Crispin: The Cross of Lead

The book I just finished reading is a really really really really really really really good book(with six million reallys). It is called....Crispin The Cross of Lead!

This book is a REALLY good book. (I just told you that. ) It is by an author named Avi (which real name is Edward Irving Mortis) which is an AWESOME author. This book won a newberry honor medal! That's how good it is! And you can get it in the book fair for FIVE DOLLARS! For a hardcover book! (I know I'm starting to sound like an advertiser, but this book is really really good! ) Any ways, this book is about a boy that is 13 years old. His mom just died. (his dad was dead already) (it's in the 1300s or something. ) He was accused of a crime he didn't commit. He is really poor. He doesn't have a name. Everyone calls him "Asta's Son" because his mother's name was Asta. Soooo... he has been declared a wolf's head (which is when he is declared not human anymore) so anyone can kill him, when ever they want to. If they kill him they get like 100000000 dollars as a reward. So they are anxious to kill him. And also, Father Quinel (a priest) told him that his real name was Crispin. And his mother left him a cross of lead with writing on it, but he can't read. I'm not going to tell you any more (the end is really exciting), so you have to read it yourself!

Crop Qv things...

How come the author goes by a pen name?

Why do they call it a "wolf's head" ?

Did they even have cheese at that time?

I like this book. (obviously, that's an opinion)

At the end, this book makes me think of someone finding out something they don't want to hear. (that's a hint of what happens at the end)

I can imagine how Crispin felt when he found out what it really said on the cross of lead: surprised and shocked.

I don't think it's fair that in that time, some people are so rich and some people are so poor.

I think that if there was another book, it would tell of Crispin going back to the place he was born.