In Grace Taber Hallock’s fantasy The Boy Who Was, Nino, a boy given eternal youth by the Sirens, relates what he’s seen and done in his Italian coastal town over thousands of years, from the time of Odysseus to 1927. The book, with illustrations by Harrie Wood, was one of the Newbery Honor books of 1929.

When this book joins the public domain in 56 days, we’ll be able not only to freely read it, but freely write further adventures of Nino to and beyond the present. #PublicDomainDayCountdown