Avi, Author Scholastic $16.95 (170p) ISBN 978-0-531-05457-4
As expertly crafted as Avi's Nothing But the Truth , this lightning-paced satire set during WW II shows how Franklin D. Wattleson, a superhero fan, creates his own brand of adventure when taking on the identity of ``Chet Barker, master spy.'' With...
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Avi, Author HarperCollins $5.99 (128p) ISBN 978-0-380-71805-4
The Newbery Honor author offers a potent brew of mystery and adventure in this tale of an 11-year-old boy involved in a search for a centuries-old shipwreck. Ages 8-12. (Sept.)
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Avi, Author HarperCollins $6.99 (144p) ISBN 978-0-380-72423-9
Termed ``compelling'' by PW, this early novel by the two-time Newbery Honor author concerns a boy who learns valuable lessons as he battles to save his family's summer cottage. Ages 12-up. (Mar.)q
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Avi, Author HarperTrophy $5.99 (160p) ISBN 978-0-06-440185-2
One day in the life of a 13-year-old boy fighting in the Revolutionary War is vividly depicted in hour-by-hour vignettes. Ages 9-up. (May)
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Avi, Author HarperCollins $5.99 (128p) ISBN 978-0-380-72562-5
""This austere tale set in 1855 tells how the children of Oregon settlers are left to fend for themselves on the frontier,"" said PW, noting that ""it will gratify those who seek a quiet, contemplative read."" Ages 8-12. (Aug.) ...
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Avi, Author Scholastic Signature $6.99 (225p) ISBN 978-0-590-11003-7
Montmers--a combination of jackrabbit, prairie dog and human--feature in a fantasy/adventure; in a starred review, PW called it ""exciting, suspenseful and witty."" Ages 8-12. (Oct.)
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Avi, Author Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P $17 (147p) ISBN 978-0-15-205790-9
Avi (Poppy's Return) turns the multifaceted theme of transformation this way and that in five provocative tales. In ""Bored Tom,"" a listless 12-year-old, envying his cat's nap-filled existence, agrees to swap lives via the intercession of Maggie, a
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Avi, Author Bradbury Press $17 (202p) ISBN 978-0-02-707760-5
On an ordinary evening, just as he's about to leave for a party, 15-year-old Andy Zadinski receives a phone call from a stranger that changes his life. The caller, Zeke, confesses to the murder of a young woman named Nina Klemmer. Andy immediately...
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Avi, Author Scholastic $15.95 (122p) ISBN 978-0-531-05721-6
Ed discovers that his best friend Saltz is nursing a secret love for Anabell Stackpoole and gets the rest of the other eighth graders to rewrite and produce their version of Romeo and Juliet. They wangle the leading roles for Saltz and Stackpoole,...
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Avi, Author Scholastic $16.95 (192p) ISBN 978-0-531-05959-3
Structured as a series of journal entries, memos, letters and dialogues, this highly original novel emerges as a witty satire of high school politics, revealing how truth can easily become distorted. After Philip Malloy, a clownish, rather...
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Avi, Author . Atheneum/Jackson $16 (256p) ISBN 978-0-689-83824-8
Themes reminiscent of Jack London's The Call of the Wild
ring throughout this vividly imagined animal story. From a canine perspective, Avi (Poppy) relates how a malamute named McKinley's life changes after he encounters a wolf. Head dog in
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Avi, Author Scholastic $14.95 (106p) ISBN 978-0-531-06861-8
A departure from Avi's recent sweeping adventure stories (City of Light, City of Dark; Who Was That Masked Man, Anyway?), this austere tale set in 1855 tells how the children of Oregon settlers are left to fend for themselves on the frontier. Nine-ye
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Avi, Author Scholastic $18.95 (400p) ISBN 978-0-531-09520-1
It is no small feat replicating the narrative style, character types and intricate plotting of a 19th-century serial novel, but Avi continues to accomplish the task with panache in Book Two of his ongoing saga about a family of poor Irish immigrants
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Avi, Author Scholastic $15.95 (249p) ISBN 978-0-590-36035-7
""Taut and suspenseful, this vivid mystery set in an imaginary kingdom of Renaissance Italy is vintage Avi,"" said PW in a starred review. ""With snappy dialogue, nonstop action and lavishly embroidered period backdrops, this will please the ...
