The Seventh Most Important Thing
The Seventh Most Important Thing
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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.
NOMINATED FOR 16 STATE AWARDS!
AN ALA NOTABLE BOOK
AN ILA TEACHERS CHOICE
A KIRKUS REVIEWS BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR
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 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 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.
（文字整理/羅美文）
Arthur T. Owens抓起一塊磚頭，朝著撿垃圾的人投去。Arthur有他的理由，那塊磚頭擊中了垃圾人的手臂，而不是頭部。但這一切對法官來說都無關緊要 — 他準備永遠把Arthur送進少年監獄。令人驚訝的是，垃圾人自己提出了一個替代方案：120小時的社區服務…為他工作。
Arthur被分配了一輛破爛的購物推車和一份「七項最重要的事物」清單：玻璃瓶、錫箔、紙板、木塊、燈泡、咖啡罐和鏡子。他無法相信這是真的 — 他真的應該在人們的垃圾中翻找嗎？但不久後，Arthur意識到垃圾人背後的故事遠比表面看到的更多，而他所收集的「垃圾」正在轉變成比任何人都能想像的更寶貴的東西……
受民間藝術家詹姆斯·漢普頓(James Hampton) 作品的啟發，雪萊·皮爾索爾(Shelley Pearsall) 創作了一部感人至深的救贖小說，講述即使生活看似充滿黑暗，也能發現我們所有人內心的閃光點。
