Crispin at the Edge of the World

The more I came to know of the world, the more I knew I knew it not.

He was a name­less orphan, marked for death by his mas­ters for an unknown crime. Dis­cov­er­ing his name—Crispin—only inten­si­fied the mys­tery. Then Crispin met Bear, who helped him learn the secret of his full iden­ti­ty. And in Bear—the enor­mous, red-beard­ed jug­gler, some­time spy, and every­day philosopher—Crispin also found a new father.

Now Crispin and Bear have set off to live their lives as free men. But they don’t get far before their past catch­es up with them: Bear is being pur­sued by mem­bers of the secret broth­er­hood who believe he is an informer. When Bear is bad­ly wound­ed, it is up to Crispin to make deci­sions about their future: where to go, whom to trust. Along the way, they become entan­gled with an extra­or­di­nary range of peo­ple, each of whom affects Crispin and Bear’s jour­ney in unex­pect­ed ways. To find free­dom and safe­ty, they may have to trav­el to the edge of the world—even if it means con­fronting death itself.

In this riv­et­ing sequel to the New­bery Award–winning Crispin: The Cross of Lead—the sec­ond book in a planned trilogy—Avi explores themes of war, reli­gion, and fam­i­ly as he con­tin­ues the adven­tures of Crispin and Bear.