Tom Slade is the terror of Barrel Alley, a truant who throws mud at shop windows and skips school every Monday. A scoutmaster sees something in him, and through jail, a scout camp, a film company’s location shoot and his first real test of honour in the woods, Tom slowly learns to stand straight and keep his word. His early behaviour includes ethnic taunts of its time.
The first of Fitzhugh’s long-running Tom Slade series, a classic of early Boy Scout fiction. Download the free EPUB.