Book
Crispin: The Cross of Lead
by Avi
- Published
- 2003
- Genre
- Historical Fiction
- Publisher
- Perfection Learning
- Pages
- 262
- Words
- 48194
- URL
- https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/353342.The_Cross_of_Lead?ac=1&from_search=true
Reading measures
- Accelerated Reader level
- 5.0
- AR interest level
- MG — middle grades, 4–8
- Lexile
- 780L
- Guided reading level
- W
- Suggested reading age
- ages 11–13
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.
Collections
Beautiful Feet · MH58 — Medieval HistoryNewbery Award
ISBN
- ISBN-13
- 9780756931872
- ISBN-10
- 0756931878
Tags
Adventure-DangerAward Winners-ALA Notable/Best BooksAward Winners-Michael Printz Award/Honor BookAward Winners-NCTE Notable Children's Books in the Language ArtsAward Winners-Newbery MedalAward Winners-Society of School Libr. International Best/HonorAward Winners-Young Reader's Choice Award/NomineeBeautiful FeetFamily Life-OrphansHistory-Middle Ages/MedievalMysteries-SecretsRecommended Reading-Children's Literature ChoiceRecommended Reading-IRA Teachers Choices/ILA Teachers ChoiceRecommended Reading-Junior Library Guild SelectionRecommended Reading-NCSS/CBC Notable Social StudiesRecommended Reading-Wheatley Aligned Supplemental TextsRecommended Reading-YALSA Best Books for YA