Answer:
Asher. Jonas's best friend. Asher is a fun-loving, hasty boy who usually speaks too fast, mixing up his words to the exasperation of his teachers and Jonas.
Holden expresses to not be a depresing persoaon but a happy person
(problem) I can't find my pen
(solution) ask someone to lend you one or retrace your day and look around for it.
I'm not sure if I answered this right but I tried
personally i think it is "rootless" as wanderers don't really have family roots in a town or any certain town that they live in because the are travellers.