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Avi, Author Scholastic $18.95 (304p) ISBN 978-0-531-09513-3
Devotees of historical novels will quickly become absorbed in this drama set in 19th-century England, about the misadventures of an Irish peasant and the young son of an English lord who cross paths before boarding a ship bound for America. The...
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Avi, Author HarperCollins Publishers $15.95 (208p) ISBN 978-0-380-97863-2
Sixteen-year-old Howie Crispers narrates Avi's (The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle) poignant, funny coming-of-age tale set in Brooklyn during WWII. For the facts, readers can consult Stephen E. Ambrose's excellent volume (reviewed below), but...
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Avi. S&S/Beach Lane, $16.99 (320p) ISBN 978-1-4424-1441-9
Newbery Medalist Avi (Crispin: The Cross of Lead) channels the mood, language, and danger of the Revolutionary War in this seamless blend of history and fiction, set in British-occupied New York City. Twelve-year-old Sophia Calderwood idolizes her...
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Avi. Algonquin Young Readers, $16.95 (304p) ISBN 978-1-61620-359-7
Set in 1951 Brooklyn, Newbery Medalist Avi’s (Crispin: The Cross of Lead) suspenseful novel shows how seventh-grader Pete Collison deals with persecution and paranoia as he searches for answers about his family’s history. It all starts when rumors,...
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Avi. Candlewick, $16.99 (224p) ISBN 978-0-7636-8111-1
In these seven short stories from Avi (Catch You Later, Traitor), the relationships among fathers, grandfathers, and sons are as varied as the clearly delineated characters themselves. There’s eighth-grader Paul, who is a virtual stranger to his war-
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Avi. Algonquin Young Readers, $16.95 (320p) ISBN 978-1-61620-564-5
With dry wit and a strong Dickensian flavor, this first installment in Avi’s Oliver Cromwell Pitts saga has an 18th-century British boy finding misfortune everywhere he turns. The adventure begins with a flood shaking 12-year-old Oliver awake in his
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Avi, Author . Harcourt $5.95 (157p) ISBN 978-0-15-204699-6
When the teacher at the one-room schoolhouse must depart unexpectedly, a 14-year-old girl swears the other students to secrecy and decides to take over the school in order to complete her exit exams. "Avi weaves together a fast-moving plot,...
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Avi, Author . Harcourt $16 (160p) ISBN 978-0-15-216375-4
Weaving together a fast-moving plot, solid characterizations, sharply tuned dialogue and a wealth of detail, Avi (The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle) offers another satisfying historical novel, this time evoking rural Colorado in 1925. When the
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Avi, Author . Hyperion $15.99 (262p) ISBN 978-0-7868-0828-1
Set in 14th-century England, Avi's (The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle) 50th book begins with a funeral, that of a village outcast whose past is shrouded in mystery and whose adolescent son is known only as "Asta's son." Mired...
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Avi, Author . HarperTrophy $5.99 (208p) ISBN 978-0-380-81544-9
The 16-year-old narrator juggles everything from failing math grades and air raid blackouts to a crush on his teacher and worries about his merchant marine father crossing the North Atlantic, in this "poignant, funny coming of age tale set in...
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Avi, Author . S&S/Aladdin $5.99 (256p) ISBN 978-0-689-83825-5
"Themes reminiscent of Jack London's Call of the Wild
ring throughout this vividly imagined animal story [told] from a canine perspective," said PW. "The action moves along at a crackling pace, reaching a crescendo in a dramatic...
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Avi, Author HarperTrophy $6.99 (278p) ISBN 978-0-380-71475-9
In this crackling good yarn--a Newbery Honor book--a 13-year-old girl must extricate herself from a perilous position during an 1832 transatlantic voyage. Ages 12-up. (Apr.)
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Avi, Author . Hyperion $6.99 (310p) ISBN 978-0-7868-1658-3
Set in 14th-century England, this Newbery-winning novel centers on an orphaned outcast who gets pegged for murder. "How the boy learns his true identity and finds his place in the world makes for a rattling fine yarn," wrote PW
in a...
