Setting for Crispin

Crispin The Cross Of Lead, by Avi, is a book which a boy named Crispin who is accused of stealing money from his manors house, and killing the priest in his town when he never did any of those crimes. This book takes place in England, 1377 A.D in a small town. Crispin has been announced a wolf's head which means that anyone could kill him. Crispin's father died before he was born, and later his mother dies. That meant that there was no one to protect him even if he was declared as the wolf's head. If someone brought his head to John Aycliffe, the one who caused this rumor, they would be paid twenty shillings. During Crispins run-away journey, he finds a man who forces Crispin to be his servant, but later helps him with life, and that everyone has a purpose even unimportant people. Crispin later acts as the son of Bear, his master, so that he could be more safer from all the people hunting him, and later learns from Bearhow to play the pipe. Crispin plays the pipe while Bear dances and juggles in front of their audiences to obtain money and food. Crispin is a book in which a boy who was a nobody learns to follow his dreams to become a somebody.