Edward Irving Wortis (born December 23, 1937), better known by the pen name Avi,^[1][2] is a prominent American author of young adult and children's literature. He is a winner of both the Newbery Honor and Newbery Medal. is the 357th day of the year (358th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... A pen name or nom de plume is a pseudonym adopted by an author. ... Young adult (YA) literature is literature written for, published for, or marketed to adolescents. ... Childrens books redirects here. ... The Newbery Honor is a citation given by the Association for Library Service to Children of the American Library Association (ALA). ... The John Newbery Medal is a literary award given by the Association for Library Service to Children of the American Library Association (ALA) to the author of the outstanding American book for children. ...

Biography

Avi and his twin sister Emily Wortis Leider (also a writer) were born in New York City to Joseph Wortis, a psychiatrist, and Helen Zunser Wortis, a social worker. He was born in 1937 in Jersey City. In the year after Avi's birth, his family moved to Brooklyn. When he was young his sister gave him the nickname "Avi," which he adopted as his pseudonym. Two of Avi's grandfathers were writers, and one grandmother was a playwright. In interviews, he recalled his mother reading to him and his sister every night, and going to the public library on Fridays. Avi's brother Henry was considered a genius and went to college at age 15 (and later became a scientist). He is also the first cousin of the Academy Award-winning actor Alan Arkin. For other uses, see Twin (disambiguation). ... Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the state of New York and the entire United States. ... For other uses, see Psychiatrist (disambiguation). ... A social worker is a person employed in the administration of charity, social service, welfare, and poverty agencies, advocacy, or religious outreach programs. ... For other meanings, see Brooklyn (disambiguation). ... EXAMPLE:Laughbox,Blondie,BamBam,Pinkie,etc. ... For other uses, see Alias. ... A playwright, also known as a dramatist, is a person who writes dramatic literature or drama. ... Librarians and patrons in a typical larger urban public library. ... A genius is a person of great intelligence. ... In the United States, the term university refers to institutions of higher learning that offer a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate degrees and conduct research in those fields. ... This article is about the profession. ... Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ... Alan Wolf Arkin (born March 26, 1934) is an Academy Award-winning American actor and director. ...

After he flunked out of Stuyvesant High School, Avi's parents transferred him to Elisabeth Irwin High School, a smaller private school. There he studied with a tutor, Ella Ratner (whom he credits for his writing success), and found that he had dysgraphia, a condition causing one to reverse or misspell words. Stuyvesant High School, commonly referred to as Stuy,[3] is a New York City public high school that specializes in mathematics and science. ... The Little Red School House (sometimes simply referred to as LREI) was founded by Elisabeth Irwin in 1921 in New York, New York. ... For the film of this title, see Private School (film). ... Dysgraphia (or agraphia) is a deficiency in the ability to write, regardless of the ability to read, not due to intellectual impairment. ...

Avi is an extremely prolific author. He has written books for many different age groups and in many different genres. Perhaps his most famous books fall under the category of historical fiction, but he has also written fantasies, comedies, mysteries, ghost stories, adventure tales, realistic fiction, and picture books. Avi has won many prestigious awards for his books, including a Newbery Honor for The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle in 1991 and another for Nothing But the Truth in 1992. His fiftieth book, Crispin: The Cross of Lead, was awarded the Newbery Medal in 2003. As of the end of 2005, Avi has published 58 books, all written for children/young adults. In the year 2006 Avi wrote a sequel to Crispin: The Cross of Lead titled Crispin: At the Edge of the World. After living in Providence, Rhode Island, in the 1980s and 1990s, Avi now resides in Denver, Colorado with his wife, Linda. For other uses, see Author (disambiguation). ... A genre [], (French: kind or sort from Greek: γένος (genos)) is a loose set of criteria for a category of literary composition; the term is also used for any other form of art or utterance. ... For other uses, see Fantasy (disambiguation). ... The Newbery Honor is a citation given by the Association for Library Service to Children of the American Library Association (ALA). ... The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle is a book written by Avi and published by Scholastic Press in 1990. ... Nothing But the Truth (ISBN 0-380-71907-X) is a book written in 1991 by Avi. ... The John Newbery Medal is a literary award given by the Association for Library Service to Children of the American Library Association (ALA) to the author of the outstanding American book for children. ... A male Caucasian toddler child A child (plural: children) is a young human. ... The general term Young adult refers to different age groups based on context: In popular usage, young adult is a euphemism for an adolescent. ... Providence redirects here. ... Nickname: Location of Denver in Colorado Location of Colorado in the United States Coordinates: , Country State Founded [1] November 22, 1858 Incorporated November 7, 1861 Government  - Type Strong Mayor/Weak Council  - Mayor John Hickenlooper (D) Area [1]  - City & County  154. ... Official language(s) English Capital Denver Largest city Denver Largest metro area Denver-Aurora Metro Area Area  Ranked 8th  - Total 104,185 sq mi (269,837 km²)  - Width 280 miles (451 km)  - Length 380 miles (612 km)  - % water 0. ...

