Avi

Autore di La vera storia di Charlotte Doyle

123+ opere 52,031 membri 985 recensioni 38 preferito

Sull'Autore

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)

Comprende i nomi: Avi, by Avi, Avi Avi, Avi Wortis, Someone Avi, Edward Irving Wortis, Edward Irving Wortis

Serie

Tales of Dimwood Forest

Tales of Dimwood Forest/Poppy Stories Chron.

Crispin

Beyond the Western Sea

South Orange River School

Small Snail

Opere di Avi

Popolari Recenti

La vera storia di Charlotte Doyle (1990) 6,906 copie, 148 recensioni

Crispin: The Cross of Lead (2002) 5,680 copie, 127 recensioni

Poppy (1995) 2,705 copie, 51 recensioni

The Secret School (2001) 2,621 copie, 29 recensioni

Nothing but the Truth (1991) 2,505 copie, 43 recensioni

Midnight Magic (1999) 1,737 copie, 14 recensioni

The Fighting Ground (1984) 1,531 copie, 10 recensioni

Ragweed (1997) — Autore — 1,276 copie, 11 recensioni

Poppy and Rye (1998) 1,129 copie, 4 recensioni

The Seer of Shadows (2008) 1,106 copie, 49 recensioni

The Good Dog (2001) 1,063 copie, 10 recensioni

Perloo the Bold (1998) 1,005 copie, 7 recensioni

Who Stole the Wizard of Oz? (1981) 958 copie, 8 recensioni

Prairie School (2001) 911 copie, 8 recensioni

Don't You Know There's A War On? (2001) 875 copie, 15 recensioni

Crispin: At the Edge of the World (2006) 867 copie, 12 recensioni

The Barn (1994) 837 copie, 17 recensioni

Ereth's Birthday (2000) 830 copie, 9 recensioni

Something Upstairs (1988) 811 copie, 14 recensioni

The Book Without Words: A Fable of Medieval Magic (2005) 809 copie, 17 recensioni

Windcatcher (1991) 746 copie, 4 recensioni

The Man Who Was Poe (1989) 742 copie, 9 recensioni

Iron Thunder (I Witness) (2007) 730 copie, 16 recensioni

Sophia's War: A Tale of the Revolution (2012) 680 copie, 19 recensioni

Blue Heron (1992) 627 copie, 6 recensioni

Bright Shadow (1985) 610 copie, 9 recensioni

The Escape From Home (1996) 593 copie, 5 recensioni

City of Orphans (2011) 536 copie, 18 recensioni

The End of the Beginning: Being the Adventures of a Small Snail (and an Even Smaller Ant) (2004) 491 copie, 33 recensioni

Finding Providence: The Story of Roger Williams (1997) 479 copie, 1 recensione

Night Journeys (1979) 434 copie, 2 recensioni

Poppy's Return (2005) 434 copie, 3 recensioni

Wolf Rider (1986) 395 copie, 8 recensioni

City of Light, City of Dark (1993) 391 copie, 18 recensioni

Old Wolf (2015) 390 copie, 4 recensioni

"Who Was That Masked Man, Anyway?" (1992) 388 copie, 11 recensioni

The Christmas Rat (2000) 381 copie, 8 recensioni

Captain Grey (1977) 376 copie, 4 recensioni

Lord Kirkle's Money (1996) 370 copie, 3 recensioni

Never Mind!: A Twin Novel (2004) 360 copie, 6 recensioni

S.O.R. Losers (1984) 338 copie, 5 recensioni

Crispin: The End of Time (2010) 330 copie, 6 recensioni

Murder At Midnight (2009) 327 copie, 7 recensioni

Romeo and Juliet--Together (And Alive!) at Last (1987) 302 copie, 5 recensioni

No More Magic (1975) 268 copie, 1 recensione

The Traitors' Gate (2007) 254 copie, 14 recensioni

What Do Fish Have to Do With Anything? (1997) 253 copie, 6 recensioni

Strange Happenings: Five Tales of Transformation (2006) 242 copie, 7 recensioni

Poppy and Ereth (2009) 241 copie, 4 recensioni

Catch You Later, Traitor (2015) 193 copie, 24 recensioni

A Beginning, a Muddle, and an End (2008) 191 copie, 14 recensioni

A Place Called Ugly (1981) 184 copie, 3 recensioni

Silent Movie (2003) 173 copie, 19 recensioni

The Button War: A Tale of the Great War (2018) 169 copie, 19 recensioni

The Mayor of Central Park (2003) 161 copie, 3 recensioni

Abigail Takes the Wheel (I Can Read Book 4) (1999) 157 copie, 3 recensioni

Man from the Sky (1980) 154 copie, 3 recensioni

Hard Gold: The Colorado Gold Rush of 1859 (2008) 154 copie, 6 recensioni

Emily Upham's Revenge: A Massachusetts Adventure (1978) 151 copie, 1 recensione

The Player King (2017) 151 copie, 3 recensioni

Encounter at Easton (1980) 134 copie, 3 recensioni

Smuggler's Island (1983) 128 copie, 1 recensione

School of the Dead (2016) 105 copie, 5 recensioni

Best Shorts: Favorite Stories for Sharing (2006) — A cura di; Collaboratore; Introduzione — 90 copie, 5 recensioni

