The Seventh Most Important Thing by Shelley Pearsall EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
- Author Name: Shelley Pearsall
- Book Genre: Art, Fiction, Historical, Historical Fiction, Middle Grade, Realistic Fiction, Young Adult
- Series Detail:
- ISBN # 9780553497281
- ASIN # 0553497286
- Edition Language: English
- Date of Publication: September 8, 2015
- PDF File Size: 5.0 MB
- EPUB File Size: 4.6 MB
On a bitter November day in Washington, D.C., when everything felt
metallic—when the sky was gray and the wind stung and the dry leaves
were making death-rattle sounds in the alleys—thirteen-year-old Arthur
Owens picked up a brick from the corner of a crumbling building and threw
it at an old man’s head.
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It wasn’t an accident. The brick didn’t topple off the decrepit building. It
didn’t fall from the heavens. Arthur Owens grabbed the brick with his own
hands. He held it for a minute, noticing the cold weight of it—and then he
raised his arm and flung it at the old trash picker known as the Junk Man,
who was pushing a rusty grocery cart down the street.
Lucky for Arthur Owens, it was a windy day and his ability to see things
at a distance had never been good. Also, the front wheel of the grocery cart
wobbled off the sidewalk at precisely the right moment. As the old man
leaned to straighten the cart, Arthur’s brick slammed into his shoulder,
sending him crumpling to the ground and the grocery cart skidding into the
street.
If it hadn’t been for the wind and the wobbly cart and Arthur’s bad aim, it
could have been a lot worse, everybody said. In the hospital later, the Junk
Man told a newspaper reporter he believed it was an act of God.
“You being saved?” the reporter asked, already jotting down the answer
he expected to hear.
“No” was the Junk Man’s odd reply. “Me being hit.”
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