Danny Dunn

Danny Dunn is the name of a fictional character and protagonist of a series of American juvenile science fiction/adventure books. Co-authors Raymond Abrashkin and Jay Williams wrote these books beginning in 1956.

These stories by Raymond Abrashkin and Jay Williams were set in the fictional American town of Midston. The plots featured characters who were interested in science and mathematics.

Abrashkin died in 1960, after publication of the fifth book. Williams, however, insisted on Abrashkin being given co-author credit on the subsequent ten books as well, since he had been instrumental in constructing the series. Ezra Jack Keats illustrated the first four novels in the series.

Although the exact location of Midston is not given, the authors wrote that a famed American of colonial times visited the town (when it was known as Middestown), implying Midston is somewhere in the original 13 states. In the book Danny Dunn and the Heat Ray, reference is made to US Route 1 and US Route 2 being located near Midston, and those roads meet only at Houlton, Maine.

Dunn is a boy, perhaps a teenager, though some books depict an elementary school setting. He is looking forward to a career in science. According to book reviewer Andrew Frederick, Dunn is precocious and headstrong—a redhead whose adventures mainly include getting into and out of trouble.

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