Avi, 1937-

Crispin : the cross of lead / Avi. - 1st ed. - New York : Hyperion Books for Children, c2002. - 262 p. ; 24 cm.

Wilson's Junior High School, September 2003 School Library Journal starred, June 2002 Book Report starred, November 2002 Books for the Teen Age (NYPL), May 2004 Pub Weekly, June 2002 Booklist, May 2002 New York Times, July 2002 Horn Book, September 2002 Bulletin (Center for Children's books), October 2002

Falsely accused of theft and murder, an orphaned peasant boy in fourteenth-century England flees his village and meets a larger-than-life juggler who holds a dangerous secret.

5.3 5-8 Follett Library Resources

Newbery Medal/Honor, 2003

0786808284

2001051829


Individuality--Fiction.
Orphans--England--Fiction.
Middle Ages--Fiction.
Historical fiction.


Great Britain--History--1154-1399, Plantagenets--Fiction.

PZ7.A953 / Cr 2002

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