The Loner
Ester Wier
Paperback
(Scholastic, Jan. 1, 1969)
From the back of the book: What's his name? Where does he come from? The boy does not know. He's been alone for years, wandering up and down the country. Long ago, he decided the only way to get along was to look out for himself. "I don't need help from anybody!" he tells the world. And then he finds out how wrong he was...