Kekla Magoon

Kekla is a member of the NWP Writers Council and lives in Vermont, where she teaches writing at Vermont College of Fine Arts. The Rock and the River Once in a while a bit of young adult literature will come along and mention the Black Panthers, but it’s rare. The last time the group was mentioned was in American Dreaming by Laban Hill where the Panthers got a small chapter and novel moved on.

The best place to start is the Voyagers series, the earliest of Kekla Magoon's multi-book series: it opens with Project Alpha (2015) and runs to 6 books across 2015–2016, ending with The Seventh Element (2016). Kekla Magoon's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Kekla Magoon has 79 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2009 and 2026. 60 of them belong to 8 named series — the largest being The Kids in Mrs. Z's Class series with 12 books — and 19 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. Kekla Magoon's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are The Rock and the River (2009–2012, 2 books), Voyagers (2015–2016, 6 books) and Robyn Hoodlum (2015–2017, 3 books), plus 4 more.

This guide splits Kekla Magoon's 79 books into 8 named series and 19 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: The Kids in Mrs. Z's Class (12 books, 2024–2026); Voyagers (6 books, 2015–2016); Robyn Hoodlum (3 books, 2015–2017); True Adventures (3 books, 2020–2021); The Rock and the River (2 books, 2009–2012), plus 3 further series.