Falcon
#7773.52 adjusted 3.90 for sample size in the official ranking · full ranking
Books 3 books Status Unfinished 1995–2005 Reading commitment Medium Luli Gray Last reviewed 2026-11-01
Overview
The Falcon books are a children's fantasy series by Luli Gray, published by Houghton Mifflin between 1995 and 2005. In the first book, Falcon, a Manhattan sixth grader, finds a hot red egg in Central Park and hides it with three trusted adults; it hatches into a dragon she names Egg, and she must eventually let it go to its own world. The sequels keep the New York setting and bring back Egg and Falcon's family: in the second, Falcon and her brother Toody fall from an airplane and are helped by dragon breath and the Charles Street witch; in the third, a teenage Falcon uses magic to take her dying mentor back to 1903. No further book has appeared since 2005.
Urban fantasy · For Middle grade
Core Canon: Reading Order (3 works) counts toward ranking
Falcon Luli Gray
| Work | Year | Internal chron. | Canon | Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Falcon's Egg; Published by Houghton Mifflin in August 1995. | 1995 | 1 | core | 3.57 (98 ratings) |
 | Falcon and the Charles Street Witch; Published by Houghton Mifflin in 2002. | 2002 | 2 | core | 3.22 (18 ratings) |
 | Falcon and the Carousel of Time; Published by Houghton Mifflin on 4 April 2005; 128 pages. | 2005 | 3 | core | 3.56 (9 ratings) |
A New York girl befriends a dragon hatched from an egg she finds in Central Park, and later adventures involve magic and time travel.
Quick answers
- How many books are in Falcon? Falcon's Core Canon is 3 books.
- What is the reading order for Falcon? Publication order, starting with Falcon's Egg. Full list and years in the Core Canon table above.
- Is Falcon finished? Unfinished (1995–2005).
- How much reading does Falcon take? Medium reading commitment (estimated from 3 Core Canon books).
- How is Falcon ranked? #777 in this site's official ranking, based on 125 reader ratings across 3 Core Canon books. See the full ranking for how this is calculated.
Why is it ranked #777?
Ranked #777 in the official ranking.
- Average reader rating of 3.52 across 3 core books.
- A smaller readership (125 ratings), so the score carries less weight of numbers.
- 0.28 behind #776, The Heart of the Circle.
- Below the top-10 average of 4.46.
Why explore this universe?
Modestly rated · 3 books · Unfinished · 125 ratings · Ranks #777 overall
Good choice if you want a moderate-length urban fantasy universe.
Reading order
Publication order (3 Core Canon books)
- Falcon's Egg (1995)
- Falcon and the Charles Street Witch (2002)
- Falcon and the Carousel of Time (2005)
Documented internal/story chronology is recorded for every Core Canon book here, and matches publication order exactly, with no divergence to show separately.
Awards (verified)
- No awards found for this universe.
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Official resources
Research details
Ranking metrics: weighted average 3.52 across 125 ratings on 3 Core Canon books. See Why is it ranked here? above for the full breakdown, or the full ranking.
How do we know this?
Admission: Canon Extension: 22 universes, among them The Ordered and Reflections of Eterna; four candidates ruled out accepted 2026-11-01
Sources: (see source tier definitions)
- Encyclopedia.com: Gray, Luli 1945- Tier 2
- Kirkus: Falcon and the Carousel of Time Tier 2
- FictionDB: Falcon and the Charles Street Witch Tier 2
Last reviewed: 2026-11-01
Rule: Core Canon = the three Falcon novels, from Falcon's Egg (1995) to Falcon and the Carousel of Time (2005); excluded are the 2011 e-book omnibus Falcon's Dragon and the unconnected novel Timespinners (2003).