Encounter at Easton [Paperback]

Avi (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 5, 2000 | Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up

Will Robert and Elizabeth find in Easton the life they want so desperately?

The year is 1768. In eight years, the American Revolution will begin. Two indentured servants, little more than children, escape first from their master and then from a search party determined to turn them over to the authorities. They hope to find work and freedom in the town of Easton. But when Elizabeth is badly wounded, Robert must do all he can to keep her alive.

He's scared--and confused. He needs help from someone, an adult. But should he turn to the wild woman of the woods? Or can he trust Nathaniel Hill, the friendly man he meets in town?

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Avi manipulates the narrative with skill, sustaining suspense." -- School Library Journal

"Brisk, clean, [and] unsentimental." -- Kirkus Reviews

About the Author

Avi is the author of more than sixty books, including Crispin: The Cross of Lead, a Newbery Medal winner, and Crispin: At the Edge of the World. His other acclaimed titles include The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle and Nothing But the Truth, both Newbery Honor Books, and most recently The Seer of Shadows. He lives with his family in Colorado.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 8 and up
  
• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: HarperCollins (January 5, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0380732416
• ISBN-13: 978-0380732418
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.1 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,215,143 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #29 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Children's Books > Authors & Illustrators, A-Z > ( A ) > Avi

More About the Author

Avi has published more than sixty books. Among them is Crispin: The Cross of Lead, winner of the 2003 Newbery Medal. Other novels with nineteenth-century settings, like The Traitors' Gate -- his grand nod to the work of Charles Dickens -- are listed before the title page, and include the Newbery Honor Book, The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle. Avi and his family live in Denver, Colorado.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Warning, December 21, 2008

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student (ca) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Encounter at Easton (Paperback)

I loved the first one soo much and loved this second one as well to up until a point, but in the end, I ended up hating this whole series with a fiery passion. Read at your own caution. It's a good book, but...well, read at your own caution.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An Exciting Sequal, February 11, 2003

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Encounter at Easton (Paperback)

I think that "Encounter at Easton", is a great book. It's filt with exceitment, and adventure. I really like the way that Avi choose to write them. I thought that it was really cool that he wrote it in everyone's point of view. I would recomend it to anyone who liked the first one.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Encounter at Easton, November 12, 2004

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Det Lys "Lissy" (Wissahikkon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Encounter at Easton (Library Binding)

I read this book in school, and I absolutely loved it! It's all written in testimony, so you can see every event from every characters point of view. It is very suspenseful, and since we only has a certain time to read it in school, I was always looking forward to the next class so I could read it. My teacher made the "bell-ringer" not ring it at the end of the story since we were all pretty much hanging off our seats. I would highly recommend it!