Mercy Watson Is Missing!
Tales from Deckawoo Drive Series
Author: Kate DiCamillo
Illustrator: Chris Van Dusen
Book 7 in the Tales from Deckawoo Drive series
Pages: 176
Published: 2023
Age: 6+
Every favorite character from Kate DiCamillo’s Mercy Watson books makes an appearance in this extended, riotously funny series crescendo.
When Mercy Watson the pig goes missing, all of Deckawoo Drive is in an uproar. The Watsons are inconsolable, and the local police, fire, and animal control departments are no help whatsoever. Bossy neighbor Eugenia Lincoln is not quite as sad as she might be, but thankfully her sister, Baby Lincoln, has the idea to hire a private investigator. Granted, Percival Smidgely, PI, may be more bumbler than gumshoe, but his pigeon, Polly, is there to point the way.
Meanwhile, Frank and Stella Endicott and Stella’s friend Horace Broom are ready to do some investigating of their own. Will the clever neighborhood sleuths manage to follow the trail of hoofprints—and a certain overwhelmingly enticing scent—and recover their porcine wonder?
With deftly paced narrative comedy, visual slapstick, abundant artwork in both black and white and full color, and warm affection for their cast of characters, Kate DiCamillo and Chris Van Dusen bring us a highly satisfying, extra-special series finale that rewards loyal fans—and invites new readers to explore the stories that came before.
About the Tales from Deckawoo Drive Series
Books in series order
- 1.Leroy Ninker Saddles Up(2014)
- 2.Francine Poulet Meets the Ghost Raccoon(2015)
- 3.Where Are You Going, Baby Lincoln?(2016)
- 4.Eugenia Lincoln and the Unexpected Package(2017)
- 5.Stella Endicott and the Anything-Is-Possible Poem(2020)
- 6.Franklin Endicott and the Third Key(2021)
- 7.Mercy Watson Is Missing!(2023)
Reading age: 6+ years
This series should be read in order.
Yippie-i-oh! Saddle up for a spin-off series starring favourite characters from Kate DiCamillo's acclaimed Mercy Watson series.
Leroy Ninker has a hat, a lasso, and boots. What he doesn't have is a horse – until he meets Maybelline, that is, and then it's love at first sight. Maybelline loves spaghetti and sweet nothings, and she loves Leroy, too. But when Leroy forgets the third and final rule of caring for Maybelline, disaster ensues. Can Leroy wrestle fate to the ground, rescue the horse of his heart, and lasso loneliness for good?
Join Leroy, Maybelline, and a cast of familiar characters – Stella, Frank, Mrs. Watson, and everyone’s favorite porcine wonder, Mercy – for some hilarious and heartfelt horsing around on Deckawoo Drive.

