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Name: Crispin

Full title: Crispin: The Cross of Lead
Author: Avi
Year: 2002
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Popularity: 4.2
Genres/categories: Historical fiction, Award winners, Children, Adventure

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ISBN:
9780606305556
9780613749657
9780689837777
9780786255016
9780786293667
9780786808281
9780786816583
9780786826476
9780786851522
9781402522024
9781423103059
9781428117976
0606305556
0613749650
0689837771
0786255013
0786293667
0786808284
0786816589
0786826479
078685152X
1402522029
142310305X
1428117970
Winner of the Newbery Medal award in 2003.
Winner of the Colorado Book Award for Young Adult in 2003.

"Asta's Son" is all he's ever been called. The lack of a name is appropriate, because he and his mother are but poor peasants in 14th century medieval England. But this thirteen-year-old boy who thought he had little to lose soon finds himself with even less - no home, no family, or possessions. Accused of a crime he did not commit, he may be killed on sight, by anyone. If he wishes to remain alive, he must flee his tiny village. All the boy takes with him is a newly revealed name - Crispin - and his mother's cross of lead.
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