Crispin The Cross of Lead

by Avi  |  Grades 5-8   |  Lexile Level 780

Winner of the 2003 Newbery Medal. 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..

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