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 judgehe is ready to send Arthur to juvie forever. Amazingly, its 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 cant believe itis he really supposed to rummage through peoples trash? But it isn't long before Arthur realizes theres more to the Junk Man than meets the eye, and the trash hes collecting is being transformed into something more precious than anyone could imagine. . . .Inspired by the work of folk artist James Hampton, Shelley Pearsall has crafted an affecting and redemptive novel about discovering what shines within us all, even when life seems full of darkness.Amovingexploration of how there is often so much more than meets the eye. [This book description comes from a different edition of this title. Please report any inaccuracies].

 

 

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

This book has been graded for interest at 10-13 years.

There are 288 pages in this book. This book was published in 2016 by Turtleback Books .