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Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Oregon

In this thought-provoking examination of freedom, patriotism, and respect, ninth-grader Philip Malloy is kept from joining the track team by his failing grades in English class. Convinced that the teacher just doesn't like him, Philip concocts a plan to get transferred out of her class. Breaking the school's policy of silence during the national anthem, he hums along, and ends up in a crisis at the center of the nation's attention.

Nothing but the Truth

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#hardcover #exlibrarybook #fiction #avi #historicalfiction 

New York

Brooklyn, New York, 1951.



Twelve-year-old Pete Collison is a regular kid who loves Sam Spade detective books and radio crime dramas, but when an FBI agent shows up at Pete's doorstep accusing his father of being a Communist, Pete finds himself caught in a real-life mystery. Could there really be Commies in Pete's family? At the same time, Pete's class turns against him, thanks to similar rumors spread by his own teacher; even Kat, Pete's best friend, feels the pressure to ditch him. As Pete follows the quickly accumulating clues, he begins to wonder if the truth could put his family's livelihood--and even their freedom--at risk.



In the tradition of his Newbery Honor book Nothing But the Truth, Avi's newest novel tells a funny, insightful story packed with realistic period detail of a boy in mid-twentieth-century America. Its unique look at what it felt like to be an average family caught in the wide net of the Red Scare has powerful relevance to contemporary questions of democracy and individual freedoms.

 

Catch You Later, Traitor

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#hardcover #pitts #fiction #ya #exlibrarybook #avi

Being an Absolutely Accurate Autobiographical Account of My Follies, Fortune, and Fate

High adventure from a master storyteller about one boy's attempt to fend for himself among cruel orphan masters, corrupt magistrates, and conniving thieves.

In the seaside town of Melcombe Regis, England, 1724, Oliver Cromwell Pitts wakes to find his father missing and his house flooded by a recent storm. He's alone in his ruined home with no money and no food. Oliver's father has left behind a barely legible waterlogged note: he's gone to London, where Oliver's sister, Charity, is in trouble. Exploring damage to the town in the storm's aftermath, Oliver discovers a shipwreck on the beach. Removing anything from a wrecked ship is a hanging offense, but Oliver finds money that could save him, and he can't resist the temptation to take it. When his crime is discovered, Oliver flees, following the trail of his father and sister. The journey is full of thieves, adventurers, and treachery--and London might be the most dangerous place of all.

In the tradition of his Newbery Honor book The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle, Avi mixes high adventure and short, page-turning chapters with a vivid historical setting featuring a cast of highwaymen, pickpockets, and villainous criminal masterminds.

A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2017

The Unexpected Life of Oliver Cromwell Pitts

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HC no DJ. Light rubbing to corners. #hardcover #avi #crispin #newberry #fiction #juvenilefiction #middlegrade #childrens #church #historicalfiction 

California

Crispin: The Cross of Lead

Overall book is in excellent condition. Cover shows little to no wear. Bottom of spine has sticker residue from an old price tag. Binding is good and has no loose pages. Pages are clean and have no writing or highlighting on them. Please see pictures for more details. #hardcover #middlegrade #avi #historicalfiction #fiction 

"Swiftly moving and utterly engrossing." --Shelf Awareness

Parents' Choice Recommended

From Newbery Award-winning author Avi comes the gripping and amazingly true tale of a boy plucked from the gutter to become the King of England.

England, 1486. King Henry VII has recently snatched the English Crown and now sits on the throne, while young Prince Edward, who has a truer claim, has apparently disappeared. Meanwhile, a penniless kitchen boy named Lambert Simnel is slaving away at a tavern in Oxford--until a mysterious friar, Brother Simonds, buys Lambert from the tavern keeper and whisks him away in the dead of night. But this is nothing compared to the secret that the friar reveals: You, Lambert, are actually Prince Edward, the true King of England!

With the aid of the deceitful Earl of Lincoln, Brother Simonds sets out to teach the boy how to become the rightful English king. Lambert has everything to gain and nothing to lose, or so he thinks. Yet in this dangerous battle for the throne, Lambert is not prepared for what's to come--or for what it really means to play at being a king.

