From the acclaimed author of Roll with It and Tune It Out comes a funny, moving, and not to be missed (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) middle grade novel about a boy who uses his unusual talent for decoding peoples trash to try to fit in at his new school. Hugo is not happy about being dragged halfway across the state of Colorado just because his dad had a midlife crisis and decided to become a ski instructor. Itd be different if Hugo werent so tiny, if girls didnt think he was adorable like a puppy in a purse and guys didnt call him leprechaun and rub his head for luck. But here he is, the tiny new kid on his first day of middle school. When his fellow students discover his remarkable talent for garbology, the science of studying trash to tell you anything you could ever want to know about a person, Hugo becomes the cool kid for the first time in his life. But what happens when it all goes to his head?

 

 

This book is aimed at children at US 5th grade+.

This book has been graded for interest at 10 years.

There are 256 pages in this book. This book was published in 2022 by Simon & Schuster .

Jamie Sumner's work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and other publications. She loves stories that celebrate the grit and beauty in all kids and is the author of the middle grade novel Roll with It. She is also the mother to a son with cerebral palsy and lives with her family in Nashville, Tennessee. Visit her at Jamie-Sumner. com.