Thrasher has written three other books about Seely Robinson, plus Julie's Summer, which is about Seely's older sister. In The Dark Didn't Catch Me, the first of the series, Seely Robinson is twelve years old. The other three titles are: Between Dark and Daylight, End of a Dark Road, and A Taste of Daylight. Each of these novels can stand alone, but for the full effect of how Seely maintains a strong sense of love and loyalty to family, handles emotional and physical hardships, and accepts loss with a spirit of hope, the reader needs to start with The Dark Didn't Catch Me and progress through them to the last one in the series, A Taste of Daylight.

Julie's Summer, also set in the Depression, is independent of the other titles in the series, but a reading of this title featuring Julie, Seely's older sister, will...