num_pages: 288
description: 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 judgehe is ready to send Arthur to juvie for the foreseeable future. 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 isnt 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 American folk artist James Hampton.
language: English
title: The Seventh Most Important Thing
publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers