Brain Snacks: Tasty Tidbits of Knowledge
Did you know the Seahawk from The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle is mentioned in another of Avi's books? Check out The Man Who Was Poe for a cameo (source).
Avi found inspiration for The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle in Edgar Allan Poe's mystery "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" (source).
A movie version of The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle is rumored to be in the works – with none other than Morgan Freeman as Zachariah (source). Pretty cool, huh?