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Crispin: The Cross of Lead<\/i>, an action-packed historical narrative that follows the frantic flight of a 13-year-old peasant boy across 14th-century England.<\/p>\n
After being declared a “wolf’s head” by his manor’s corrupt steward for a crime he didn’t commit (meaning that anyone can kill him like a common animal–and<\/i> collect a reward), this timid boy has to flee a tiny village that’s the only world he’s ever known.<\/p>\n
But before our protagonist escapes, Avi makes sure that we’re thoroughly briefed on the injustices of feudalism–the countless taxes cottars must pay, the constant violence, the inability of a flawed church to protect its parishioners, etc.<\/p>\n
Avi then folds in the book’s central mystery just as the boy is leaving: “Asta’s son,” as he’s always been known, learns from the village priest that his Christian name is Crispin, and that his parents’ origins–and fates–might be more perplexing than he ever imagined.<\/p>\n
Winner of the 2003 Newbery Medal.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In medieval England, 13-year-old Crispin has no home, family, or possessions. Accused of a crime he didn’t commit, he takes his mother’s cross of lead and begins an amazing and terrifying journey across the English countryside.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":437,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_cat":[557,556],"product_tag":[680,552,904],"composite_virtual":false,"composite_layout":"","composite_add_to_cart_form_location":"","composite_editable_in_cart":false,"composite_sold_individually_context":"","composite_shop_price_calc":"","composite_components":[],"composite_scenarios":[],"bundled_by":["10393"],"bundle_stock_status":"instock","bundle_stock_quantity":null,"bundle_virtual":false,"bundle_layout":"","bundle_add_to_cart_form_location":"","bundle_editable_in_cart":false,"bundle_sold_individually_context":"","bundle_item_grouping":"","bundle_min_size":"","bundle_max_size":"","bundled_items":[],"bundle_sell_ids":[],"yoast_head":"\n