13 year-old Arnold Hutton is the son of a bound man, but he has been educated with the master's son as part of a test by John Wycliffe, who believes that the poor can be educated just as well as the rich, which was previously unheard of. Arnold is deeply inspired by Wycliffe, and young readers will learn about this influential man as Arnold and his friends work to protect him from spies. Will they be able to save him and his English translation of the Bible from the enemies he's made from speaking the gospel?