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In 1377 in England, a village boy becomes an orphan and a "wolf's head," wanted for a murder he did not commit. His wolf's head status allows anyone who finds him to kill him. He escapes his village and ends up partnering with a rough, itinerant performer named Bear. How the boy, Crispin, makes his way to freedom and a hope-filled future is an absorbing and well-constructed tale. The very idea that a medieval child could be a pariah and a target, left to his own strategies to survive, is shocking by today's standards (at least in most environments); but children have not always been protected and have in some times and places been hunted. This fact, combined with the twist-and-turn adventures in the story, makes Crispin a character the reader roots for on every page.


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Crispin The Cross of Lead Avi 9780786816583 Books Reviews

This book is amazing and lives up to more than the summary lives it up to be. You do have to wait till about 80% through the book till it gets super exciting . It's worth the wait for sure though.
This book was a required summer reading for my child. He had to do a book report on it and have it for the first day of school. It took him a while to get started with reading this book. Once he started reading it, he couldn't stop. He enjoyed the book. I don't live close to a bookstore and was glad I was able to purchase it on .
Easy read for kids, with great depth of emotion and ample historic references. A fun adventure that explores the thoughts that moved the Middle Ages into the Reformation.
"I keep asking myself if I felt different, if I was different. The answer was always yes. I was no longer nothing."

What's so important about a name? Does it give you something? Does it lay out a path for you to follow? Does it tell you who you are?

Crispin doesn't know his name because his father died years ago in the plague. "Asta's Son" is all anyone has ever called him. Doing their best to survive in meager conditions, he and his mother live among the poorest of the poor in fourteenth-century medieval England. Until his mother dies. Then, on a midnight trip to Father Quinel's quarters to learn the truth about his father, Crispin interrupts John Aycliffe, the steward in those parts, meeting secretly with a strange man in the forest.

Next thing Crispin knows, Father Quinel has been murdered and people are trying to kill him. He is labeled a Wolf's Head, which means anyone who finds him can kill him without impunity. On the run from everything relating to his prior life, without a name or a plan, he is stopped by an enormous man who calls himself Bear. In exchange for letting him live, Crispin if forced to vow service to Bear as his Master now. Where this will take Crispin, he doesn't know, but he isn't sure he wants to find out. People are still hunting for him, but why? And how will he ever find a new life under these conditions?

Avi's CRISPIN THE CROSS OF LEAD tells the heartmoving story of a young boy in search for his name, and not just any name, a name he can live by. Set against the backdrop of medieval Christianity, Crispin's prayer is this "Let me play the music well. Let me be a credit to my master. And I beg Thee, let me have a soul, that I too may sing and dance."

Reviewed by Jonathan Stephens
We chose this book for literature, but loved the historical aspect that we studied as well. We read it aloud and it was chosen for my 10 and 12 year old, but since we read during the day, my 7 year old also listened and enjoyed the story as well. Lots of cliff hanger endings!
This is a brilliant book

Several reasons

1. The plot and prose are both good and something that I could imagine a 12 year old boy getting into (I have two sons). There are a number of good aphorisms that are worth noting and can provide a basis for further discussion with your children.
2. There are no, um, romantic scenes and no questions that you would have to answer about those thing that you might not want to.
3. The book is historical, and your son (or daughter) just might learn something from reading this.
4. There are quite a few new vocabulary words for your child to learn to increase their vocabulary. (Doff. Tunic. Kirtle. Solars. Recorder. Daub and Wattle. Yewbow. Porticullis. Caterwauling. Glaive. Tonsure. None/Prime. Sconce)
5. The book puts me in mind of another very good book for children that I've read (A Single Shard) in that the story had a message. (And this is rare when one considers the huge number of books that detail teenage angst at great length with no ultimate conclusions.) The messages were i. Having a skill is a good way to not be hungry; ii. Being able to read and being familiar with the written word is a great advantage; iii. Being friendly is not always the same thing as being helpful; iv. A man's word is everything. (None of even the most objectionable characters did not keep their word in this book.)

There was one drawback, and that is that the book was very heavily centered around the church (our house is Jewish and not Christian), and that can cause some awkwardness-- but you can't have everything.

Verdict Highly recommended, even at the new purchase price.
A classic story for kids, ages 10-15, who enjoy an adventure story. Some shocking elements which you should expect from a novel about medieval times. I purchased this to accompany my 13 year old daughter's unit study on the Middle Ages. She was HOOKED. I would get a daily report on Crispin's latest adventure, and she kept saying, "Whoa Mom!! This is kind of scary! Not like most books for my age!" Avi is a terrific writer who knows how to engage the reader and doesn't insult the younger reader by oversimplifying the language, or shying away from realistic subjects. This book is a classic for a reason!!!
In 1377 in England, a village boy becomes an orphan and a "wolf's head," wanted for a murder he did not commit. His wolf's head status allows anyone who finds him to kill him. He escapes his village and ends up partnering with a rough, itinerant performer named Bear. How the boy, Crispin, makes his way to freedom and a hope-filled future is an absorbing and well-constructed tale. The very idea that a medieval child could be a pariah and a target, left to his own strategies to survive, is shocking by today's standards (at least in most environments); but children have not always been protected and have in some times and places been hunted. This fact, combined with the twist-and-turn adventures in the story, makes Crispin a character the reader roots for on every page.