Pearsall, Shelley,

The seventh most important thing / Shelley Pearsall. - 278 pages ; 22 cm

"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 Arthur collects might be more important than he suspects. Inspired by the work of American folk artist James Hampton"--

9780553497281 (hardback) 9780553497298 (hardcover library binding)

2014047761


Hampton, James, 1909-1964 --Juvenile fiction.
Hampton, James, 1909-1964 --Fiction.


Artists--Fiction.
Folk art--Fiction.
African Americans--Fiction.
Community service (Punishment)--Fiction.

PZ7.P3166 / Se 2015

[Fic]