Author Avi pays a virtual visit to St. Margaret School

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The 5 - 8th grade classes at St. Margaret School had a special visitor over Zoom during Reading Week. Author Avi, who lived in Rhode Island for a period of time and has based some of his novels in the Ocean State, paid a virtual visit to the students. He is the author of more than 60 books for children and young adults, including Newbery Award-winning Crispin: Cross of Lead. The sixth graders recently read his book, “Something Upstairs” and took a virtual tour ahead of time offered by the historical society. The seventh grade recently read “True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle” about a girl who sails from England to Providence. The format of the meeting was question and answer. Both groups spent one hour with him. One student asked, “What is your advice for someone who wants to get into writing?” His response was to “read, read, read, read, read....the more you read, the better you write.”