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Avi, Author . Hyperion $15.99 (208p) ISBN 978-0-7868-0829-8
Newbery medalist Avi's (Crispin)
nimble hand with scene-setting, characterization and dialogue will quickly draw youngsters into this tale set in 1046 England. And the author's multi-faceted plot will keep them intrigued—and guessing.
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Avi, Author . Scholastic Press $17.99 (272p) ISBN 978-0-545-08090-3
Readers are returned to the Renaissance city of Pergamontio in this funny, lightweight mystery, set before the events of Avi's Midnight Magic
, with 10-year-old Fabrizio having just begun serving Mangus the Magician. When hundreds of neatly...
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Avi, Author . HarperCollins $16.99 (202p) ISBN 978-0-06-000015-8
Newbery Medalist Avi (Crispin: The Cross of Lead
) sets this intriguing ghost story in 19th-century New York City, where a photographer’s apprentice has a horrifying run-in with a spirit bent on revenge. In the fall of 1872, 14-year-old...
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Avi, Author, Matthew Henry, Illustrator, Matthew Henry, Photographer Orchard Books (NY) $15.95 (1p) ISBN 978-0-531-06808-3
A pretty bird opens each day by singing: although her song is ``nothing very special,'' it nonetheless causes the sun to beam. This bucolic routine is interrupted one day by a pompous, bossy frog, who leads the bird to his underground kingdom and...
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Avi, Author, Michael Green, Editor, Jeremy Engleman, Illustrator Philomel Books $14.99 (256p) ISBN 978-0-399-23458-3
Madeleine L'Engle, Richard Peck and other favorite authors transit eight characters into the 21st century. These stories, mostly slices of realism with a hint of the supernatural, introduce universal teens with familiar conflicts. Not so...
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Avi, Author, Rachel Vail, Author . HarperTrophy $5.99 (208p) ISBN 978-0-06-054316-7
"Collaborating on a novel alternately narrated by seventh-grade twins, Avi and Vail invent a sit-comish plot but redeem it by endowing their characters with strong voices and relaying their mishaps with plenty of wit," said PW
. Ages 10-up.
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Avi, Author, Rachel Vail, Author . HarperCollins $15.99 (200p) ISBN 978-0-06-054314-3
Collaborating on a novel alternately narrated by middle-grade twins, Newbery Medalist Avi (Crispin
) and Vail (the Friendship Ring books) invent a sit-comish plot but redeem it by endowing their characters with strong voices and relaying their...
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Avi, Author, Marjorie Priceman, Illustrator , illus. by Marjorie Priceman. Atheneum/Schwartz $16.95 (40p) ISBN 978-0-689-83914-6
Dubbed "very short stories for little listeners," this selection culled from the author's 1970 debut book of the same name is paired with effervescent all-new art. Exuberant silliness buoys each of the nine brief tales, including a high-c
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Avi, Author, Brian Floca, Illustrator Scholastic $16.95 (160p) ISBN 978-0-531-09483-9
Newbery Honor author Avi (Tom, Babette and Simon, reviewed June 12) turns out another winner with this fanciful tale featuring a cast of woodland creatures. As ruler of Dimwood Forest, Ocax the hoot owl has promised to protect the mice occupying an...
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Avi, Author, Brian Floca, Illustrator HarperTrophy $5.99 (208p) ISBN 978-0-380-80167-1
In a starred review, PW said, ""Consummate storyteller Avi outdoes himself in this prequel to Poppy and Poppy and Rye, cutting loose with a crackerjack tale that's pure delight from start to finish."" Ages 8-12. (May)
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A 14-year-old girl experiences hardships while growing up in China during the aftermath of the Cultural Revolution. "Facing one test of courage after another, Chu Ju emerges as a heroine worthy of the rare and coveted rewards she ultimately...
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In a starred review, PW
called this tale of a baseball-loving jewel thief of a rat who takes over Central Park in 1900 New York City, "an over-the-top romp." Ages 8-12. (Mar.)
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Avi, Author, Brian Floca, Illustrator HarperCollins $17.99 (192p) ISBN 978-0-380-97690-4
Consummate storyteller Avi outdoes himself in this prequel to Poppy and Poppy and Rye, cutting loose with a crackerjack tale that's pure delight from start to finish. Here Ragweed, the adventurous mouse with whom Poppy is destined for a tragic...
