Pearsall, Shelley.

The seventh most important thing / 7th most important thing Shelley Pearsall. - 1st Yearling ed. 2016. - New York : Yearling, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, 2016. �2015 - 278 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.

"A Yearling book."

School Library Journal starred, July 2015 Booklist starred, August 2015 Kirkus Starred, July 2015 Horn Book, April 2016 Bulletin (Center for Children's books), November 2015

"In 1963, thirteen-year-old Arthur is sentenced to community service helping the neighborhood Junk Man after he throws a brick at the old man's head in a moment of rage, but the junk he collects might be more important than he suspects. Inspired by the work of American folk artist James Hampton"--Provided by publisher.

5.1. 5-8 Follett School Solutions.



9780553497311


Hampton, James, 1909-1964 --Fiction.


Artists--Fiction.
Folk art--Fiction.
African Americans--Fiction.
Punishment--Fiction.

PZ7.P3166 / Se 2016

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