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  • The Cross of Lead
  • By: Avi
  • Narrated by: Ron Keith
  • Length: 6 hrs and 5 mins
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Crispin

By: Avi
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Publisher's Summary

Newbery Medal winner The Cross of Lead is "a page-turner from beginning to end … full of adventure, mystery, and action" (School Library Journal).

Sometimes I ran, sometimes all I could do was walk. All I knew was that if the steward overtook me, I’d not survive for long.…

Crispin is a poor thirteen-year-old peasant in medieval England. Accused of a crime he did not commit, he has been declared a "wolf’s head," meaning he may be killed on sight, by anyone. He flees his tiny village with nothing but his mother’s cross of lead.

In the English countryside, Crispin meets a man named Bear, who forces Crispin to become his servant yet encourages him to think for himself. But as Crispin’s enemies draw ever closer, he is pulled right into the fortress of his foes, where he must find a way to save their very lives.

A master of breathtaking plot twists and vivid characters, award-winning author Avi brings the full force of his storytelling powers to the world of medieval England.

©2002 Avi (P)2002 Recorded Books, LLC

Critic Reviews

"Avi's plot is engineered for maximum thrills, with twists, turns and treachery aplenty, but it's the compellingly drawn relationship between Crispin and Bear that provides the heart of this story." (Publishers Weekly)

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  • Roz
  • 29-03-2017

Young adult historical fiction

This was a good book to listen to with a few of my year 8 and 9 students while were studying historical fiction in English and Medieval Europe in History. They enjoyed the story and mystery element and learnt a lot (including vocabulary, but I made up a glossary). It's a bit of a slow start and in patches, but they got into it.

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