Category: Avi

  • Review of “City of Orphans”

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    City of Orphans by Avi takes place in New York City but in 1893. It tells the story of two young teenagers, Maks Geless and his new friend Willa. Maks is a newsie just trying to help his family make ends meet when he starts getting harassed by the Plug Ugly Gang. One day he…

  • Review of “Nothing But The Truth”

    Today’s book is one that I found really fascinating but one that is also rather disturbing in some ways. Nothing But The Truth is a young adult novel by Avi and tells the story of Philip Malloy. It opens with Philip finding out that he is unable to try out for the high school track…