Overview
āThe lyrical prose style is reminiscent of Delia Owensās Where the Crawdads Sing but the suspension of disbelief and ability to connect to the wacky characters is what readers will find most engaging about the story.āāSchool Library Journal
"The Art of Dumpster DivingĀ packs a wallop. Glorious storytelling in an authentic voice.āāĀ Adriana Trigiani New York Times bestselling author ofĀ Big Stone GapĀ andĀ Tony's Wife
āA moving and heart-felt Ā story of family and community, and the symbiotic ways the two can shape and sustain one another.āāĀ Jo Watson Hackl,Ā Author ofĀ Smack Dab in the Middle of Maybe, Winner,Ā Southern Book Prize for Childrenās Literature
From award-winning author Jennifer Moses comes an incredible story of the power of family, love and the human-spirit.
Sixteen-year-old James and his little brother, Danny, live in Crystal Springs, Louisiana, with their grandmother, mother, and first cousin, Lila. The family is working class, proud, strict, and church-going. When a big, clumsy boy named Gabriel moves up the street with his minuscule and mysterious āauntie,ā James has a new friend who he loves and hates in equal measure. When Grandma dies and Lila runs away, James and Dannyās mother struggles to make things work, but somethingās wrong, so wrong that one awful day, James finds his mother lying in her bed, dead. Panicked, he runs to the only person he can think of, his friend Gabriel. Gabriel insists that if the authorities know that there are no adults at home, theyāll send James and Danny away to foster care or worse, and ends up convincing James that the only way to maintain any kind of decent life for himself and his little brother is to carry on as if things are normal. The boys bury the body under an abandoned house, and, as James tries to make ends meet (procuring food from dumpsters) things become increasingly desperate.Ā Ā āØāØItās Gabriel who comes up with a āmaster planā to find a woman who looks enough like the boysā mother that she can pass for her---and get money out of the bank. They recruit Lucetta from a soup kitchen, and she moves in. For a while, things begin to look up---and then they fall apart completely. But in the process of losing everything, James and his brother Danny gain a new family, one based on grit, faith and hope.
ĀThis book title, The Art of Dumpster Diving - 9781684424627, ISBN: 9781684424627, by Jennifer Anne Moses, published by Turner Publishing Company (March 17, 2020) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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