This intriguing and captivating series revolves around “Scout,” Tom’s German shepherd dog. When Tom names the puppy Scout, little does he know how aptly the name fits! Although the dog’s tracking ability gets him and his master into serious trouble, he also saves Tom’s life.

Tom finds himself caught up in events of World War II. In his youthful adventurousness, Tom is forced to call on the courage and talents of his clever dog again and again.

The full 7-volume set

Join Scout, Tom’s very intelligent four-legged friend on his adventures with his master, and master’s chums Carl and Bert.

The stories detail courageous efforts to help liberate their village and to locate a missing prisoner, and involve retreating Germans and advancing Canadians (The Secret of the Swamp), a holiday near the German border when they get entangled with smugglers (The Haunted Castle), a spring vacation involving a dangerous poacher, unsolved burglaries and a mysterious fire (The Flying Phantom), a sailing holiday which is interrupted by a dangerous gang (The Sailing Sleuths), a seashore stay at the hunting lodge of a medieval castle which has them meet a ghost (The Treasure of Rodensteyn Castle), a summer holiday on the farm which turns into a sleuthing adventure (The Mystery of the Abandoned Mill), and a very challenging journey on foot to the intriguing house of Uncle Bob, who returned from North America to retire ‘home’ (Distant Journey).

Piet Prins will help reluctant boys and girls become avid readers. A Christian teacher who became a newspaper editor and Dutch parliamentarian, Prins (pseudonym of Piet Jongeling) wrote the stories as serials for his newspaper.

The Set of 7 Volumes in The Scout Series are:

The Secret of the Swamp
The Haunted Castle
The Flying Phantom
The Sailing Sleuth

The Treasure of Rodensteyn Castle
The Mystery of the Abandoned Mill
Scout’s Distant Journey

This set provides days and days of exciting reading about the providential work of God during World War II, with faithful dog Scout at the center of the action.

About the Author

Pieter (Piet) Jongeling (1909-1985), also known by the pen name Piet Prins, was a Dutch politician and author of numerous popular children’s books. He was a member of the Reformed Political League and of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands.  Jongeling worked as a journalist for the anti-revolutionary newspaper Nieuwe Provinciale Groninger Courant. In 1941, during the German occupation of The Netherlands, the publication was banned, and in 1942, Jongeling was sent to the Nazi concentration camp at Amersfoort, from which he was later transferred to another at Sachsenhausen. After his release at the close of World War II, Jongeling became editor of Nieuwe Provinciale Groninger Courant, but later left to become editor of De Vrije Kerk.

Jongeling was elected to the House of Representatives in 1963 and served until 1977.  He was a passionate opponent of the legalization of abortion. He wrote numerous children’s books, always under the pen name Piet Prins, and The Scout Series are the most famous of these (known as “Snuf” in the original Dutch).  Other series of his include The Four Friends and Wambu.