Avi Books in Order

This collection gathers odd, funny, and unsettling moments from childhood and adolescence. The pieces are brief, sharp, and interested in how ordinary days can suddenly tilt sideways.

A small, thoughtful snail steps into an adventure that mixes gentle humor with bigger questions. It has the same odd, playful charm Avi often brings to his animal and fantasy stories.

A missing bicycle on Halloween sends a boy and two friends into a strange adventure where ordinary life and magic keep colliding. It is a brisk early story full of mystery and fun.

Proper young Emily is sent to stay with a wealthy, disagreeable uncle in nineteenth-century Massachusetts. Before she even gets there, the unruly Seth Marple sweeps her into a wild and comic misadventure.

Everyone thinks Jamie is a dreamer, until he sees a man parachuting from an airplane with stolen money. Because nobody believes him, he has to hold on to the truth by himself.

Left in the care of a young guardian while his parents are away, Harry stumbles into lies, robbery, and possible murder. The title says helpless, but the story keeps testing how much he can handle.

Fourteen-year-old Owen refuses to leave the island cottage he loves, even when bulldozers are waiting. Staying behind turns into a stubborn, lonely stand for beauty, memory, and home.

When a treasured copy of The Wizard of Oz disappears, a young investigator starts asking awkward questions. The case is playful, bookish, and more complicated than it first looks.

Thirteen-year-old Conrad heads to New York looking for answers about the parents he barely sees. Over one strange week, family questions become questions about who he is, too.

A boy's journey brings him into a close, uneasy bond with an older man named Shadrach. Their trip becomes a quiet test of trust, courage, and what it means to keep moving forward.

Sixteen-year-old John Proud learns that an ancestor once confessed to being a demon. Soon the family secret reaches into the present, and John is trapped in a dark fight against evil.

A group of middle school underdogs at South Orange River School try to find their footing in a world of cliques, embarrassment, and small disasters. The comedy is sharp, but the feelings underneath are real.

Thirteen-year-old Jonathan slips away to fight in the Revolutionary War hoping for glory. What he finds instead is confusion, fear, and a brutal lesson about what battle really means.

Servant girl Morwenna suddenly becomes the keeper of the kingdom's last five wishes. Power looks tempting, but the rules are strict, and every choice changes her life.

Andy gets a phone call from a killer who seems to think he can be trusted. When adults do not believe him, he has to track the truth himself before the murderer gets there first.

At South Orange River School, a student production of Shakespeare becomes a comic tangle of crushes, rivalries, and school chaos. Avi uses the play to poke fun at drama both onstage and off.

Kenny moves into an old house in Providence and meets a ghost with unfinished business. The haunting leads him into a time-bending mystery tied to murder and slavery.

In gloomy nineteenth-century Providence, Edmund meets a mysterious man who may be Edgar Allan Poe. Together they investigate the disappearance of Edmund's sister in a story thick with dread and clues.

Thirteen-year-old Charlotte boards a ship expecting an ordinary voyage home from England. Instead she walks into mutiny, murder charges, and a test of courage that changes her completely.

Philip Malloy's trouble over humming the national anthem spirals far beyond one classroom. Told through memos, letters, and transcripts, this sharp school story shows how fast small conflicts can become public battles.

A boy's summer becomes stranger and more dangerous as old mysteries and present threats begin to overlap. Avi turns the setting into a place where adventure, fear, and unanswered questions keep pulling him forward.

During one difficult summer, thirteen-year-old Maggie becomes obsessed with protecting a solitary blue heron. Her fight for the bird helps her face the strain and sadness inside her own family.

A funny, restless coming-of-age story about a boy trying to sort real life from the heroes and stories he has been handed. As the masks slip, family and growing up get a lot more complicated.

Sarah and Carlos discover that a small token holds the power that keeps New York City from freezing. To stop the vengeful Mr. Underton, they have to move fast through a dark fantasy version of the city.

A starving Civil War orphan is taken in by the owner of a traveling medicine show and renamed Punch. Life on the road offers food and purpose, but enemies and uncertainty are never far away.

A young adventurer lands in the middle of a dangerous smuggling world where hidden cargo and hidden motives matter. The island setting gives the story a strong sense of risk, secrecy, and quick decisions.

Benjamin returns home from school when his father falls gravely ill and decides he must do something great. Working with his brother and sister, he turns hope into labor with surprising results.

This quiet fable follows a bird and a frog as they move through the world in search of light and understanding. It is small, simple, and full of wonder.

At the edge of Dimwood Forest, the owl Mr. Ocax rules by fear. When brave little Poppy challenges that order, her quest for a new home becomes a fierce adventure about courage and loss.

Three fairy-tale-like stories explore change, wishful thinking, and identity. Avi mixes humor and bite as a bored boy, an invisible princess, and a spoiled child each get more than they expected.

