Donna Parker, unlike most of the other series protagonists of the time, is a character that most of us growing up in the 50s and 60s could identify with. She had two parents, her mother wasn't over-indulgent, she wasn't free to roam around finding and solving mysteries. She went to school, she and her best friend grew apart as they grew older and their interests changed.

I read and re-read Donna Parker in Hollywood when I was younger. Like so many of the series, I knew there were more books but I never got a chance to read them. Now that I have copies of them all I will be reading them in order shortly. I don't know that I'll review them here though, as I don't think I could do the series justice half as well as Linda has already done on her Donna Parker webpage.

• Donna Parker at Cherrydale
• Donna Parker, Special Agent
• Donna Parker on Her Own
• Donna Parker: A Spring to Remember
• Donna Parker in Hollywood
• Donna Parker: Mystery at Arawak
• Donna Parker Takes a Giant Step

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Linda's Donna Parker webpage is an excellent and thorough summary of the series. Don't miss the rest of her site while you're there, her writing is quite captivating.