Review: "The Seventh Most Important Thing," by Shelley Pearsall

When Arthur sees the neighborhood junk man walking down the street in his dead father's hat, he snaps. He throws a brick at the man and injures him pretty severely. The junk man speaks to the judge and convinces him to assign community service hours to Arthur in the form of helping the man collect his "junk." Arthur arrives at the junk man's garage to find a list of the seven most important things that he must look for. Arthur thinks the man is crazy but he gets to work. At first, Arthur only halfheartedly looks for the items (aluminum cans, glass bottles, mirrors, cardboard, lightbulbs, etc.) but he soon discovers that the junk man is using the items to create an artistic vision of Heaven. This is based on a true story and has images in the back of the book of the artwork in its entirety.

Mrs. Denney's Rating: ****

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