num_pages: 160
description: Having been left on the doorstep of the CarbunclesÆ home, brothers William and Jules find little love in their adoptive home as they are forced to live in an attic, yet when things become even worse, William decides to take his one possession, a string dulcimer, and flee his situation in the hopes of finding a better life for the both of them.
language: English
title: The Dulcimer Boy
titlecomplete: The Dulcimer Boy
genres: Childrens, Fiction
ratings_count: 88
awards: awardedAt: 315561600000
name: Washington State Book Award
publisher: HarperCollins/Laura Geringer Books