hampton, james

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.

"In 1963, thirteen-year-old Arthur is sentenced to community service helping the neighborhood Junk Man after he throws a brick at the old man's head in a moment of rage, but the junk he collects might be more important than he suspects. Inspired by the work of American folk artist James Hampton"--.