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Avi, Author, Brian Floca, Illustrator , illus. by Brian Floca. HarperCollins $15.99 (193p) ISBN 978-0-06-000682-2
With Newbery Medalist Avi (Crispin: The Cross of Lead) at the helm of an over-the-top romp set in 1900 New York City, "you got yourself a story busting to trot itself up Broadway like a tap-dancing centipede" (in the words of the omniscient...
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Avi, Author, Brian Floca, Illustrator HarperCollins Publishers $17.99 (192p) ISBN 978-0-380-97638-6
The spirited mouse star from Poppy must now face life after Ragweed (her fiance who was killed by an owl). Poppy and her curmudgeonly porcupine friend Ereth leave Dimwood Forest in search of Ragweed's parents to tell them the sad news so that Poppy...
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Avi, Author, Brian Floca, Illustrator HarperCollins $17.99 (192p) ISBN 978-0-380-97734-5
Avi's (Poppy; Poppy and Rye; Ragweed) Dimwood Forest tales continue with this story--equal parts humor and suspense--that puts a non-mouse character in the limelight for the first time. Convinced that his best friend Poppy and her family have...
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Avi, Author, Brian Floca, Illustrator Scholastic $8.99 (192p) ISBN 978-0-531-07058-1
PW selected this comic-book-style novel as a 1993 Best Book of the Year, calling it ``a timeless tale.'' Ages 9-up. (Mar.)
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Avi, Author, Brian Floca, Illustrator, Brian Floca, Photographer Orchard Books (NY) $17.95 (192p) ISBN 978-0-531-06800-7
One of the most versatile YA novelists of the day teams up with first-time illustrator Floca to produce first-rate science fiction in comic-book form. After outlining an altered version of New York City's history, the elaborately plotted saga shows...
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Avi, Author, Tricia Tusa, Illustrator , illus. by Tricia Tusa. Harcourt $14.95 (143p) ISBN 978-0-15-204968-3
Newbery medalist Avi (Crispin
) returns to animal fantasy with this gently humorous tale about two travelers in search of excitement, an earlier version of which appeared as a beginning reader (Snail Tale: The Adventures of a Rather Small Snail
,...
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Avi, Author, C. B. Mordan, Illustrator . Hyperion $14.99 (203p) ISBN 978-1-4231-0446-9
This fascinating adventure taken from U.S. history begins in Brooklyn in 1862, when Tom Carroll, 13, is hired at the Iron Works in Greenpoint for a secret project, derisively known around the borough as “Ericsson’s Folly.” John...
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Avi, Author, C. B. Mordan, Illustrator , illus. by C.B. Mordan. Atheneum/ Schwartz $16.95 (48p) ISBN 978-0-689-84145-3
Avi and Mordan (Lost! A Story in String) translate the silent screen experience into print with aplomb, from the clever opening "credits" to "The End." The show begins with a flourish on the front cover, as red velvet curtains open...
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Avi, illus. by Brian Floca. S&S/Atheneum/Jackson, $16.99 (160p) ISBN 978-1-4424-9921-8
Part survival story and part coming-of-age tale, Avi's (Catch You Later, Traitor) novel is told from the alternating points of view of two hunters: Nashoba, an aging wolf, and Casey, a 13-year-old country boy. Despite a leg injury and growing...
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Avi, Author, Tracy Mitchell, Illustrator . Candlewick $5.99 (
, $5.99 ISBN ) ISBN 978-0-7636-2319-7
, $5.99 ISBN ) ISBN 978-0-7636-2319-7
"Seemingly ordinary events take unexpected turns, leading Avi's middle-school heroes and heroines (and readers) to profound, often disturbing truths," said PW
in a starred review. "The author is in top form constructing these seven
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Avi, Author, Tracy Mitchell, Illustrator Candlewick Press (MA) $16.99 (208p) ISBN 978-0-7636-0329-8
Avi (City of Light, City of Dark) is in top form constructing these seven surprising stories. Seemingly ordinary events (offering a handout, getting a series of hang-ups on the telephone, eating Chinese food) take unexpected turns, leading Avi's...
