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
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
Acting Out
2008
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
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
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
