The Seventh Most Important Thing

Author: Pearsall, Shelley

Brand: Penguin Random House

Color: Sky/Pale blue

Edition: Reprint

Features:

• Yearling Books

Binding: Paperback

Format: Illustrated

Number Of Pages: 288

Release Date: 04-10-2016

Part Number: Illustrated

Details: This “luminescent” (Kirkus Reviews) story of anger and art, loss and
redemption will appeal to fans of Lisa Graff’s Lost in the Sun and Vince
Vawter’s Paperboy.
Arthur T. Owens grabbed a brick and hurled it at the trash picker. Arthur had
his reasons and the brick hit the Junk Man in the arm, not the head. But none
of that matters to the judge—he is ready to send Arthur to juvie forever.
Amazingly, it’s the Junk Man himself who offers an alternative: 120 hours of
community service…working for him.
Arthur is given a rickety shopping cart and a list of the Seven Most Important
Things: glass bottles, foil, cardboard, pieces of wood, lightbulbs, coffee cans,
and mirrors. He can’t believe it—is he really supposed to rummage through
people’s trash? But it isn’t long before Arthur realizes there’s more to the Junk
Man than meets the eye and the “trash” he’s collecting is being transformed
into something more precious than anyone could imagine….
Inspired by the work of folk artist James Hamp. . .

EAN: 9780553497311

Package Dimensions: 7.6 x 5.1 x 0.8 inches

Languages: English