TRASH
By: Sharon Darrow.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 148
ISBN-13: 9780763626242
Subjects: Brothers and sisters -- Fiction.; Foster home care -- Fiction.; Graffiti -- Fiction.; Novels in verse.; Brothers and sisters -- Juvenile fiction.; Foster home care -- Juvenile fiction.; Graffiti -- Juvenile fiction.; Novels in verse.
Genres: Fiction.; Juvenile fiction.
Description: Graffiti artists Sissy Lexie and younger brother Boy try to maintain a sense of family while living in a series of foster homes and staying with their older sister, until a tragic accident forces Sissy to make decisions about her future. For sixteen-year-old Sissy and her brother Boy, trash is a reminder of one too many sorry foster placements they've endured, a way of life they can't wait to escape. Now on the run in search of their big sister Raynell, ironically they are forced to rely on their trash-picking skills for sustenance and shelter. Reunited at last with Raynell in St. Louis, Boy and Sissy shed their old identities, reinvent themselves as graffiti artists, and splash their new names on city bridges and walls. But one night's expedition goes horribly wrong, and Sissy looks again to trash, this time as the beginning of something artful and beautiful.
Notes: A Junior Library Guild selection.