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Crispin: The Cross of Lead

ISBN: 0786816589

Title: Crispin: The Cross of Lead

Author: Avi

KDL Description:

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.
Lexile Level: 780
Guided Reading Level: W

Amazon Description:

After being accused of a crime, thirteen-year-old Crispin becomes a wanted man and so must use a new identity and keep on the run in order to stay alive, in a suspenseful middle reader set in fourteenth-century England.