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A preceptive boy worries the landfill across the street is on the verge of collapse, forming a brave plan to save his dad who works at the top of the heap.
Nathan Savage has always been fascinated by anything that moves; he sees movement others don't notice. But what he sees now out his living room window sets off major alarm bells-the massive landfill across the road is shifting, and could be heading toward a catastrophic landslide.
The landfill is also where Nathan's dad works, on the top of the heap driving the huge compactor that crushes the garbage with its enormous metal wheels. The more Nathan watches the landfill, the more worried he becomes. What will happen to his father if he's at work when the garbage hill collapses? A fate that seems closer and closer to happening every day if Nathan doesn't act soon. But how does a ten-year old boy stop a force of nature? In this fascinating and fast-paced story, author Betty Culley exposes kids to lots of garbage, and the natural and environmental impact country landfills have on local towns. Betty Culley is the award-winning author of young adult and middle grade novels. Her YA verse novels are Three Things I Know Are True (Top Ten Indie Next Kids' List) and The Name She Gave Me (Golden Kite Finalist). Her middle grade novels are Down to Earth (Junior Library Guild Selection) and The Natural Genius of Ants (Green Earth Book Award Long List). She's worked as a pediatric nurse and lives in a small town in central Maine.
Nathan Savage has always been fascinated by anything that moves; he sees movement others don't notice. But what he sees now out his living room window sets off major alarm bells-the massive landfill across the road is shifting, and could be heading toward a catastrophic landslide.
The landfill is also where Nathan's dad works, on the top of the heap driving the huge compactor that crushes the garbage with its enormous metal wheels. The more Nathan watches the landfill, the more worried he becomes. What will happen to his father if he's at work when the garbage hill collapses? A fate that seems closer and closer to happening every day if Nathan doesn't act soon. But how does a ten-year old boy stop a force of nature? In this fascinating and fast-paced story, author Betty Culley exposes kids to lots of garbage, and the natural and environmental impact country landfills have on local towns. Betty Culley is the award-winning author of young adult and middle grade novels. Her YA verse novels are Three Things I Know Are True (Top Ten Indie Next Kids' List) and The Name She Gave Me (Golden Kite Finalist). Her middle grade novels are Down to Earth (Junior Library Guild Selection) and The Natural Genius of Ants (Green Earth Book Award Long List). She's worked as a pediatric nurse and lives in a small town in central Maine.