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Avi

Author · 83 books

Avi is a pen name for Edward Irving Wortis, but he says, "The fact is, Avi is the only name I use." Born in 1937, Avi has created many fictional favorites such as The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle, Nothing but the Truth, and the Crispin series. His work is popular among readers young and old.

Series

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Beyond the Western Sea

Series · 3 books

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Series · 3 books

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Series · 7 books

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Series · 2 books

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Series · 2 books

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The Secret School

Series · 2 books

Books

The Good Dog

2001

The Most Important Thing

Stories About Sons, Fathers, and Grandfathers

2017

The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle

1990

Loyalty

2022

Murder at Midnight

2009

Silent Movie

2003

The Unexpected Life of Oliver Cromwell Pitts

Being an Absolutely Accurate Autobiographical Account of My Follies, Fortune, and Fate

2017

Something Upstairs

1988

Bright Shadow

1985

The Book without Words

A Fable of Medieval Magic

2005

The Seer of Shadows

2008

Avi

Acting Out

2008

The Road From Nowhere

2026

The End of the World and Beyond

2019

The Fighting Ground

1984

Smuggler's Island

1994

Sophia's War

A Tale of the Revolution

2012

The Escape from Home

1996

Catch You Later, Traitor

2015

The Secret School

2001

The Christmas Rat

2000

Crispin

The End of Time

2010

Lord Kirkle's Money

1996

Devil's Race

1984

Crispin

The Cross of Lead

2002

A Place Called Ugly

1981

Punch with Judy

1993

Poppy's Return

2005

What Do Fish Have to Do With Anything?

1997

Gold Rush Girl

2020

Abigail Takes the Wheel

1999

Never Mind!

A Twin Novel

2004

The Barn

1994

Night Journeys

1979

Things That Sometimes Happen

Very Short Stories for Little Listeners

1970

S.O.R. Losers

1984

I Witness

Hard Gold: The Colorado Gold Rush of 1859: A Tale of the Old West

2008

Romeo and Juliet Together and Alive at Last

1987

Prairie School

2001

Windcatcher

1991

Un culete independiente

2001

Blue Heron

1992

Poppy and Rye

1997

"Who Was That Masked Man, Anyway?"

1992

Iron Thunder

2007

School of the Dead

2016

Tom, Babette, and Simon

Three Tales of Transformation

1995

Old Wolf

2015

The Player King

2017

Perloo the Bold

1998

Ereth's Birthday

2000

The Button War

A Tale of the Great War

2018

City of Orphans

2012

Don't You Know There's a War On?

2001

Captain Grey

1977

Ragweed and Poppy

2020

Wolf Rider

1986

The History Of Helpless Harry

To Which Is Added A Variety Of Amusing And Entertaining Adventures

1980

Encounter at Easton

1980

Crispin

At the Edge of the World

2006

Strange Happenings

Five Tales of Transformation

2006

Beyond the Western Sea, #3

2025

Poppy

1995

The Traitors' Gate

2007

Lost in the Empire City

2024

Poppy and Ereth

2009

The Bird, the Frog, and the Light

A Fable

1994

The Mayor of Central Park

2003

Nothing But the Truth

1984

Who Stole the Wizard of Oz?

1981

Man from the Sky

1980

Finding Providence

The Story of Roger Williams

1997

Midnight Magic

1999

City of Magic

2022

The Secret Sisters

2023

No More Magic

1975

Half-Minute Horrors

2009

The Man Who Was Poe

1989

The End of the Beginning

Being the Adventures of a Small Snail

2004

A Beginning, a Muddle, and an End

The Right Way to Write Writing

2008

Sometimes I Think I Hear My Name

1982

Ragweed

1999

Emily Upham's Revenge

A Massachusetts Adventure

1978