Crispin By Avi: Summary

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Crispin a story written by Avi has one main character, Crispin, who lives as a peasant in the small village of Stromford. He never meet his father and his mother died so the only thing he had left from them was a cross of lead. Crispin was declared a wolf’s head so he had no choice but to run away. While fleeing he found a man who called himself Bear. Bear made Crispin question all life and what he had been taught. Throughout Crispins journey he changed in ways that were not even thinkable for him at the beginning. He started as a boy who was timid and afraid who became a strong independent man. In the beginning, Crispin would be know as a small boy with small life. He was terrified of John Aycliffe their village steward and Crispin knew that

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