Claudia Mills

A high-profile intellectual, philosophy professor, and award-winning woman of letters, Claudia Mills is a sexagenarian American author. This decorated author is prolific and has contributed immensely especially to children's literature. Mills, whose books notably address morality and have a philosophical element, is renowned especially for authoring the 2013 book titled Zero Tolerance.

The best place to start is the Walker's American History for Young People series, the earliest of Claudia Mills's multi-book series: it opens with What about Annie? (1985) and runs to 4 books across 1985–1989, ending with Behind the Headlines: The Story of American Newspapers (1989). Claudia Mills's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Claudia Mills has 67 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1981 and 2021. 38 of them belong to 8 named series — the largest being the Gus and Grandpa series with 10 books — and 29 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Claudia Mills's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Walker's American History for Young People (1985–1989, 4 books), Dinah (1990–1995, 4 books) and Gus and Grandpa (1996–2004, 10 books), plus 5 more.

This guide splits Claudia Mills's 67 books into 8 named series and 29 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Gus and Grandpa (10 books, 1996–2004); Franklin School Friends (5 books, 2012–2016); West Creek Middle School (5 books, 1997–2005); After-School Superstars (4 books, 2019–2021); Dinah (4 books, 1990–1995), plus 3 further series.