Mountains of Colorado, with his wife, Linda Cruise Wright. Works Standalone works Scout's Honor Things That Sometimes Happen: Very Short Stories for Little Listeners (1970) Snail Tale (1972), re-published in 2004 as the End of the Beginning: Being the Adventures of a Small Snail No More Magic (1975) Captain Grey (1977) Emily Upham's Revenge (1978) The History of Helpless Harry (1980) The Man from the Sky (1980) A Place Called Ugly (1981) Who Stole the Wizard Of Oz? (1981) Sometimes I Think I Hear My Name (1982) Devil's Race (1984) Fighting Ground (1984) S.O.R. Losers (1984) Bright Shadow (1985) Wolf Rider (1986) Romeo and Juliet, Together (and Alive!) At Last (1987) Something Upstairs (1988) The Man Who Was Poe (1989) The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle (1990) Nothing But the Truth (1991) Windcatcher (1991) Blue Heron (1992) Who Was That Masked Man, Anyway? (1992) City of Light, City of Dark (1993) Punch with Judy (1993) The Barn (1994) Smugglers' Island (1994) Tom, Babette, & Simon: Three Tales of Transformation (1995) Beyond the Western Sea, Book 1: The Escape From Home (1996) Beyond the Western Sea, Book 2: Lord Kirkle's Money (1996), also published as Beyond the Western Sea, Book 2: Into The Storm Finding Providence: the Story of Roger Williams (1997) What Do Fish Have To Do with Anything? (1997) Perloo the Bold (1998) Abigail Takes the Wheel (1999) Amanda Joins the Circus (1999) Keep Your Eye on Amanda (1999) The Christmas Rat (2000) City of Orphans (2000) Don't You Know There's a War On? (2001) The Good Dog (2001) Prairie School (2001) Secret School (2001) The Mayor of Central Park (2003) Silent Movie (2003) Never Mind: A Twin Novel (2004) The Book Without Words (2005) Strange Happenings: Five Tales of Transformation (2005) Iron Thunder: The Battle Between the Monitor & the Merrimac (2007) The Traitors' Gate (2007) A Beginning, a Muddle, and an End (2008) Hard Gold: The Colorado Gold Rush of 1859 (2008) Seer of Shadows (2008) Sophia's War: a Tale of the Revolution (2012) Catch You Later, Traitor (2015) Old Wolf (2015) The Most Important Thing: Stories About Sons, Fathers, and Grandfathers (2017) School of the Dead (2016) The Player King (2017) The Unexpected Life of Oliver Cromwell Pitts (2017) The Button War (2018) The End of the World and Beyond (2019) Loyalty (2022) Series Night Journeys Night Journeys (1979) Encounter at Easton (1980) Dimwood Forest Poppy