Henry Carter Hull

A dark, dystopian novel from the author of City of Ghosts . Four children live on an island that serves as the repository for all the world's garbage. Trash arrives, the children sort it, and then they feed it to a herd of insatiable pigs: a perfect system. But when a barrel washes ashore with a boy inside, the children must decide whether he is more of the world's detritus, meant to be fed to the pigs, or whether he is one of them. Written in exquisitely...

That potato chip bag you tossed in your trash can this afternoon -- where does it go when it leaves your house? Garbage: Follow the Path of Your Trash with Science Activities for Kids invites middle graders to investigate the world of trash! The average American produces more than four pounds of trash every day -- multiply that by 300 million people and you've got a lot of garbage! Where does it go? How does it break down? What are the challenges...