Andrew Smith Books in Order

After his mother's death, Troy Stotts retreats into a summer of horses and friendship in ranch country. He hopes to escape grief and uncertainty, but encounters with troubled neighbors draw him and his friends toward lasting consequences.

Brothers Jonah and Simon leave home with little money and letters from their brother in Vietnam. A ride with a volatile man and a desperate young woman turns their search for family into a dangerous struggle for survival.

After escaping a kidnapping, Jack Whitmore receives glasses that reveal the violent world of Marbury. There, his closest friend becomes an enemy, and protecting two younger boys threatens his ability to distinguish trauma, fantasy, and reality.

Born with one ear, Stick relies on his older brother Bosten to shield him from bullying. When their abusive father's anger drives Bosten away, Stick sets out to find him and a place where they can belong.

Jack Whitmore and Conner Kirk have used mysterious glasses to enter the brutal world of Marbury. Told from Conner's perspective, this short story questions whether their shared nightmare exists beyond their own minds.

Jack and Conner try to break their dangerous connection to Marbury by destroying the lens that takes them there. Instead, the alternate world draws them back toward an unresolved war and friends they cannot abandon.

Fourteen-year-old Ryan Dean West navigates boarding school with rugby, comic drawings, and an awkward crush on his best friend Annie. Living among older students and troublemakers, he struggles to find belonging as friendship takes an unexpected turn.

Finn Easton worries he is only a character in his father's novel. Heartbroken after his girlfriend moves away, he takes a college road trip with his best friend, where an unexpected accident challenges his ideas about destiny.

Returning to Pine Mountain for his final year, Ryan Dean West struggles with grief and his new responsibilities as rugby captain. An anxious young roommate and encounters with his lost friend's brother complicate his efforts to move forward.

Ariel, the sole survivor of an attack on his village, joins an adoptive family in West Virginia. His story intersects with a disturbed bomber, a doomed Arctic expedition, and a resurrected crow, exploring survival and human connection.

Sent to his father's lunar cruise ship to overcome an addiction, Cager Messer finds himself trapped above a war-ravaged Earth. As the ship's robots become dangerously unstable, he and his companions face an increasingly uncertain future.

Born in an underground refuge after giant praying mantises devastated the world, Arek longs to see what remains outside. Mysterious letters draw him and his friend Mel into a journey through the ruins of human civilization.

Eleven-year-old Sam Abernathy dreams of becoming a chef, but his parents have a different future planned. Haunted by the childhood accident that trapped him in a well, he must challenge his fears and others' expectations.

Sam Abernathy wants to enjoy his final summer in Blue Creek before leaving home. When a strange family moves into the supposedly haunted house next door and hires him to cater, his plans give way to frightening suspicions.

Troubled by dreams about his missing cat, novelist Robert Snapplehoff follows a possible sighting into an unexpected encounter. A woman named Gwena believes the universe has brought them together, warning that difficult times lie ahead.