History Mysteries

History Mysteries

History Mysteries, also known as Mysteries Through Time, is a series of children's novels published by American Girl, a subsidiary of Mattel. The series comprises a total of 22 books by various authors and forms a companion series to the popular American Girl books.

As the title suggests, these are mysteries set in the past and often revolve around a famous event in American history. The main character is always a girl of 11 or 12 years old.

Titles in order of publication:

  1. The Smuggler's Treasure by Sarah Masters Buckey (set in 1812 in New Orleans)
  2. Hoofbeats of Danger by Holly Hughes (set in 1860, the Nebraska Territory)
  3. The Night Flyers by Elizabeth McDavid Jones (in North Carolina in 1918)
  4. Voices at Whisper Bend by Katherine Ayres (set in Pennsylvania in 1942)
  5. Secrets on 26th Street by Elizabeth McDavid Jones (set in Chelsea in 1912)
  6. Mystery of the Dark Tower by Evelyn Coleman (Harlem, 1928)
  7. Trouble at Fort La Pointe by Kathleen Ernst (1732, Lake Superior)
  8. Under Copp's Hill by Katherine Ayres (set during 1908, in Boston)
  9. Watcher in the Piney Woods by Elizabeth McDavid Jones (1865, Virginia)
  10. Shadows in the Glasshouse by Megan McDonald (Jamestown in 1621)
  11. The Minstrel's Melody by Eleanora E. Tate (set in 1904, in Calico Creek and St. Louis)
  12. Riddle of the Prairie Bride by Kathryn Reiss (set in Kansas in 1878)
  13. Enemy in the Fort by Sarah Masters Buckey (set during 1754)
  14. Circle of Fire by Evelyn Coleman (1958, Middle Tennessee)
  15. Mystery on Skull Island by Elizabeth McDavid Jones (1724, Charles Town, South Carolina)
  16. Whistler in the Dark by Kathleen Ernst (1867 in Chicago and the Colorado Territory)
  17. Mystery at Chilkoot Pass by Barbara Steiner
  18. The Strange Case of Baby H by Kathryn Reiss (San Francisco, 1906)
  19. Danger at the Wild West Show by Alison Hart
  20. Gangsters at the Grand Atlantic by Sarah Masters Buckey
  21. Ghost Light on Graveyard Shoal by Elizabeth McDavid Jones
  22. Betrayal at Cross Creek by Kathleen Ernst (1775-1776 in North Carolina)

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