by Avi · Editorial Bambú · tapa dura · ISBN 9788483431726
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«Ciutat d'orfes» is Avi's young adult mystery and adventure novel, published by Editorial Bambú in hardcover (384 pages, in Catalan).
In 1893 New York, Maks Geless, a thirteen-year-old newspaper delivery boy, crosses paths with Bruno, the leader of a street gang. When he starts working as a detective, he must stand up to powerful forces to defend his family. A mystery and adventure plot with the city as a bustling and dangerous setting.
Fifth volume in Editorial Bambú's EXIT collection. Catalan translation by Lluís-Anton Baulenas; the original English title is City of Orphans.
For young readers aged 13 and up looking for mystery, adventure, and historical setting.
Edward Irving Wortis, better known by the pen name Avi, is an American author of young adult and children's literature. He won the Newbery Medal in 2003 for Crispin: The Cross of Lead, and was a runner-up in 1991 and 1992.