The Player King

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Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Utah

THE OLD CITY LAY DARK AND COLD...

It is night. And Edmund is alone. His mother is gone. His aunt, who went in search of her, is dead. His sister has disappeared. Edmund has no one. Except for a stranger of the night.

A dark, mysterious stranger who flees from demons of his own...who follows Edmund with grim determination through the cold and shadow city, promising to help, but often hindering. A stranger who needs Edmund for purpose of his own!

The Man Who Was Poe

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Oklahoma

#hardcover #fiction #juvenilefiction #magic #middlegrade #medieval #bookmarkjourney #Avi #bookmarkjourneychildren 

IN THE DARK of winter in the town of Fulworth, an old man named Thorston has devoted his life to the illegal practice of alchemy in the quest to uncover the Great Secret: of making gold, and of immortality. Yet just as he is on the brink of a discovery, he keels over, nearly dead.

Thorton's servant, Sybil, and his talking raven, Odo, are filled with dread: will they be thrown out into the streets to fend for themselves? Their only hope is to discover the alchemist's secret and learn to make gold. And according to their master's last garbled words, the secret has something to do with a green-eyed child, the mysterious Book Without Words, and three sweet-smelling stones in the foul muck at the bottom of a cauldron...

From Avi, the 2003 Newbery Award-winning author of "Crispin: The Cross of Lead," comes the story of Thorston, an alchemist who works to concoct a potion that will enable him to live forever--and keep dying and rising from the dead as a result.

Arkansas

The Book Without Words appears to be a volume of blank parchment pages. But for a green-eyed reader filled with great desire, it may reveal the forgotten magical arts of making gold and achieving immortality. For generations, its magic has been protected from those who would exploit it. But on a terrible day of death and destruction, the Book Without Words falls into the hands of a desperate boy.

The Book Without Words

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#paperback #livingbook #avi #juvenilefiction #fantasy 

Reintroducing a magical, bestselling medieval mystery from a Newbery-winning author! The release coincides with Avi's exciting new companion to this book, MURDER AT MIDNIGHT.Night after night, a ghost appears in the royal castle of Pergamontio, terrifying the princess. Mangus the Magician doesn't believe in ghosts, but that doesn't stop him from being charged with finding this one. The King demands that Mangus free his daughter from the torment of the ghost. . . otherwise, the magician will pay with his life. Mangus's only hope is his faithful, street-smart servant boy, Fabrizio, who must solve the mystery of the ghost using logic and reason -- and a bit of magic of his own.

Midnight Magic

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#hardcover #avi #ya #youngadult #newbery #newberymedal #childrensliterature 

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Maine

Newbery Medal winner The Cross of Lead is "a page-turner from beginning to end... full of adventure, mystery, and action" (School Library Journal).



Sometimes I ran, sometimes all I could do was walk. All I knew was that if the steward overtook me, I'd not survive for long....



Crispin is a poor thirteen-year-old peasant in medieval England. Accused of a crime he did not commit, he has been declared a "wolf's head," meaning he may be killed on sight, by anyone. He flees his tiny village with nothing but his mother's cross of lead. 



In the English countryside, Crispin meets a man named Bear, who forces Crispin to become his servant yet encourages him to think for himself. But as Crispin's enemies draw ever closer, he is pulled right into the fortress of his foes, where he must find a way to save their very lives.



A master of breathtaking plot twists and vivid characters, award-winning author Avi brings the full force of his storytelling powers to the world of medieval England.
 
"Avi's plot is engineered for maximum thrills, with twists, turns, and treachery aplenty. . . . A page-turner to delight Avi's fans, it will leave readers hoping for a sequel."-Publishers Weekly (starred review)
" . . . [T]he book is a page-turner from beginning to end . . . [A] meticulously crafted story, full of adventure, mystery, and action."

