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