(2018)
Disaster on the Titanic	(2019)
Night of Soldiers and Spies	(2019)
Escape From The Twin Towers	(2020)
Attack on Pearl Harbor	(2020)

Publication Order of Sea Monster Books

Sea Monster's First Day	(2011)
Sea Monster And The Bossy Fish	(2013)

Publication Order of Silver Jaguar Society Mysteries Books

Capture the Flag	(2012)
Hide and Seek	(2013)
Manhunt	(2014)

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

The Brilliant Fall of Gianna Z.	(2009)
Sugar and Ice	(2010)
Eye of the Storm	(2012)
Wake Up Missing	(2013)
The Exact Location of Home	(2014)
All the Answers	(2015)
The Seventh Wish	(2016)
Breakout	(2018)
Chirp	(2020)

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

Insect Superpowers	(2019)
Tracking Pythons	(2020)
Solve This! Forensics	(2020)
How to Write a Story	(2020)

Publication Order of Picture Books

How to Read a Story	(2015)
Tree of Wonder	(2015)
Rolling Thunder	(2017)
The Brilliant Deep	(2018)
The Next President	(2020)
Over and Under the Rainforest	(2020)
Sloth Wasn't Sleepy	(2021)

If You Like Kate Messner Books, You’ll Love…

• Jason Reynolds
• Kate DiCamillo
• Jacqueline Woodson

Rescue on the Oregon Trail is the first book in the Ranger in Time series. Ranger is a trained search-and-rescue dog who can’t manage to pass the official test because he keeps getting distracted by squirrels. One day, Ranger is in the garden and he stumbles upon a mysterious first aid kit. When he discovers it, he is transported back to the year 1850 where he meets a boy named Sam. Sam and his family are migrating west on the Oregon Trail and Ranger has arrived just in time to help save Sam’s little sister. He thinks that’s all he’s here to do, but the Oregon Trail is dangerous and they’ll need him for the whole trip.

Messner is also the author of Breakout. This is a powerful story of a girl named Nora who is collecting letters, poems, text messages, news stories, and comics for the Wolf Creek Community Time Capsule Project. She was looking forward to her summer vacation in Wolf Creek, but fear strikes when two inmates escape from the prison. Everyone is on lock down and fear rules. Nora finds that fear brings out the worst in people and worries that Wolf Creek might be changed forever by this experience.