In the literature world written pieces are divided into fiction and non-fiction. Within fiction there are many good genres such as mystery, historical fiction, fantasy, and science-fiction, to name a few. Historical fiction can use real settings and real events but with fictional people, or real people and settings but made up events. Historical fiction uses facts from the time period to support the story. A good example of historical fiction it Crispin by Avi, because is uses realistic characters that are true to that time period, accurate descriptions about Medieval settings, and precise facts about the medieval church.

In any good novel, especially in historical fiction realistic characters play a vital part in making it a good novel. Three main characters in Crispin are; Crispin, Bear, and Steward John Aycliffe. Crispin was among the 90% of peasants during the Middle Ages. Peasant life would be, (Trueman...peasant...