Title Profile & Character Information

The Trumpeter of Krakow
Annotation
A Polish family in the Middle Ages guards a great secret treasure and a boy's memory of an earlier trumpeter of Krakow makes it possible for him to save his father.
Awards
1929  Newbery Medal


Author Notes
  Eric P. Kelly, a student of Slavic culture for most of his life, wrote The Trumpeter of Krakow while teaching and studying at the University of Krakow

Characters
NameCharnetski, Joseph
GenderBoy

NameCharnetski, Andrew
GenderMale

GenreFiction
Juvenile
Historical
TopicsHistory
Middle ages
Good vs. evil
Families
Royalty
War
Homeless
SettingPoland