Devil's Race (1984) 84 copie

Gold Rush Girl (2020) 79 copie, 13 recensioni

The Unexpected Life of Oliver Cromwell Pitts: Being an Absolutely Accurate Autobiographical Account of My Follies,… (2017) 72 copie

Ragweed and Poppy (2020) 72 copie

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

Punch With Judy (1999) 62 copie, 1 recensione

Tom, Babette, and Simon: Three Tales of Transformation (1995) 60 copie, 1 recensione

Loyalty (2022) 58 copie, 2 recensioni

The Most Important Thing: Stories about Sons, Fathers, and Grandfathers (2016) 51 copie, 3 recensioni

The History of Helpless Harry: To Which Is Added a Variety of Amusing and Entertaining Adventures (1980) 51 copie

The Bird, the Frog, and the Light: A Fable (1994) 45 copie, 1 recensione

Second Sight : Stories for a New Millennium (1999) — Collaboratore — 45 copie, 1 recensione

Things That Sometimes Happen: Very Short Stories for Little Listeners (1970) 43 copie, 1 recensione

The End of the World and Beyond (2019) 38 copie, 2 recensioni

Tales from Dimwood Forest Box Set (2001) 21 copie, 1 recensione

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

City of Magic (2022) 12 copie

Keep Your Eye on Amanda (1999) 12 copie

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

The Secret Sisters (2023) 8 copie, 2 recensioni

Escape From Home (Beyond the Western Sea #1) 4 copie

Poppy by Avi, Brian Floca (Illustrator) 4 copie

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

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

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

Secrets of Shadows 2 copie

Ragweed (Dimwood Forest #0) 1 copia

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

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

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

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

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

The Christmas Rat (Aladdin Fantasy) 1 copia

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

Poppy's Return 1 copia

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

Ragweed 1 copia

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

Ragweed (Poppy Book 1) 1 copia

Lost in the Empire City 1 copia

Horse Power 1 copia

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

The grow home 1 copia

Skyfire 1 copia

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

War and Peace in the Middle East 1 copia

Lion Of Jordan 1 copia

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

Gates of Light 1 copia

Bored Tom {novelette} (2006) 1 copia

Beyond the Western Sea: Book One: Escape From Home 1 copia

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

Rift White oak 1 copia

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

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

John Philip Sousa: Marching Boy 1 copia

Primula si sposa (2003) 1 copia

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

The End of the World and Beyond 1 copia

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Guys Write for Guys Read (2005) — Collaboratore — 778 copie, 13 recensioni

Half-Minute Horrors (2009) — Collaboratore — 280 copie, 21 recensioni

Tripping Over the Lunch Lady and Other School Stories (2004) — Collaboratore — 253 copie, 5 recensioni

When I Was Your Age, Volume One: Original Stories About Growing Up (1996) — Collaboratore — 231 copie, 1 recensione

The Color of Absence: 12 Stories About Loss and Hope (2001) — Collaboratore — 89 copie, 6 recensioni

Acting Out (2008) — Collaboratore — 67 copie, 3 recensioni

911: The Book of Help (2002) — Collaboratore — 51 copie, 1 recensione

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

Scholastic Book Clubs Chapters - A Special Sampling of Novels By Newbery Authors (2001) — Collaboratore — 16 copie, 1 recensione

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Informazioni generali

Nome legale: Wortis, Edward Irving
Altri nomi: Wortis, Avi
Data di nascita: 1937-12-23
Sesso: male
Nazionalità: USA
Luogo di nascita: New York, New York, USA
Luogo di residenza: New York, New York, USA
Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Denver, Colorado, USA
Istruzione: Stuyvesant High School (did not graduate)
Elizabeth Irwin High School
Attività lavorative: librarian
children's book author
Relazioni: Leider, Emily Wortis (sister)
Wright, Linda Cruise (wife)
Arkin, Alan (cousin)

Utenti

Discussioni

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

Recensioni

Man from the Sky di Cullinan Avi

In an almost failproof scheme, a man parachutes from an airplane with a large amount of money, only to be seen by a boy who has a reputation for seeing things in the clouds

Segnalato

LynneQuan | 2 altre recensioni | Jul 19, 2024 |

Dimwood Forest: Poppy & Rye (#3) di Avi

Heartbroken over the death of her fiancé, Ragweed, Poppy, a deer mouse, journeys west through the vast Dimwood Forest to bring the sad news to Ragweed's family. But Poppy and her prickly porcupine pal, Ereth, arrive only to discover that beavers have flooded the serene valley where Ragweed lived. Together Poppy and Ragweed's brother Rye brave kidnapping, imprisonment, and a daring rescue to fight the beavers. At the same time, Rye -- who has lived in Ragweed's shadow -- fights to prove himself worthy of Poppy's love.… (altro)

Segnalato

PlumfieldCH | 3 altre recensioni | Jul 19, 2024 |

Encounter at Easton di Avi

In the spring of 1768, the doomed flight of two young indentured servants from their unkind master brings together an unlikely assortment of people in a Pennsylvania town.

Segnalato

LynneQuan | 2 altre recensioni | Jul 16, 2024 |

Captain Grey di Avi

"I shall find a way to get free." "Free!" he shouted. "You are here, with us now. You can forget about your father and your sister, or anybody else you may have known. You belong to no nation but this nation. Put him back where he was and don't feed him. Tomorrow we shall talk again about freedom!"

Segnalato

LynneQuan | 3 altre recensioni | Jul 11, 2024 |

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