On the Atlantic crossing to America, Maura, Patrick, and Laurence face sickness, death, and dangerous fellow passengers in steerage. Survival depends on courage, quick thinking, and refusing to leave the weakest behind.

Driven from Ireland in 1851, Maura and Patrick O'Connell join Laurence Kirkle on the first leg of a journey to America. Poverty, cruelty, and sheer nerve shape every mile to Liverpool.

Mary Williams watches as her father, Roger Williams, is put on trial for his beliefs in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. His flight and her worry become a simple, moving story about faith and freedom.

Grieving for Ragweed, Poppy travels west to tell his family the news and finds their valley ruined by beavers. With Rye beside her, she faces capture, rescue, and a new kind of love.

Seven short stories catch kids in the in-between years when childhood and adolescence overlap. The tone shifts from funny to uneasy, but every story is tuned to the questions young people carry around.

A reluctant small hero is pushed into a struggle over leadership and the fate of his people. What follows is a fantasy quest full of danger, odd allies, and hard-earned courage.

When two ships collide in New York Harbor, Abigail's father rushes to help and leaves the freight boat in her hands. She and her brother Tom must guide it through crowded, dangerous water alone.

Amanda the raccoon is dazzled by the circus and wants in, fast. But someone plans to shut the whole show down, and Amanda and Phillip end up in the middle of the fight.

Amanda the raccoon decides that being a thief sounds exciting. Her brother Phillip, a runaway train, and a crowd of animals all get tangled up in stopping her before she goes too far.

A ghost appears night after night in the royal castle, terrifying the princess. Mangus the Magician and his sharp-eyed servant Fabrizio must prove whether the haunting is real before the king loses patience.

Restless Ragweed leaves home for the big city, where music, friends, and hungry cats wait. To survive Silversides and his anti-mouse gang, he has to grow up fast without losing his spark.

After the Revolution, eleven-year-old Kevin is held by a ruthless man who rules a pirate outpost on the New Jersey coast. Escape means surviving captivity, fear, and a self-made king.

Newsboy Maks Geless is already dodging gang boys when his sister is jailed for theft. With only days to prove her innocence, he and alley-dwelling Willa race through 1893 New York's grime and splendor.

Two runaway servants and the people who cross their path converge in a Pennsylvania town in 1768. Their chance meeting builds into a tense historical story about freedom, danger, and human kindness.

Cranky old porcupine Ereth wants a grand birthday and goes off in search of salt. Instead he finds traps, danger, and three fox kits who need an unlikely guardian.

Young Peter York helps two runaway indentured servants escape into the night in colonial Pennsylvania. Their flight becomes a tense journey through danger, divided loyalties, and hard moral choices.

Snowbound Eric is fascinated when a grim exterminator arrives talking about war on rats and carrying a crossbow. What follows is a strange holiday thriller about cruelty, fear, and conscience.

During World War II, Howie decides his principal must be up to something. His spying reveals a different threat, and he launches a kid-sized campaign to save his favorite teacher.

In 1880s Colorado, Noah sees no point in reading when prairie life already keeps him busy. His visiting Aunt Dora slowly opens a bigger world, one book and one lesson at a time.

McKinley is top dog in a Colorado mountain town, loyal to his boy and proud of his place. Then a rival and a wild she-wolf force him to choose between the human world and the call of the wild.

A lonely boy looking for a place to belong is taken in by an unusual household. What begins as survival slowly becomes a story about trust, work, and the hard business of making a home.

When the teacher leaves and their Colorado one-room school is about to close, Ida and her classmates keep it secret. Ida takes over the teaching, risking everything to protect her chance at an education.

Known only as Asta's son, a nameless peasant boy is declared an outlaw and hunted through medieval England. With only a lead cross and a new name, Crispin begins a desperate search for truth and self.

Told in black-and-white images and brief silent-film captions, this story follows an immigrant family in a big city. It is a gentle, visual tale about hardship, hope, and the American dream.

Oscar Westerwit, squirrel mayor and ballplayer, loves life in Central Park until the rats move in. To save the other animals from Big Daddy Duds, he must outsmart a gangster with real bite.

Twins Meg and Edward could not be more different, and separate schools only make their rivalry sharper. Over one chaotic week, each plots, blunders, and slowly learns just how connected they still are.

Avon the snail sets out in search of adventure with Edward the ant at his side. Their tiny quest becomes funny, odd, and unexpectedly thoughtful as the world grows larger around them.

Poppy heads back to Gray House after an urgent call from her aging parents, bringing along her difficult son Ragweed Junior. The trip turns into a prickly family reckoning, with Ereth and trouble close behind.

