The words etched on his mother's treasured lead cross may provide some clue, but the priest is murdered before he can tell the illiterate lad what they say. Worse, Crispin is fingered for the ...

Newbery Medalist Avi (Crispin: The Cross of Lead) sets this intriguing ghost story in 19th-century New York City, where a photographer’s apprentice has a horrifying run-in with a spirit bent on ...

Avi's "Crispin: The Cross of Lead" was awarded the 2003 Newbery Medal. Eric Rohmann's "My Friend Rabbit" won the Caldecott Medal for children's book illustration. "Crispin" is a coming-of-age ...

In top awards given annually to children's book writers and illustrators, Crispin: The Cross of Lead, by Avi, received the Newbery Medal for the most distinguished contribution to American ...