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Avi, Author, Emily Lisker, Illustrator Bradbury Press $14.95 (167p) ISBN 978-0-02-707755-1
``One raw day in 1870,'' the owner of a touring medicine show takes in an eight-year-old orphan as ``company servant'' and dubs him Punch, a whimsical tribute to his beloved daughter, Judy. Four years later, the owner is dead, and a sanctimonious...
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Avi, illus. by Greg Ruth. S&S/Atheneum/Jackson, $16.99 (368p) ISBN 978-1-4169-7102-3
Thirteen-year-old Maks Geless, the oldest son of Danish immigrants, makes eight cents a day hawking The World on Manhattan street corners in 1893. Newbery Medalist Avi tells his story in a vibrant, unsophisticated, present-tense voice (a typical...
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Avi, Author, Karina Raude, Illustrator , illus. by Karina Raude. Atheneum/Jackson $17.99 (353p) ISBN 978-0-689-85335-7
Avi lifts a few facts from Charles Dickens's biography to spin this action-packed tale of secret identities, double-dealing and betrayal, set in mid-19th-century London. John Huffam (the middle names of Charles J.H. Dickens) is 14, reluctantly...
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Avi, Author, Ruth E. Murray, Illustrator Scholastic $16.95 (224p) ISBN 978-0-531-05893-0
Told in the form of a recollection, these ``confessions'' cover 13-year-old Charlotte's eventful 1832 transatlantic crossing. She begins her trip a prim schoolgirl returning home to her American family from England. From the start, there is...
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Avi, Author, Alexi Natchev, Illustrator HarperTrophy $4.95 (112p) ISBN 978-0-380-72770-4
Familiar archetypes combine with unexpected plot twists (e.g., a boy trades places with his cat, a fortune hunter regrets his granted wish) in these offbeat fairy tales. In a starred review, PW called them ""sharply ironic and full of wit."" Ages 8-1
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Avi, Author, Alexi Natchev, Illustrator MacMillan Publishing Company $15 (100p) ISBN 978-0-02-707765-0
Already noted for his diversity, Avi (The Barn; City of Light, City of Dark) tries his hand at yet another literary genre, masterfully composing three fairy tales. As sharply ironic and full of wit as his previous works, the stories here offer fresh
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Avi, Author, Marcy Reed, Illustrator Scholastic Press $16.95 (240p) ISBN 978-0-590-11002-0
Avi (The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle) flexes his creative muscles again, this time with a book that ""fits in the `fun' category,"" as he comments in a publicity letter. Featuring endearing creatures called Montmers--a combination of...
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Avi. Atheneum/Jackson, $16.99 (208p) ISBN 978-1-4814-3768-4
Once again, Avi (The Unexpected Life of Oliver Cromwell Pitts) whisks readers back in time to witness the adventures of a boy in danger. It’s 1486 in Oxford, England, where orphan Lambert Simnel works long hours as a tavern scullion. His dismal fate
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Avi. Candlewick, $16.99 (240p) ISBN 978-0-7636-9053-3
Darker than the Newbery Medalist’s usual fare, this powerfully evocative WWI novel set in Poland parallels a child’s game with the war raging in the not-so-distant background. After the Germans bomb the schoolhouse and the long-residing Russian...
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Avi. Candlewick, $17.99 (320p) ISBN 978-1-5362-0679-1
Writing from a young woman’s perspective, Newbery Medalist Avi brings California’s Gold Rush to life in this historical adventure. Thirteen-year-old Victoria (Tory) is tired of stifling social conventions in 19th-century Providence, R.I. When her...
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Avi. Clarion, $16.99 (352p) ISBN 978-0-358-24807-1
Avi’s (Gold Rush Girl) story centers 13-year-old Noah Cope during the two years leading up to the American Revolution, tracing the steady unraveling of the boy’s devotion to his white family’s Loyalist stance as he witnesses—and experiences—events...
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Avi. Quill Tree, $19.99 (304p) ISBN 978-0-06-308695-1
After five years apart, 13-year-old Santo Alfonsi, along with his mother and siblings, leaves his small Italian village home to join his father in 1910 America. Upon his arrival following a wretched ocean journey to New York City, Santo is separated
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