Crispin: The Cross of Lead

"Asta's son" is all he's ever been called. The lack of name is appropriate, because he and his mother are but poor peasants in fourteenth-century medieval England. But this thirteen-year-old boy who thought he had little to lose soon finds himself with even less--no home, family, or possessions. Accused of a crime he didn't commit, he has been declared a "wolf's head". That means 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. A master of breathtaking plot twists and vivid characters, avi brings the full force of his storytelling powers to the world of medieval England.