Avi

Author of The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle

119+ Works 51,471 Members 989 Reviews 37 Favorited

About the Author

Avi was born in 1937, in the city of New York and raised in Brooklyn. He began his writing career as a playwright, and didn't start writing childrens books until he had kids of his own. (Bowker Author Biography)

Includes the names: Avi, by Avi, Avi Avi, Avi Wortis, Someone Avi, Edward Irving Wortis, Edward Irving Wortis

Series

Tales of Dimwood Forest

Tales of Dimwood Forest/Poppy Stories Chron.

Crispin

Beyond the Western Sea

South Orange River School

Small Snail

Works by Avi

Popular Recent

The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle (1990) 6,832 copies

Crispin: The Cross of Lead (2002) 5,616 copies

Poppy (1995) 2,672 copies

The Secret School (2001) 2,593 copies

Nothing but the Truth (1991) 2,479 copies

Midnight Magic (1999) 1,731 copies

The Fighting Ground (1984) 1,506 copies

Ragweed (1997) — Author — 1,261 copies

Poppy and Rye (1998) 1,117 copies

The Seer of Shadows (2008) 1,096 copies

The Good Dog (2001) 1,050 copies

Perloo the Bold (1998) 1,001 copies

Who Stole the Wizard of Oz? (1981) 945 copies

Prairie School (2001) 893 copies

Don't You Know There's A War On? (2001) 870 copies

Crispin: At the Edge of the World (2006) 862 copies

The Barn (1994) 826 copies

Ereth's Birthday (2000) 820 copies

Something Upstairs (1988) 805 copies

The Book Without Words: A Fable of Medieval Magic (2005) 802 copies

The Man Who Was Poe (1989) 738 copies

Windcatcher (1991) 738 copies

Iron Thunder (I Witness) (2007) 725 copies

Sophia's War: A Tale of the Revolution (2012) 664 copies

Blue Heron (1992) 621 copies

Bright Shadow (1985) 605 copies

The Escape From Home (1996) 592 copies

City of Orphans (2011) 526 copies

The End of the Beginning: Being the Adventures of a Small Snail (and an Even Smaller Ant) (2004) 488 copies

Finding Providence: The Story of Roger Williams (1997) 469 copies

Poppy's Return (2005) 430 copies

Night Journeys (1979) 427 copies

Wolf Rider (1986) 390 copies

City of Light, City of Dark (1993) 390 copies

"Who Was That Masked Man, Anyway?" (1992) 385 copies

Old Wolf (2015) 381 copies

The Christmas Rat (2000) 378 copies

Captain Grey (1977) 371 copies

Lord Kirkle's Money (1996) 370 copies

Never Mind!: A Twin Novel (2004) 360 copies

S.O.R. Losers (1984) 334 copies

Crispin: The End of Time (2010) 329 copies

Murder At Midnight (2009) 323 copies

Romeo and Juliet--Together (And Alive!) at Last (1987) 301 copies

No More Magic (1975) 267 copies

The Traitors' Gate (2007) 252 copies

What Do Fish Have to Do With Anything? (1997) 251 copies

Poppy and Ereth (2009) 242 copies

Strange Happenings: Five Tales of Transformation (2006) 240 copies

A Beginning, a Muddle, and an End (2008) 188 copies

Catch You Later, Traitor (1794) 188 copies

A Place Called Ugly (1981) 184 copies

Silent Movie (2003) 171 copies

The Button War: A Tale of the Great War (2018) 166 copies

The Mayor of Central Park (2003) 158 copies

Abigail Takes the Wheel (I Can Read Book 4) (1999) 153 copies

Man from the Sky (1980) 151 copies

Hard Gold: The Colorado Gold Rush of 1859 (1800) 149 copies

Emily Upham's Revenge: A Massachusetts Adventure (1978) 149 copies

The Player King (2017) 145 copies

Encounter at Easton (1980) 133 copies

Smuggler's Island (1983) 126 copies

School of the Dead (2016) 105 copies

Best Shorts: Favorite Stories for Sharing (2006) — Editor; Contributor; Introduction — 90 copies

Devil's Race (1984) 84 copies

Gold Rush Girl (2020) 78 copies

Ragweed and Poppy (2020) 71 copies

The Unexpected Life of Oliver Cromwell Pitts: Being an Absolutely Accurate Autobiographical Account of My Follies,… (2017) 71 copies

Sometimes I Think I Hear My Name (1982) 68 copies

Tom, Babette, and Simon: Three Tales of Transformation (1995) 60 copies

Punch With Judy (1999) 59 copies

Loyalty (2022) 56 copies

The Most Important Thing: Stories about Sons, Fathers, and Grandfathers (2016) 51 copies

The History of Helpless Harry: To Which Is Added a Variety of Amusing and Entertaining Adventures (1980) 50 copies

Second Sight : Stories for a New Millennium (1999) — Contributor — 45 copies

The Bird, the Frog, and the Light: A Fable (1994) 45 copies

Things That Sometimes Happen: Very Short Stories for Little Listeners (1970) 43 copies

The End of the World and Beyond (2019) 38 copies

Tales from Dimwood Forest Box Set (2001) 21 copies

Amanda Joins the Circus (An Avon Camelot Book) (1999) 15 copies

Keep Your Eye on Amanda (1999) 12 copies

City of Magic (2022) 11 copies

The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle (Paperback) By Avi 9 copies

