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One Kid's Trash
One Kid's Trash | Jamie Sumner
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From the acclaimed author of Roll with It and Tune It Out comes a funny and moving middle grade novel about a boy who uses his unusual talent for decoding people’s trash to try to fit in at his new school. Hugo is not happy about being dragged halfway across the state of Colorado just because his dad had a midlife crisis and decided to become a ski instructor. It’d be different if Hugo weren’t so tiny, if girls didn’t think he was adorable like a puppy in a purse and guys didn’t call him “leprechaun” and rub his head for luck. But here he is, the tiny new kid on his first day of middle school. When his fellow students discover his remarkable talent for garbology, the science of studying trash to tell you anything you could ever want to know about a person, Hugo becomes the cool kid for the first time in his life. But what happens when it all goes to his head?
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This was a fun look at what your garbage reveals about you; a skill that Hugo picks up as a way to impress some friends. Friendship, standing up for yourself, and parenting are all part of this interesting middle grade fiction. .

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A MG story about a kid whose superpower is reading trash (think Sherlock Holmes) to deduce all sorts of everything about everyone? Yes please! Hugo, long the smallest & often one of the most bullied kids in class, finally makes a name for himself when reading people‘s trash turns out to be not only cool but also helpful…which of course also leads to trouble. Occasionally formulaic, this story has important lessons & laugh out loud moments.

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