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ⓘ About Patricia H. Rushford
Rushford is an author and speaker that is known around the world. She has written many books as well as plenty of articles. She has also made a name for herself in the genre of Christian youth fiction and has sold somewhere around over a quarter million of her youth series with the publication of her Jennie McGrady series. The series has found a real home base among readers of all ages. She is a registered nurse and received her Master’s degree in Counseling. Rushford first became an author in print with the 1983 publication of her book Caring for your Sick Child. It was a nonfiction book designed to help provide parents with guidelines when it comes to taking care of ill children.
All Book Series by Patricia H. Rushford
Have You Hugged Your Teenager Today?
Series opener · book 1 of 11 · published 1983
Caring for Your Sick Child / The Care and Feeding of Sick Kids
Book 2 of 11 · published 1983
The Help, Hope and Cope Book for People with Aging Parents / Caring for Your Elderly Parents
Book 4 of 11 · published 1985
Emotional Phases of a Woman's Life
Book 7 of 11 · published 1987 Co-authored · Jean Lush
The Humpty Dumpty Syndrome: Putting Yourself Together Again
Latest in the series · book 11 of 11 · published 1994
Blind Faith
Series opener · book 1 of 16 · published 1996 Anthology · Judith Pella
Framed
Latest in the series · book 16 of 16 · published 1998 Anthology · Tracie Peterson
Love Me Tender
Book 2 of 6 · published 2010 Anthology · Janice Thompson,Janice Hanna
I'll Be Home for Christmas
Book 3 of 6 · published 2010 Anthology · Julie L. Cannon
Baby, It's Cold Outside
Latest in the series · book 6 of 6 · published 2011 Anthology · Susan May Warren
Through the Fire
Series opener · book 1 of 18 · published 2007 Anthology · Diane Noble
How the Heart Runs
Book 13 of 18 · published 2009 Anthology · Anne Marie Rodgers
The Missing Ingredient
Latest in the series · book 18 of 18 · published 2010 Anthology · Diane Noble
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Patricia H. Rushford?
Rushford is an author and speaker that is known around the world. She has written many books as well as plenty of articles. She has also made a name for herself in the genre of Christian youth fiction and has sold somewhere around over a quarter million of her youth series with the publication of her Jennie McGrady series.
Which Patricia H. Rushford series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Jennie McGrady series, the earliest of Patricia H. Rushford's multi-book series: it opens with Too Many Secrets (1993) and runs to 15 books across 1993–2002, ending with Grave Matters (2002). Patricia H. Rushford's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.
How many books has Patricia H. Rushford written?
Patricia H. Rushford has 86 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1983 and 2018. 75 of them belong to 10 named series — the largest being the Mystery and the Minister's Wife series with 18 books — and 11 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Patricia H. Rushford's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Patricia H. Rushford's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Jennie McGrady (1993–2002, 15 books), Healing For Broken Children Non-Fiction (1996, 2 books) and Helen Bradley (1997–2014, 5 books), plus 6 more.
How are Patricia H. Rushford's books organised into series?
This guide splits Patricia H. Rushford's 86 books into 10 named series and 11 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Mystery and the Minister's Wife (18 books, 2007–2010); Jennie McGrady (15 books, 1993–2002); When I Fall In Love (6 books, 2003–2011); Helen Bradley (5 books, 1997–2014); McAllister Files (4 books, 2003–2006), plus 5 further series.