A strange blank book hides dangerous magic about gold and immortality. When a desperate boy gets hold of it, he is swept into a dark fantasy of greed, power, and survival.

Crispin and Bear leave England for a harsher, wider world in France. War, faith, and family questions press in as Crispin learns that freedom is more complicated than escape.

A compact collection of eerie tales, including one story first published here. These are cozy-spooky pieces that lean on suspense, odd turns, and the pleasure of a good shiver.

After his father dies in the Civil War, Tom takes work in a Brooklyn ironworks building the Monitor. Confederate spies, deadly stakes, and the coming clash with the Merrimac pull him straight into history.

A young London boy is drawn into royal intrigue centered on the Tower and its most dangerous secrets. To survive, he has to sort out treason, power, and whom he can trust.

Avon the snail decides to become a writer and quickly learns that getting the first word down is only the beginning. Luckily, Edward the ant is nearby with advice, questions, and comic patience.

Early Whitcomb heads west during the Colorado gold rush to find his missing uncle Jesse and save the family farm. The trip is full of hardship, false hopes, and the hard truth about what gold fever does to people.

Apprentice photographer Horace trusts science more than superstition, until a portrait reveals the image of a dead girl. What begins as a ghostly shock turns into a dark mystery about greed, race, and murder.

Mangus and Fabrizio are marked as convenient culprits when a traitor moves against King Claudio. They have until midnight to solve the plot, clear their names, and stay alive.

Winter grief strains the long friendship between Poppy and the grumbling porcupine Ereth after Rye dies. Then a sudden airborne adventure and a wildly mistaken memorial push them back toward each other.

After Bear's death, Crispin and Troth wander through France still chasing the dream of freedom. Crispin must decide what liberty is worth when every step forward brings loss and danger.

In British-occupied New York, Sophia first searches desperately for her missing brother. Years later she becomes a spy and is pulled into the plot around Benedict Arnold and John Andre.

In 1951 Brooklyn, Pete loves detective stories until an FBI agent accuses his father of being a Communist. Pete starts asking questions and finds himself in a mystery shaped by fear, suspicion, and politics.

An aging wolf named Nashoba fights to feed his pack during Colorado's starving time. His story collides with Casey, a boy raised on hunting games who is about to face the real thing.

Tony thinks Weird Uncle Charlie is just odd, until Charlie dies and keeps showing up as a ghost. At his uncle's eerie old school, Tony finds missing-student rumors, shifting loyalties, and real supernatural danger.

Seven stories look at boys trying to understand fathers, grandfathers, and the men around them. Some are funny, some sad, but all of them circle the same question about love, absence, and responsibility.

A tavern kitchen boy named Lambert Simnel is suddenly told he is the true king of England. Swept into a plot for the crown, he must learn how power works before it destroys him.

In 1724 England, Oliver wakes to a flooded house and a note that his father has gone to London. One desperate choice pulls him into a chase filled with thieves, shipwreck loot, and criminal schemes.

In a tiny Polish village at the start of World War I, Patryk and his friends turn dares into a deadly game. What begins with buttons and boasting becomes a harsh lesson in power and war.

Oliver Cromwell Pitts survives transport from England to America in chains, through storms, hunger, and fear. But reaching land does not end his troubles, and survival still depends on quick wits and shaky alliances.

Restless Tory stows away to Gold Rush California hoping for adventure and freedom. When her younger brother is kidnapped in rough, muddy San Francisco, her dream turns into a dangerous rescue mission.

A prequel that shows how reckless Ragweed first meets brave Poppy. A freight train, a lost young raccoon, and one trapped deer mouse turn their first meeting into the start of a lasting friendship.

In 1492 Venice, Mangus the Magician and Fabrizio are sent to steal a powerful bookkeeping manuscript. When Mangus is jailed, Fabrizio and a new ally must outwit spies, canals, and the clock.

After rebels kill his father, Noah flees to Boston and becomes a British spy on the eve of the American Revolution. As rumor, anger, and injustice spread, he must decide what loyalty really means.

A small poetry collection that pays close attention to everyday life and what feels fair, unfair, and true. It invites readers to slow down, notice details, and think about the world around them.

Ida finally reaches high school in 1925 and loves everything modern about town life. But when a strict principal threatens her future, she and her new friends must protect her dream.

Santo reaches America full of hope, only to be separated from his family at Ellis Island. Alone in Manhattan, he is pulled toward a gang of street boys while trying desperately to find his way home.

In a tiny Colorado silver camp in 1893, Ollie, Gus, and Alys are tired of being trapped by isolation. Their own mine dream turns risky fast when powerful adults and a collapsing economy stand in the way.

A fast-moving story of survival and rivalry, with young characters forced to think quickly as danger closes in. Avi uses the chase to ask who gets pushed aside, and who learns to fight back.