Crispin: At the Edge of the World

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Crispin: At the Edge of the World
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First edition cover
Author Avi (or Edward Irving Wortis)
LanguageEnglish
Series Avi's Crispin
Genre Children's, Historical fiction novel
Publisher Hyperion Books for Children
Publication date
September 2006
Publication placeEngland
Media typePrint (hardback & paperback)
Pages234 pgs.
ISBN 0-7868-5152-X (first edition, hardback)
OCLC 65400628
LC Class PZ7.A953 Cp 2006
Preceded by Crispin: The Cross of Lead  
Followed by Crispin: The End of Time  

Crispin: At the Edge of the World is a novel by Edward Irving Wortis (under the pen name Avi), published in 2006. It serves as a sequel to his 2003 Newbery Medal award-winner Crispin: The Cross of Lead and is the second book in the Crispin trilogy. Crispin: At The Edge of the World was an ALA notable in 2007. [1]

Contents

Plot summary

At the conclusion of the Newbery Award–winning Crispin: The Cross of Lead , Bear and Crispin are free to follow new lives. As they travel in search of a new home, Bear is attacked by his old comrades in the Peasant's Revolt and wounded by an arrow. They escape to a woods where they are discovered by an old midwife-healer and a girl named Troth, who nurses Bear back to health. When the old woman is killed, Bear becomes the guardian of both children.

Fearing Bear's pursuers will never give up, they board a ship bound for Flanders. A storm lands them in France instead, where they are captured by English soldiers intent on breaking into a French village church to loot it. The soldiers threaten harm to Bear unless the children do their bidding. A bloody battle ensues, during which Crispin kills a man. The children escape the church and the soldiers with the mortally wounded Bear, who later dies of age and his wounds.

Characters

References

  1. admin (November 30, 1999). "2007 Notable Children's Books". Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC).
  2. "Definition of TROTH". www.merriam-webster.com.