The words etched on his mother's treasured lead cross may provide some clue ... "I have no name," Crispin tells Bear, whose rough manners and appearance mask a tender heart.

Unlike Crispin, Bear can read and has learned from an inscription on the lead cross Crispin wears, that Crispin is the illegitimate son of a wealthy official who has died recently. This is the ...

Unlike Crispin, Bear can read and has learned from an inscription on the lead cross Crispin wears, that Crispin is the illegitimate son of a wealthy official who has died recently. This is the ...

The village priest gives him a small cross of lead bearing ... outlaw. In Crispin’s flight from the village, his fortunes are bound up with a wandering juggler-musician named Bear.

Crispin: The Cross of Lead, published by Hyperion Books for Children ... The book follows Crispin and Bear, a juggler who befriends him. In announcing the award, the Newbery judges commend ...

Avi's "Crispin: The Cross of Lead" was awarded the 2003 Newbery Medal. Eric Rohmann's "My Friend Rabbit" won the Caldecott Medal for children's book illustration. "Crispin" is a coming-of-age ...

Avi's "Crispin: The Cross of Lead" was awarded the 2003 Newbery Medal. Eric Rohmann's "My Friend Rabbit" won the Caldecott Medal for children's book illustration. "Crispin" is a coming-of-age ...