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The book starts off in England A.D 1377 with a 13 year old boy who went by the name of Asta’s son. When his mother died, he was given a huge problem. Unfairly, he was forced by the town steward, John Aycliffe, to use his only ox to pay his mom’s death tax leaving him with nothing to eat. Being so terrified, and confused he fled into the forest. When night came he realized that he was far from home and did not know where to go. Fortunately, he saw light and two shadows not too far from him and timidly followed it. Noticing the stranger hand a packet with red seals to John Aycliffe, he rose from the bushes to hear more. He and John’s eyes met and he started chasing after him with a sword. To his surprise, he tumbled over a not so high cliff and lost John. …show more content…

The worst death possible was set upon him, it was a wolf’s head and he was also accused of stealing money from the manor house. Not knowing what to do, he decided to go to his priest, Father Quinel, for advice. The priest gave him his mother’s cross of lead with words she wrote on it and revealed to him that his real name was Crispin. The next night he went back to Stromford to find out more information as he was told. Feeling like a fool, he was tricked by a young boy and was led into an angry mob of men with swords and torches. Speeding down a hill as fast as possible, he stopped and found Father Quinel dead by the river. He ran out of the village and ran past the

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