Toward 20th day their father demonstrates to you you to dogs commonly greeting on the project where they live

Susan Cooper, The Dark is Rising . Thanks for the suggestion but that isn’t the one. https://lovingwomen.org/es/blog/mejores-paises-con-las-esposas-mas-leales/ Setting is a world other than our own. The boy is being pursued through much of the book and the symbol on the staff(?) is evidence of his destiny. I think his pursuers sought to kill him initially and failed. Limited on how much I could put in the original post by PayPal though honestly my memory is the biggest limitation here. Patricia McKillip, Riddlemaster of Hed , 1976. Some details don’t match exactly, but it sounds like McKillip ‘s Riddlemaster trilogy. Morgon has three stars on his forehead, and also obtains a harp with the three stars. They are key to his destiny. Some people do try to kill him and he wanders throughout the land, meeting up with (among other people) a shape-shifter who turns into a crow for a time. Not absolutely sure but a staff may also be involved.…