Bibliography

• Sherwood Anderson's The Triumph of the Egg : and experiment in production styles, 1962 (dissertation)
• Things That Sometimes Happen, 1970
• Snail Tail: The Adventures of a Rather Small Snail, 1972
• No More Magic, 1975
• Captain Grey, 1977
• Emily Upham's Revenge or How Deadwood Dick Saved the Banker's Niece: A Massachusetts Adventure, 1978
• Night Journeys, 1979
• American Children's cokacola : A Bibliographic History, 1979
• Encounter At Easton, 1980
• History of Helpless Harry: to which is add a variety of amusing and entertaining adventures, 1980
• Man From The Sky, 1980
• Who Stole The Wizard Of Oz?, 1981
• A Place Called Ugly, 1981
• Sometimes I Think I Hear My Name, 1982
• Shadrach's Crossing, 1983
• Smuggler's Island, 1983
• Devils Race, 1984
• S.O.R. Losers, 1984
• The Fighting Ground, 1984
• Bright Shadow, 1985
• Wolf Rider, 1986
• Romeo & Juliet, Together and Alive at Last, 1987
• Something Upstairs: A Tale of Ghosts 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 that Masked Man Anyway?, 1992
• City of Light, City of Dark, 1993
• Punch With Judy, 1993
• The Barn, 1994
• The Bird the Frog and the Light : A Fable, 1994
• Tales From Dimwood Forest: Poppy, 1995
• Tom, Babbette & Simon, 1995
• Beyond the Western Sea: The Escape from Home (Book I), 1996
• Beyond the Western Sea: Lord Kirkle's Money (Book II), 1996
• Finding Providence: The Story of Roger Williams, 1997
• Keep Your Eyes on Amanda, 1997
• What Do Fish Have To Do With Anything? and other stories, 1997
• Talk to Me, 1997
• Perloo the Bold, 1998
• Tales From Dimwood Forest: Poppy & Rye, 1998
• Abigail Takes the Wheel, 1999
• Midnight Magic, 1999
• Tales From Dimwood Forest: Ragweed, 1999
• Amanda Joins the Circus, 1999
• Second Sight: Stories for a New Millennium, 1999
• Tales From Dimwood Forest: Ereth's Birthday, 2000
• The Christmas Rat, 2000
• Don't You Know There's a War On?, 2001
• Prairie School, 2001
• The Good Dog, 2001
• The Secret School, 2001
• Crispin: The Cross of Lead , 2002
• Silent Movie, 2003
• The Mayor of Central Park, 2003
• Never Mind, 2004
• The End of the Beginning: Being the Adventures of a Small Snail (and an Even Smaller Ant), 2004
• Tales from Dimwood Forest: Poppy's Return, 2005
• The Book Without Words: A Fable of Medieval Magic, 2005
• Strange Happenings: Five Tales of Transformation, 2006
• Crispin: At the Edge of the World, 2006
• The Traitors' Gate, 2007

Night Journeys is a book written by Avi. ... The Fighting Ground (ISBN 0064401855) is a 1984 childrens book written by Edward Irving Wortis, under his pen name, Avi. ... The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle is a book written by Avi and published by Scholastic Press in 1990. ... Nothing But the Truth (ISBN 0-380-71907-X) is a 1991 book written by Avi. ... City of Light, City of Dark is a comic book novel written by Newbery Medal-winning author Avi, and was the first book ever to be illustrated by Brian Floca [1]. Additional Spanish translations were done by Jose Aranda and Anthony Trujillo. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Edward Irving Wortis Midnight Magic For the Atari 2600 video game title, see Midnight Magic (Atari 2600) Midnight Magic is a historical fiction novel for children and teenagers, written by Edward Irving Wortis (Avi) and published in hardcover by in 1999. ... Never Mind is a book written by Avi. ...

References

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External links

• [1]
• Avi at Scholastic's official website
• Avi's Website
• Educational links
• Lesson plans and other resources at Web English Teacher