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Chronology of Avi’s Books

As we approach a new year per­haps it’s time to answer a read­er’s ques­tion: “In what years,” she asked, “do your books take place?”

What fol­lows is a chrono­log­i­cal list­ing. Click­ing on a book cov­er will lead you to more infor­ma­tion about that book.

700

Eng­land

The Book with­out Words

1381

England/ France

Crispin: The Cross of Lead; Crispin: The End of Time; Crispin at the Edge of the World

The Books Without Words
Crispin The Cross of Lead
Crispin, The End of Time
Crispin at the Edge of the World

1491

Italy

Mur­der at Mid­night; Mid­night Mag­ic; City of Magic 

1554

Eng­land

The Play­er King

Murder at Midnight
City of Magic
Player King

1656

Amer­i­ca

Find­ing Providence

1724

Eng­land

The Unex­pect­ed Life of Oliv­er Cromwell Pitts

1725

Amer­i­ca

The End of the World and Beyond

1760

Amer­i­ca

The Encounter at Eas­t­on; Night Journeys

Finding Providence
The Unexpected Life of Oliver Cromwell Pitts
The End of the World and Beyond
Encounter at Easton

1774/
1776

Amer­i­ca

Loy­al­ty

1776

Amer­i­ca

Sophi­a’s War: A Tale of the Revolution

1777

Amer­i­ca

The Fight­ing Ground

Night Journeys
Loyalty
Sophia's War
The Fighting Ground

1784

Amer­i­ca

Cap­tain Grey

1835

Amer­i­ca

True Con­fes­sions of Char­lotte Doyle

1845

England/ Ire­land

Beyond the West­ern Sea. Book One: The Escape from Home. Book Two: Into the Storm [Lord Kirkle’s Mon­ey]

Captain Grey
True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
Escape from Home
Into the Storm

1845

Eng­land

The Trai­tor­’s Gate

1848

Amer­i­ca

Gold Rush Girl

1850

Amer­i­ca

The Man Who Was Poe

1850

Amer­i­ca

The Barn

The Traitors' Gate
Gold Rush Girl
Man Who Was Poe
The Barn

1859

Amer­i­ca

Hard Gold

1860

Amer­i­ca

Emi­ly Upham’s Revenge

1862

Amer­i­ca

Iron Thun­der

1870’s

Amer­i­ca

The Seer of Shad­ows; Punch With Judy; Abi­gail Takes the Wheel; Prairie School; His­to­ry of Help­less Harry

Hard Gold
Emily Upham's Revenge
Iron Thunder
Seer of Shadows
Punch with Judy
Abigail Takes the Wheel
Prairie School
The History of Helpless Harry

1890

Amer­i­ca

City of Orphans       

1910

Amer­i­ca

Silent Movie

1911

Amer­i­ca

Five Mil­lion Peo­ple and Me [to be published]

1917

Europe / WWI

The But­ton War

City of Orphans
bk_upcoming_book_cover
The Button War

1925

Amer­i­ca

The Secret School

1926

Amer­i­ca

The Secret Sis­ters [com­ing in 2023]

1926

Amer­i­ca

Shadrach’s Cross­ing [Smug­gler’s Island]

1944

Amer­i­ca

“Don’t You Know There’s a War On?”

The Secret School
bk_upcoming_book_cover
Smuggler's Island
Don't You Know There's a War On?

1945

Amer­i­ca

“Who Was That Masked Man, Anyway?”

1951

Amer­i­ca

Catch You Lat­er, Traitor

1960

Amer­i­ca

Man from the Sky

1980

Amer­i­ca

Noth­ing But the Truth

1980

Amer­i­ca

Some­thing Upstairs

Who Was That Masked Man Anyway?
Catch You Later, Traitor
The Man from the Sky
Nothing But the Truth
Something Upstairs

Here’s wish­ing you all a good new year—whichever year it might be.

5 thoughts on “Chronology of Avi’s Books”

  1. I enjoy revis­it­ing A Christ­mas Car­ol each year, too, and I love the 1951 film adap­ta­tion with Alas­tair Sim as Scrooge. For me, the sto­ry cap­tures the spir­it of East­er as much as Christ­mas because Scrooge’s sto­ry is one of redemp­tion and resurrection.

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  2. I’d love to know which of those time peri­ods was the most chal­leng­ing to research. My guess is the 8th century.

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