Shelley Pearsall, Tbc
The Seventh Most Important Thing
Audio CD
(Brilliance Audio CD Oct. 1, 2015)
, Unabridged edition
One Kid. One Crime. One Chance to Make Things Right
It was a bitterly cold day when 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 for the foreseeable future. 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 American folk artist James Hampton, award-winning author Shelley Pearsall has
crafted an affecting and redemptive novel about discovering what shines within us all, even when life seems full of darkness.
It was a bitterly cold day when 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 for the foreseeable future. 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 American folk artist James Hampton, award-winning author Shelley Pearsall has
crafted an affecting and redemptive novel about discovering what shines within us all, even when life seems full of darkness.
- ISBN
- 1511334738 / 9781511334730
- Weight
- 8.3 oz.
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