Crispin: At the Edge of the World

by Avi

Hardcover, 2006

Call number

JF AVI

Publication

Disney-Hyperion (2006), Edition: 1st, 234 pages

Description

Branded as traitors by the king's authorities, Crispin and his guardian, Bear, flee to coastal towns in fourteenth-century England, where they perform a musical juggling act and bond as a family after befriending a disfigured girl.

User reviews

LibraryThing member elbakerone
Crispin: At the Edge of the World picks up right where its predecessor, Crispin: The Cross of Lead, left off. The reader is reunited with the young boy Crispin and his surrogate father a juggler named Bear leaving the town of Great Wexly. New characters are introduced in the story when Bear is
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injured and seeks help from a pagan healer. The old crone has a young disfigured girl working with her and the girl soon joins Bear and Crispin for further adventures.

Though not quite as compelling a story as Cross of Lead, Avi delivers plenty of action and his careful attention to historical details bring the time period to life. Overall, Edge of the World is a good sequel that young readers - both boys and girls - will greatly enjoy.
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LibraryThing member mayaspector
Crispin's adventures in 14 th century England continue in this sequel to the Newbery Award winner, Crispin: The Cross of Lead. Crispin and his mentor Bear have escaped one set of troubles only to plunge immediately into another. Pursued and injured by members of Bear's former Brotherhood who
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unjustly accuse him of betraying them, the two escape into a forest. There they find refuge with an old pagan healer, Aude, and her disfigured apprentice, Troth. After Aude is brutally killed by vengeful villagers, Bear, Crispin and Troth are on the run again, making their way to the coast where they intend to sail to a kinder land. Things don't turn out as they hoped – Bear is not fully healed, and the ship they take gets caught in a deadly storm, stranding them on the shore of Brittany where they are captured by a rogue band of British soldiers.

The times are grim and violent and the people often superstitious and cruel. But the deep relationships between the main characters and the adventure-filled plot (and the fine writing) make this a wonderful read. We'll look forward to the third in the series!
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LibraryThing member wiremonkey
The adventures of Crispin and Bear continue exactly where they left off: as they are leaving the town of Great Wexly. Things are going badly for Bear, who had been beaten nearly to death in the last book. They stop at a farmhouse to purchase some ale and are confronted by one of Ball's brotherhood,
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who fears that Bear has betrayed them. As they flee from him,, he shoots Bear in the arm with an arrow. Fearing for the life of his new found father, Crispin accepts the help of an old hag and her deformed foster daughter. What will become of them? Is the hag a witch? Can Crispin find it within himself to trust these two strange creatures? Crispin tackles with the prejudices and suspicions he has inherited from the little religious instruction he has been given and struggles to act as he thinks a man should.
Once again, Avi offers up a fast paced gripping adventure story set in the middle ages. My only quibble with it is that it was not long enough. I mean really not long enough. The conclusion seems abrupt and the characters are left dangling in a limbo of semi self-realization. It feels as if the author got up from the desk to get some coffee and forgot to come back. Hopefully another sequel will be on the way to pick up the ball.
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LibraryThing member EndsWell
This sequel to Crispin: The Cross of Lead continues Crispin's sad journey. Summary: "Branded as traitors by the king's authorities, Crispin and his guardian, Bear, flee to coastal towns in fourteenth-century England, where they perform a musical juggling act and bond as a family after befriending a
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disfigured girl." This becomes rather melancholic at times, but it's worth a look on a quiet evening. Includes a strong message about acceptance and love.
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LibraryThing member bibliophile26
I didn't enjoy this sequel as much as I did the first book. It is set in 13th/14th century England. Crispin, a teenager, and his friend/surrogate father Bear are on the run from a society of which Bear is an ex-member. They meet a mute, disfigured girl who joins their journey. The book left a lot
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unfinished, especially what the purpose of the society is or why they are after Bear. There obviously has to be a third book to resolve these things.
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LibraryThing member goodnightmoon
Much diminished from the first book. I kept waiting for the story to start, but instead it felt like a big lead-up to... nothing.

Also, the worst two names ever are Aude and Troth. Ack!
LibraryThing member SandraKLee
This is the sequel to the book Crispin, which was awarded the Newbery. Avi has been awarded two Newbery awards.
LibraryThing member TheMadHatters
second in the series. I really enjoy the series
LibraryThing member br14jabu
I did not like the book Crispin: At The Edge Of The World, by Avi because I did not understand the story. Maybe it was because it was the sequel to Crispin: The Cross Of Lead. The information was too hidden for me and I had to look up the information about the book to see what was going on. So,
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even though I dropped it, I can’t really say it was a bad book, just confusing!
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LibraryThing member fingerpost
The second book in the Crispin trilogy is notably weaker than the first as far as the plot goes. While the first was focused, concise, and always moving forward with a tremendous amount happening for a book of this length, At the Edge of the World felt too loose. The story line amounted to little
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more than Bear and Crispin running away from those hunting them.
I did appreciate the addition of Troth though. Early in the book, Crispin and Bear meet Troth, an orphaned girl, who is smart, loyal, and kind, but very ugly, due largely to a hare lip, and due to that, extremely shy as well. Troth grew on me very quickly, and I was glad she was not left behind when Crispin and Bear moved on.
Still, I'm hoping the final volume of the trilogy will be a bit more focused and purposeful.
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LibraryThing member Sonya.Contreras
A second in a series. Crispin must take care of the man who had taken care of him in the first of the series. The roles have changed and Crispin finds he knows very little.

The adventures compels the reader through the unknown, as Crispin struggles to help, protect and provide for Bear.

The boys
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hated to put it down. And didn't want it to end.
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Pages

234

ISBN

078685152X / 9780786851522

Lexile

730L
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