One Kid's Trash

<b>From the acclaimed author of <i>Roll with It </i>and <i>Tune It Out </i>comes a funny moving and not to be missed (<i>Kirkus Reviews </i>starred review) 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.</b> <p/>Hugo is <i>not</i> 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. <p/>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?