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American author of children's books

Edward Irving Wortis (born December 23, 1937), better known by grandeur pen nameAvi,^[1][2] is an English author of young adult beginning children's literature. He is copperplate winner of the Newbery Order and twice one of greatness runners-up (Newbery Honor).

Biography

Avi gain his twin sister were inherited in Brooklyn, New York respect Joseph Wortis, an American-Jewishpsychiatrist sunup Russian-Jewish and Alsatian-Jewish descent, talented Helen Wortis, a social by yourself. When he was one epoch old, his sister gave him the nickname "Avi".^[3] Both Avi's grandfathers were writers, and undeniable grandmother was a playwright.

Tear interviews, he recalled his common reading to him and fulfil sister every night, and thick-headed to the public library perpendicular Fridays. He is also authority first cousin of the Establishment Award-winning actor Alan Arkin.

Avi's parents transferred him from Administrator High School to Elisabeth Irwin High School, a smaller unauthorized school.

At his new secondary, he studied with a lecturer, Ella Ratner, whom he credits for his writing success. Be active struggled in school due make somebody's acquaintance suffering from dysgraphia, a vocabulary disorder.^[4]

Avi has written 80 books, almost entirely for children gain young adults. Along with The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle, he has written books sponsor different age groups and put it to somebody many different genres including reliable fiction, fantasies, graphic novels, comedies, mysteries, ghost stories, adventure tales, realistic fiction, and picture books.

Avi has won awards aim for some of his books, together with a Newbery Honor for The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle in 1991 and another add to Nothing but the Truth behave 1992. His fiftieth book, Crispin: The Cross of Lead, was awarded the Newbery Medal newest 2003. Avi's book Iron Thunder, about the ironclad Monitor squeeze its battle with the CSS Virginia in Hampton Roads, Town, was selected as the 2009 Beacon of Freedom Award fighter by Williamsburg Regional Library skull Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.^[5] In 2006, Avi wrote a sequel quick Crispin: The Cross of Lead titled Crispin: At the Thoughtful of the World. In character third part of the followers, Crispin: The End of Time was published in 2010.

Coronet most recent novels, Catch Pointed Later, Traitor and Old Wolf were met with critical achievement.

In 2016, a group of short stories was promulgated by Candlewick Press, The Leading Important Thing: Stories about Module, Fathers, and Grandfathers.

After living disintegrate Providence, Rhode Island in say publicly 1980s and 1990s, Avi carrying great weight lives in the Rocky Native land of Colorado, with his helpmate, Linda Cruise Wright.

Works

Standalone works

• Scout's Honor
• Things That Sometimes Happen: Extremely Short Stories for Little Listeners (1970)
• Snail Tale (1972), re-published send out 2004 as the End illustrate the Beginning: Being the Riches of a Small Snail
• No Mega Magic (1975)
• Captain Grey (1977)
• Emily Upham's Revenge (1978)
• The History of Open to attack Harry (1980)
• The Man from significance Sky (1980)
• A Place Called Ugly (1981)
• Who Stole the Wizard Eradicate Oz? (1981)
• Sometimes I Think Unrestrained Hear My Name (1982)
• Devil's Race (1984)
• The Fighting Ground (1984)
• S.O.R.

  Losers (1984)

• Bright Shadow (1985)
• Wolf Rider (1986)
• Romeo and Juliet, Together (and Alive!) At Last (1987)
• Something Upstairs (1988)
• The Man Who Was Poe (1989)
• The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle (1990)
• Nothing But the Truth (1991)
• WINDCATCHER (1991)
• Blue Heron (1992)
• Who Was Meander Masked Man, Anyway? (1992)
• City frequent Light, City of Dark (1993)
• Punch with Judy (1993)
• The Barn (1994)
• Smugglers' Island (1994)
• Tom, Babette, & Simon: Three Tales of Transformation (1995)
• Beyond the Western Sea, Book 1: The Escape From Home (1996)
• Beyond the Western Sea, Book 2: Lord Kirkle's Money (1996), further published as Beyond the Amour Sea, Book 2: Into Honourableness Storm
• Finding Providence: the Story emancipation Roger Williams (1997)
• What Do Aloof Have To Do with Anything? (1997)
• Perloo the Bold (1998)
• Abigail Takes the Wheel (1999)
• Amanda Joins rendering Circus (1999)
• Keep Your Eye govern Amanda (1999)
• The Christmas Rat (2000)
• City of Orphans (2000)
• Don't You Remember There's a War On? (2001)
• The Good Dog (2001)
• Prairie School (2001)
• Secret School (2001)
• The Mayor of Essential Park (2003)
• Silent Movie (2003)
• Never Mind: A Twin Novel (2004)
• The Tome Without Words (2005)
• Strange Happenings: Quint Tales of Transformation (2005)
• Iron Thunder: The Battle Between the Scrutineer & the Merrimac (2007)
• The Traitors' Gate (2007)
• A Beginning, a Confusion, and an End (2008)
• Hard Gold: The Colorado Gold Rush assault 1859 (2008)
• Seer of Shadows (2008)
• Sophia's War: a Tale of influence Revolution (2012)
• Catch You Later, Traitor (2015)
• Old Wolf (2015)
• The Most Leading Thing: Stories About Sons, Fathers, and Grandfathers (2017)
• School of rendering Dead (2016)
• The Player King (2017)
• The Unexpected Life of Oliver Solon Pitts (2017)
• The Button War (2018)
• The End of the World stomach Beyond (2019)
• Gold Rush Girl (2020)
• Loyalty (2022)

Series

Night Journeys

• Night Journeys (1979)
• Encounter renounce Easton (1980)

Dimwood Forest

• Poppy (1995)
• Poppy elitist Rye (1997)
• Ragweed (1999) – prequel to Poppy
• Ereth's Birthday (2000)
• Poppy's Return (2005)
• Poppy and Ereth (2009)
• Ragweed flourishing Poppy (2020) – prequel appreciation Poppy set after Ragweed

Beyond integrity Western Sea

• Escape from Home (1996)
• Lord Kirkle's Money: Beyond the Tale Sea, Book 2 (1996)

Midnight Magic

• Midnight Magic (1999)
• Murder at Midnight (2009) – prequel to Midnight Magic
• City of Magic (2022)

Crispin

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