Looking up, Maura saw that it was dawn. She stopped and listened. All was still. Suddenly, her heart began to beat with joy. She felt herself teetering on the edge of possibilities.
AVI’s work spans nearly every genre and has received nearly every major prize, including the Newbery Medal for Crispin: The Cross of Lead and Newbery Honors for Nothing but the Truth and The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle. Avi lives in Denver, Colorado. You can visit him online at www.avi-writer.com.
Also by Avi
Escape from Home: Beyond the Western Sea Book One
Midnight Magic
Murder at Midnight
Nothing but the Truth
Perloo the Bold
Something Upstairs
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
This book was originally published in hardcover by Orchard Books in 1996.
e-ISBN: 978-0-545-50218-4
Copyright © 1996 by Avi. All rights reserved.
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