For those of you who don’t know, D.A.R is a writing competition. They make it mandatory to do at my school, so I decided to work harder this year on my project, enabling myself to make it in the top five in my class. They change the topic each year, and this year’s topic was… Continue reading My D.A.R.

Crispin The Cross of Lead by Avi is about how a young boy is born into a family of serfs and is at the bottom of the class system. Crispin has experienced many deaths throughout his life such as his mother named Asta. As soon as his mother dies, Crispin runs away only to know… Continue reading Crispin The Cross of Lead summary