5/26/2023 0 Comments Out of Focus by Margaret Buffie![]() The lambent language reflects the overwhelming superstitions of the period, and the themes of loyalty, conflict and deception are timeless. ![]() “At the Edge of the World” is even better than its Newbery Award-winning predecessor. Crispin finds help and solace in the friendship of a healer’s apprentice who also is a social outcast. They’re eluding a syndicate known as the Brotherhood, a syndicate convinced that Bear is a traitor.Ĭrispin’s new status as a free man becomes almost nominal as the pair hastens to avoid the pack.Ĭrispin’s thrill at encountering a world beyond his village of Great Wexley is compromised when Bear becomes gravely injured and grows worse when their presence provokes the murder of a new friend. This elegant sequel to Avi’s “Crispin: The Cross of Lead” finds the 14th-century adolescent orphan and his guardian, Bear, on the lam. “Crispin: At the Edge of the World,” by Avi (Hyperion, 240 pages, $16.99) ![]() Digital Replica Edition Home Page Close Menu ![]()
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