The Secret Sisters (2023) 8 copies

Escape From Home (Beyond the Western Sea #1) 3 copies

Poppy by Avi, Brian Floca (Illustrator) 3 copies

The Escape from Home: The Escape from Home, Lord Kirkle's Money (Beyond the Western Sea) (1996) 3 copies

Snail Tale: The Adventures of a Rather Small Snail (Beaver Books) (1972) 3 copies

Secrets of Shadows 2 copies

Into the Storm (Beyond the Western Sea #2): Beyond the Western Sea Book 2 2 copies

Beyond the Western Sea: Book One: Escape From Home 2 copies

Poppy & Rye (The Poppy Stories Book 4) 1 copy

By Avi - S.O.R. Losers (Reissue) (1986-09-16) [Paperback] 1 copy

John Philip Sousa: Marching Boy 1 copy

Ereths Birthday by Avi [Harper Collins,2006] (Paperback) Reprint Edition 1 copy

By Avi The True Confessions Of Charlotte Doyle (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) [School & Library Binding] 1 copy

Beginning, a Muddle, and an End, A: The Right Way to Write Writing 1 copy

Poppy Tales from Dimwood Volumes 1-7 Book Set by Avi: Ragweed, Ragweed & Poppy, Poppy, Poppy & Rye, Ereth’s… 1 copy

Ragweed 1 copy

By Avi - Poppy's Return (Tales from Dimwood Forest) 1 copy

The Christmas Rat (Aladdin Fantasy) 1 copy

Catch You Later, Traitor: Special Preview - The First 8 Chapters plus Bonus Material 1 copy

Ragweed (Dimwood Forest #0) 1 copy

Houghton Mifflin Reading Intervention: Soar To Success Student Book Level 6 Wk 28 Windcatcher (2007) 1 copy

Snail Tail - The Adventures of a Rather Small Snail 1 copy

Primula si sposa (2003) 1 copy

Horse Power 1 copy

The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle With Connections (Study Guide AVI) (1998) 1 copy

Rift White oak 1 copy

The Silent Path: Awaken to Your Highest Possibility (2020) 1 copy

Bored Tom {novelette} (2006) 1 copy

The grow home 1 copy

Gates of Light 1 copy

I Can Read History, Level 3 & 4 - Six Book Set ( Dust for Dinner, Buffalo Bill, To a New Land, Long Way Westward,… (2016) 1 copy

Skyfire 1 copy

Lion Of Jordan 1 copy

War and Peace in the Middle East 1 copy

Crispin: The Cross of Lead; Crispin: At the Edge of the World; Crispin: The End of Time 1 copy

The End of the World and Beyond 1 copy

Work Explorer

Associated Works

Robinson Crusoe (1994) — Foreword, some editions — 23,372 copies

The Call of the Wild (1903) — Introduction, some editions — 20,302 copies

Guys Write for Guys Read (2005) — Contributor — 774 copies

Half-Minute Horrors (2009) — Contributor — 280 copies

Tripping Over the Lunch Lady and Other School Stories (2004) — Contributor — 251 copies

When I Was Your Age, Volume One: Original Stories About Growing Up (1996) — Contributor — 228 copies

The Color of Absence: 12 Stories About Loss and Hope (2001) — Contributor — 89 copies

Acting Out (2008) — Contributor — 67 copies

911: The Book of Help (2002) — Contributor — 49 copies

From One Experience to Another: Award-Winning Authors Sharing Real-Life Experiences Through Fiction (1997) — Contributor — 43 copies

Scholastic Book Clubs Chapters - A Special Sampling of Novels By Newbery Authors (2001) — Contributor — 16 copies

Pirulí (2002) — Illustrator — 13 copies

Pirulí en el zoo (1999) — Illustrator — 3 copies

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Common Knowledge

Legal name: Wortis, Edward Irving
Other names: Wortis, Avi
Birthdate: 1937-12-23
Gender: male
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: New York, New York, USA
Places of residence: New York, New York, USA
Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Denver, Colorado, USA
Education: Stuyvesant High School (did not graduate)
Elizabeth Irwin High School
Occupations: librarian
children's book author
Relationships: Leider, Emily Wortis (sister)
Wright, Linda Cruise (wife)
Arkin, Alan (cousin)

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Discussions

Book about sailing/pirates in Name that Book (December 2015)

Reviews

Sophia's War: A Tale of the Revolution by Avi

This was a good Revolutionary War upper MG/young YA read.

Content: hanging, death of sibling, crushing

4 Stars

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libraryofemma | 19 other reviews | Apr 18, 2024 |

Dimwood Forest: Ragweed (#1) by Avi

Ragweed, a young country mouse, leaves his family and travels to the big city, where he finds excitement and danger and sees cats for the first time.

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PlumfieldCH | 9 other reviews | Mar 21, 2024 |

Crispin : the cross of lead by Avi,

Really enjoyed it, will have to read the rest of the series. I felt it was stronger in the beginning, where Crispin behaved in ways that are almost inexplicable by today’s standards( returning home when he clearly should have run) but, as the book progressed, he stated doing things that seemed unlikely for him(sneaking off). All in all though, held my interest

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cspiwak | 126 other reviews | Mar 6, 2024 |

The Man Who Was Poe by Avi

I've read several "Poe as detective" books but felt this one was better than most.
His character was in keeping, generally, with what is known of Poe, and yet the author managerd to make his involvement somewhat plausible.

All in all, an enjoyable read

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cspiwak | 8 other reviews | Mar 6, 2024 |

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