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The Seventh Most Important Thing

By Shelley Pearsall
Edition

Library edition with trade jacket added

Publisher Random House Imprint Knopf ISBN

9780553497298

Awards and Honors ALA-CBC Building a Home Library Booklist - 2018
Booklist 2015 Top 10 Books for Youth, Arts
Kirkus Reviews Best Children’s Books of 2015, Middle-Grade
ALA Notable Books for Children 2016, Older Readers
100 Notable Titles for Reading and Sharing 2015, Children’s Books
2015 Cybils Awards Nomination, Young Adult Fiction
Booklist Top 10 Books for Youth 2016, Historical Fiction
ILA Teachers’ Choices, 2016 Reading List
Children’s Book Committee Bank Street College of Education Best Children’s Books of 2016, Coming of Age
William Allen White Children’s Book Awards 2017–2018 Master List, Grades 6–8

The Seventh Most Important Thing

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9780553497298J
CONTENT NOTIFICATIONS

Language: Mild Language,Violence: Mild Violence

1964: After Arthur throws a brick at the “Junk Man,” he expects to go to juvie. Instead, the Junk Man—James Hampton—asks for Arthur’s help collecting foil, mirrors, and more for a mysterious project. Author’s note, with black-and-white photographs of James Hampton, his artwork, and reproductions of his writing.
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Upper Middle School Fiction Plus (Grades 6-8)

Upper Middle School Fiction Plus

Upper Middle School Fiction Plus (Grades 6-8)

For Grades 6-8

This collection features fiction titles selected for older middle school readers who are ready for longer, more layered stories that explore growing independence and changing perspective. Selections include realistic and speculative fiction with increased emotional and narrative complexity, offering stories that look beyond immediate experience and invite readers to engage with broader questions about identity, belonging, and the world around them.

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Fiction, Realistic Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Coming-of-Age

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