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Dennis Foon

4 Series • 20 Books

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🎯 Where Should I Start?

Best Starting Point
Publication Order of The Longlight Legacy Books
Start with: The Dirt Eaters (2003)
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Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Start with: Double or Nothing (2000)
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Publication Order of Plays
Start with: The Windigo: A Play (1978)

ⓘ About Dennis Foon

Dennis Foon is a renowned American-born Canadian screenwriter, novelist, playwright, and producer. He is well known for his young adult, fantasy, and fiction novels and plays and some nonfiction work. Foon is also widely popular for writing stories for films. As a novelist, he gained immense success for his debut series called The Longlight Legacy. This series and its first book of the same name are still the highlights of his novel-writing career. Before turning his focus towards writing novels and screenwriting, Foon served as the Green Thumb Theater’s artistic director for a period of 12 years. It was in 1986 that he turned to write for films and TV for the first time. Throughout his film-writing career, Foon has penned screenplays for a variety of dramas.

All Book Series by Dennis Foon

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The Dirt Eaters

Series opener · book 1 of 3 · published 2003

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2003
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Freewalker

Book 2 of 3 · published 2004

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2004
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The Keeper's Shadow

Latest in the series · book 3 of 3 · published 2006

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2006
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Double or Nothing

Series opener · book 1 of 2 · published 2000

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2000
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Skud

Latest in the series · book 2 of 2 · published 2003

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2003
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The Windigo: A Play

Series opener · book 1 of 13 · published 1978

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1978
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Raft Baby: A Play

Book 2 of 13 · published 1978

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1978
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Heracles: A Play

Book 3 of 13 · published 1978

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1978
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The Short Tree and The Bird That Could Not Sing

Book 4 of 13 · published 1986

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1986
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Mirror Game

Book 5 of 13 · published 1992

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1992
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Skin and Liars

Book 6 of 13 · published 1997

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1997
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Instant Applause II: 30 Very Short Complete Plays

Book 7 of 13 · published 1997

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1997
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Little Criminals

Book 8 of 13 · published 2003

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2003
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Seesaw

Book 9 of 13 · published 2003

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2003
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Chasing The Money

Book 10 of 13 · published 2003

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2003
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Kindness

Book 11 of 13 · published 2008

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2008
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War

Book 12 of 13 · published 2008

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2008
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New Canadian Kid & Invisible Kids

Latest in the series · book 13 of 13 · published 2018

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2018
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Am I the Only One?

Series opener · book 1 of 2 · published 1987 Co-authored · Brenda Knight

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1987
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Rick

Latest in the series · book 2 of 2 · published 2011

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2011

? Frequently Asked Questions

Who is Dennis Foon?

Dennis Foon is a renowned American-born Canadian screenwriter, novelist, playwright, and producer. He is well known for his young adult, fantasy, and fiction novels and plays and some nonfiction work. Foon is also widely popular for writing stories for films.

Which Dennis Foon series should I start with?

The best place to start is The Longlight Legacy series, the earliest of Dennis Foon's multi-book series: it opens with The Dirt Eaters (2003) and runs to 3 books across 2003–2006, ending with The Keeper's Shadow (2006).

How many books has Dennis Foon written?

Dennis Foon has 20 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1978 and 2018. 3 of them belong to 1 named series — the largest being The Longlight Legacy series with 3 books — and 17 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

In what order should Dennis Foon's series be read?

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Dennis Foon's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are The Longlight Legacy (2003–2006, 3 books).

How are Dennis Foon's books organised into series?

This guide splits Dennis Foon's 20 books into 1 named series and 17 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: The Longlight Legacy (3 books, 2003–2006).