-School Library Journal (starred review)

"Historical fiction at its finest."-VOYA


 

Crispin: the Cross of Lead

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Kentucky

Collision in the Harbor! Abigail and her brother, Tom, travel to school every day aboard their father's freight boat, the Neptune. One day, two ships collide in the Narrows, and Abigail's father goes to their aid--leaving Abigail to take the Neptune's wheel. Can she and Tom steer the freight boat through the crowded and dangerous waters of New York Harbor alone?

Abigail Takes the Wheel

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Nebraska

Nothing But the Truth

#paperback #youngadult #fiction #avi #oldlibrarybook

The Cross of Lead

Falsely accused of theft and murder, an orphaned peasant boy in fourteenth-century England flees his village and meets a larger-than-life juggler who holds a dangerous secret.

Crispin

#juvenilefiction #magic #middlegrade #elementary #fable #medieval #avi #newbery Signed  by author (seller does not verify signatures). Some yellowing of pages 
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Illinois

Signed ✍️ by author

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Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Ohio

H "Avi's plot is engineered for maximum thrills, with twists, turns, and treachery aplenty. . . . A page-turner to delight Avi's fans, it will leave readers hoping for a sequel."-Publishers Weekly (starred review) H " . . . [T]he book is a page-turner from beginning to end . . . [A] meticulously crafted story, full of adventure, mystery, and action." -School Library Journal (starred review) "Historical fiction at its finest."-VOYA

The Crispin: Cross of Lead

Georgia

The Colorado Gold Rush of 1859 - A Tale of the Old West

A young boy heads for the Rocky Mountains in search of his missing uncle. Early Wittcomb's Uncle Jesse claims to have struck gold near Pike's Peak, but his life is now in danger. Illustrated with period engravings, photographs, and maps.

Hard Gold

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Loved but overall fair condition. #paperback #childrens #mystery #spy #fantasy #prequel #midnightmagic #avi A plot to overthrow King Claudio is brewing in the Kingdom of Pergamontio.Scholarly Mangus the magician-along with his street--smart and faithful new servant boy, Fabrizio--have been marked as easy scapegoats for the traitor lurking within the king's court. Together, these two unlikely partners must gather clues to solve the mystery and prove their innocence before the stroke of midnight...or face death!Intricate plotting, surprise twists, and lively prose make for another suspenseful page-turner that stands alone or sets the stage for MIDNIGHT MAGIC!

Colorado

Murder at Midnight 

Arizona

In 1893 New York, thirteen-year-old Maks, a newsboy, teams up with Willa, a homeless girl, to clear his older sister, Emma, from charges that she stole from the brand new Waldorf Hotel, where she works. Includes historical notes.

City of Orphans

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#paperback #fiction #youngadult #horror #suspense #avi


Washington

Something Upstairs

South Carolina

The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle

A vicious captain, a mutinous crew --
and a young girl caught in the middle

Not every thirteen-year-old girl is accused of murder, brought to trial, and found guilty. But I was just such a girl, and my story is worth relating even if it did happen years ago. Be warned, however: If strong ideas and action offend you, read no more. Find another companion to share your idle hours. For my part I intend to tell the truth as I lived it.

Avi

Nothing but the Truth

Avi

Catch You Later, Traitor

Avi

The Unexpected Life of Oliver Cromwell Pitts

Avi

Crispin: The Cross of Lead

Avi

The Player King

Avi

The Man Who Was Poe

Avi

Nothing but the Truth

Avi

The Book Without Words

Avi

Midnight Magic

Avi

Crispin: the Cross of Lead

Avi; Don Bolognese (Illustrator)

Abigail Takes the Wheel

Avi

Nothing But the Truth

Avi

Crispin

Avi

The Book Without Words

Avi,

The Crispin: Cross of Lead

Avi

Hard Gold

Avi

The Unexpected Life of Oliver Cromwell Pitts

Avi

Murder at Midnight

Avi; Greg Ruth (Illustrator)

City of Orphans

Avi

Something Upstairs

Avi

The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle

Avi

True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle

Avi / Illustrated by Brian Floca

Poppy

Avi

The Secret School