Lisa McMann Books in Order

Seventeen-year-old Janie is involuntarily drawn into the dreams of sleeping people around her, an ability she cannot safely explain. When a disturbing nightmare makes her a participant rather than an observer, her unwanted gift becomes more dangerous.

Janie and Cabel's secret relationship is strained by disturbing events at Fieldridge High. Entering a classmate's violent nightmares gives Janie a lead, but the investigation and revelations about her dream-catching ability threaten both their futures.

Abducted at seven, Ethan returns to his family nine years later, seemingly bringing a miracle into their lives. As tensions grow and his memories remain inaccessible, the reunion becomes an unsettling test of belonging and trust.

Janie fears that remaining with Cabel will burden him with the consequences of her dream-catching ability. As she considers disappearing from his life, an unexpected stranger changes her understanding of the future and makes her choices still harder.

When friends disappear from her small Montana town, Kendall sets aside her ambitions to help find them. Her search reveals frightening local history while an unexpected attraction challenges her loyalty to the boyfriend she has always loved.

Declared Unwanted for his creativity, thirteen-year-old Alex Stowe expects death while his twin Aaron receives a privileged future. Instead, Alex discovers Artimé, where art becomes magic, but the hidden sanctuary faces a threat that divides the brothers.

Alex and his friends develop their artistic magic as newcomers arrive in Artimé, now open to people from Quill. Across the border, his twin Aaron plots a return to power, threatening the fragile peace between their worlds.

After Jules prevents one disaster, Sawyer begins suffering visions of a gun and eleven shots. Feeling responsible for passing the ability to him, Jules helps interpret the clues before the increasingly vivid warning becomes a deadly reality.

Jules repeatedly sees a truck crash, an explosion, and nine body bags, images nobody else can perceive. When she recognizes the boy she loves among the potential victims, she must piece together clues and prevent the catastrophe.

With Artimé's magic gone, Alex faces demands to restore the sanctuary, rescue captive friends, and free Megan from a necklace that steals her voice. Meanwhile, Aaron builds an army in Quill, and unfamiliar newcomers may hold crucial answers.

Jules suspects that Sawyer's visions have passed to someone he saved, but she must identify the new recipient. Convincing a frightened survivor to trust the warnings becomes essential as another disaster approaches and the mystery deepens.

Alex strengthens his abilities as Artimé's mage while a rescue party sets out for underwater Pirate Island. In Quill, Aaron faces political opposition and explores a hidden jungle, where a dangerous discovery may offer him greater power.

Aaron's fall from power leaves him dependent on strangers, while Alex concentrates on protecting Artimé from Quill's new ruler. Seeking an unlikely ally, Alex embarks on a risky mission as the two lands move toward war.

After a storm destroys their ship, Alex and his friends find themselves stranded on an unfamiliar island. Back in Quill, Aaron joins an unexpected ally and pursues a plan to conquer Artimé that could endanger both communities.

After moving to Arizona, Charlie Wilde finds a bracelet that gives her remarkable animal abilities, including extraordinary speed and strength. Unable to control the device, she turns to new friends for help uncovering its origins and purpose.

Alex and his allies explore new territory after defending Artimé, unaware that old enemies are preparing another attack. Facing the greatest threat to both Artimé and Quill, the twins must confront divided loyalties and newly emerging powers.

Twins Thisbe and Fifer struggle to control magical powers stronger than their brother Alex's. When a dragon reports that his siblings have been enslaved, they secretly leave Artimé with their friend Seth, hoping to rescue the captives.

Charlie's father has been abducted by mysterious masked figures, and rescuing him requires more than her animal-powered bracelet. Her friends now have devices too, but unexpected side effects and competing ambitions make learning to work together essential.

Dr. Gray moves closer to transforming humanity into a monstrous new species, with a former friend now on his side. Charlie and her allies turn to the rescued bracelet scientists for stronger powers and a chance to stop him.

Thisbe is imprisoned in dragon catacombs and secretly practices the magic she hopes will free her. Meanwhile, an injured Fifer must persuade Alex to trust her as Artimé prepares to face the enemy behind their recent losses.

Reunited Stowe siblings face new divisions as Fifer loses her leadership role and Thisbe wants to rescue children in the dragon lands. Pursued by the Revinir, they confront growing political opposition that threatens Artimé from within.

Fifer and Simber search for Thisbe amid civil war in the dragon lands, while Thisbe weighs a desperate attempt to return home. In Artimé, a new mage struggles to restore order as the Revinir's influence spreads.

Artimé's new head mage turns its people against the Stowe family, leaving Aaron imprisoned and Fifer exposed. Thisbe brings allies from Grimere to help, but their rescue effort is complicated by her deteriorating relationship with her twin.

The Revinir imprisons Fifer and Thisbe in an isolated palace guarded by deadly dragons, hoping to force their allegiance. Dev's arrival offers a chance to resist, but Thisbe's doubts about her own nature complicate their desperate plan.

A shipboard mutiny separates young mouse Clarice from her brother Charles Sebastian, leaving her in a leaking boat with a dangerous cat. Both siblings must overcome their habitual caution to survive and keep their promise to reunite.

As Artimé's allies prepare a final assault on the Revinir, Thisbe struggles to regain their trust after abandoning her plan. Aaron's anger and her conflicted feelings about the dragon ruler threaten the unity their desperate campaign requires.

Five children with unusual abilities grow up hidden from a society that criminalizes supernatural powers. After their last parent dies, Birdie finds a map and a message that sends the isolated group toward Estero and their missing families.

Hunted after rescuing a parent, the five children hide beneath Estero with their new allies. The president's apparent cooperation with an invisible supernatural raises questions about his outlawing of their powers and their missing parents' possible involvement.

As Estero’s president faces a supernatural challenger, the Forgotten Five struggle with a friend joining their criminal parents. Sending Lada undercover to gather intelligence forces them toward a confrontation with enemies deeply entwined in their own families.

The Forgotten Five question their mentor’s apparent defection while Tenner’s father arrives claiming he wants to help. With guards closing in and an election approaching, the children must decide which uncertain allies deserve their trust.

An attack leaves Birdie injured and under arrest, while the Librarian is imprisoned after her double-agent work is exposed. Brix rallies the remaining children and an unlikely ally to rescue their friends from the president’s forces.

With their identities exposed and safe house discovered, the Forgotten Five must disguise themselves to undermine the president’s campaign. Arrested allies hold urgent information about a new supernatural operative whose power could determine the approaching election.

After President Fuerte uses supernatural hypnosis to steal an election, Cabot helps her friends recover the truth. With inauguration nearing and their enemy still attacking, the Forgotten Five plan a palace raid to free Estero from his control.

Matt and Lisa McMann explain how they left a fixed home for full-time travel. Practical advice covers downsizing, budgets, lodging, healthcare, mail, and relationships, helping readers turn the desire for a nomadic life into workable plans.