In Avi’s Crispin, Asta’s son, Crispin, is “mistakenly” charged, with burglary and the murder of a priest. After the death of his mother, the steward of the manor proclaims him a wolf head, where anyone may take his life without punishment. Crispin escapes his village, Stromford in a perilous adventure to explore liberty. On his jeopardous journey, he is hunted down by his foes, who are destined to take his life. He encounters a juggler called Bear, who greatly impacts his life for the better. Although Crispin, is not capable of having his own opinions and being individualistic at the start of the novel, by the end, he justifies that he is deserving of being able to navigate through the world with his new life and ways of thinking on relationships,
