Just one week until school starts. One week until Mattie Breen is the new girl again. One week until she has to introduce herself – and try to make friends.
Unless she can convince her Uncle Potluck, the school janitor, to take her on as a custodial apprentice. Then she’ll have important work to do during lunch and recess. Work that will keep her safely away from the other fifth-graders. All she has to do is stick to the custodial wisdom she writes in her notebook.
Too bad her notebook doesn’t tell her what to do when Quincy Sweet keeps popping up out of nowhere. Or how to talk to Mama about things that really matter…
