Crispin: At the Edge of the World

The book called “Crispin: At the Edge of the World” by AVI, tells a story about the mysterious and exciting adventures that a boy called Crispin goes through. The book is during the medieval period of English history, at 1377 A.D. The genre of the book is basically mystery and action. There are a lot of secrets that the characters don’t know and don’t tell, and there are a lot of fighting scenes between soldiers. Crispin, the main character, is a brave, young, and very religious boy who is an orphan. He travels around England with Bear, who is a juggler who is like a master, teacher, and a father to Crispin. He is huge, bald, red bearded, wise and strong. Aude is an old, weak woman who helps Bear when he was wounded. She is not a Christian but she is nice, helpful, and knows a lot about medication. Troth is a young girl, whose age is about Crispin’s, who follows and supports Aude. She has a twisted mouth that makes people think she is cursed, which makes people avoid and hate her, but she is kind and knows a lot about medication like Aude. Dudely, who Crispin meets at France, is a cruel, evil, and sneaky man, who uses Bear, Crispin, and Troth to steal a treasure from a village.

The story begins as Crispin and Bear are getting attacked by an archer, who thinks Bear has betrayed the John Ball’s brotherhood, a secret group of rebels. Bear’s left arm gets wounded from the attack and he gets sick. Crispin and Bear run away and meet Aude and Troth. Aude and Troth cure Bear and provide shelter and food for them. When Bear was recovering from his injury, Aude gets killed by the people who live in a village close by, because she is not a Christian. Bear, Crispin, and Troth flee to a town called Rye. The archer who attacked Bear comes to the town with his friends so Bear and his crew flee again. This time they escape by sea and arrive at Brittany, France. There they meet Dudely, a leader of a gang of thieves. He forces them to join his gang. There’s a treasure in a village that he has wanted for a long time, so he uses Troth and Crispin to steal it while he, Bear, and his gang fights with the soldiers. Another very dangerous and exciting adventure begins!