I bought this on 7/4 at Powell's City of Books in Portland, OR for $2.95.

c. 1942 -- 317 pages -- Trade Paperback -- Illustrated by Robert Lawson -- Newbery Award -- Minstrels -- Middle Ages -- England

Summary: The adventures of 11-year-old Adam as he travels the open roads of 13th-century England searching for his missing father, a minstrel, and his stolen red spaniel, Nick.

Back Cover: 11-year-old Adam loved to travel through the open roads of 13th-century England with his father, a wandering minstrel, and his red spaniel, Nick. But when his father suddenly disappears and Nick is stolen, Adam finds himself alone searching these same roads filled with rich merchants, pilgrims with cockleshells upon their hats, farming folk driving pigs to the fair, minstrels and priests, saints and thieves -- and somewhere in the crowd his father and his dog.

I finished reading this book last night. It's a good read about the many adventures Adam has traveling on the road looking for his dad and dog, which he keeps getting separated from. He has a true and kind heart which helps him survive. I wish he would have been able to get his harp back in the end, since you can't sing while playing a flute.

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