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Books like Danny Dunn: 9 series to read next

Danny Dunn is science fiction and adventure, set in mid 20th century, adventurous in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Danny Dunn is 15 books, 1956–1977.

“Danny Dunn is the young protagonist of a long-running mid-century American juvenile science fiction series by Raymond Abrashkin and Jay Williams, starting in 1956.”
from the catalogue description

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Miss Pickerell
Rick Brant Science Adventure
My Teacher Is an Alien
Wolves Chronicles
Jumper
Alien Agent
Kairos
Danger Boy
Cragbridge Hall

Miss PickerellSeries

seriesEllen MacGregor & Dora Pantell18 books1950

Science fiction, adventurous in tone.

Start with Miss Pickerell Goes to Mars →

Rick Brant Science AdventureSeries

seriesJohn Blaine & Peter J. Harkins24 books1947

Adventure, adventurous in tone, set in mid 20th century.

“From Wikipedia: Rick meets Scotty and investigates sabotage occurring on his father's rocket experiment.”
from the catalogue description of The Rocket's Shadow

Start with The Rocket's Shadow →

My Teacher Is an AlienSeries

seriesBruce Coville4 books1989

Science fiction, adventurous in tone, about aliens, set in contemporary.

“Susan Simmons can tell that her new substitute teacher is really weird.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with My Teacher Is an Alien →

Wolves ChroniclesSeries

seriesJoan Aiken12 books1962

Set in 19th century and british isles.

“The Wolves Chronicles is Joan Aiken's long-running alternate-history series for young readers, set in a nineteenth-century England ruled by the Stuart dynasty and beset by wolves that have migrated across a Channel land-bridge.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Wolves of Willoughby Chase →

JumperSeries

seriesSteven Gould6 books1992

Tense in tone, about psychic powers.

“Steven Gould's series continues across Reflex, Impulse, and Exo, later following his and his wife's daughter as a second-generation jumper.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Jumper →

Alien AgentSeries

seriesPamela F. Service6 books2008

Science fiction, adventurous in tone, about aliens, set in our world and contemporary.

“In this first book of the Alien Agent series, we meet Zack, a normal kid with a crazy cousin, Ethan, who thinks he's an alien.”
from the catalogue description of My Cousin, the Alien

Start with My Cousin, the Alien →

KairosSeries

seriesMadeleine L'Engle11 books1962

Science fiction.

Reading order →

Danger BoySeries

seriesMark London Williams4 books2001

Science fiction and time travel, adventurous in tone, set in our world.

“A twelve-year-old boy from the twenty-first century, a girl from medieval Alexandria, Egypt, and a super-intelligent young saurian from an alternative Earth--each for different reasons--join together in travels through time and space.”
from the catalogue description of Ancient Fire

Start with Ancient Fire →

Cragbridge HallSeries

seriesChad Morris3 books2013

Tense in tone.

Start with The Inventor's Secret →

Why these

No sales rank, no star ratings, no readers also bought.

Shared terms are not a promise that a book feels the same. Two series can be far-future political intrigue and read nothing alike — what the ranking can say is what they are about, and each card says which parts it shares.

Questions readers ask

What should I read after Danny Dunn?: Miss Pickerell — the closest match to Danny Dunn on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Danny Dunn?: Danny Dunn and the Anti-Gravity Paint. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Danny Dunn.
How big is Danny Dunn?: Danny Dunn is 15 books, 1956–1977.
Is Danny Dunn finished?: Yes — 15 books, 1956–1977.

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