Ordinary trash becomes extraordinary at the magical School of Garbageâa summer school for young garbologists.
Garbage has come to life as animated creatures called junklets are wreaking havoc in elementary schools. Only the specially trained kids from the magical School of Garbage can stop the rise of the trash monsters. With the school's magical janitorial suppliesâbrooms that can fly, toilet plungers that can reverse gravity, and mops that can capture anything in their stringsâthe ordinary becomes extraordinary.
Landon Murphy discovers the undercover janitorial world when his soon-to-be stepsister, Jade Shu, guides him through a magical portal at the bottom of a dumpster that leads to a fantastical landfill and the home of the School of Garbage, where she has secretly been a student for the last few years.
Problems at home with his family make it hard for Landon to feel like he belongs anywhere, but he is quickly welcomed as a student at the intriguing school for wizard-like janitors. His class on the science of garbology is like being a crime-scene investigator, and every student gets to bond with one of three Servitesâsmall, magical animals who exhale enchanted dust to help kids focus or be creative or have energy.
Landon and Jadeâalong with their allies from the original seriesâare tasked to take out the trash and figure out whoâor whatâis behind the mysterious garbage attacks and stop them before the entire world is literally trashed.
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- ISBN: 9781649331953
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- ISBN: 9781649331953
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July 1, 2023
Students trained in the use of magic janitorial tools face giant trash monsters in this series opener set in the world of Whitesides' popular Janitors series. Mopping up terrifying monsters as part of the crew of a weaponized garbage truck is just one of the highlights of the summer before sixth grade for Landon Murphy after he reluctantly teams up with his weird stepsister-to-be, Jade Shu, and snotty know-it-all classmate, Sabra Malik, at a school located in a seemingly endless landfill ("I think we're somewhere in Texas"). There, along with learning how to put pushbrooms, plungers, and like implements to decidedly unconventional uses, he and his teammates sweep up clues to the reasons behind a sudden rash of massive trash attacks in the outside world on the way to disposing of a fiendish threat. Returning fans will welcome some familiar characters--including supposedly vanquished villains--as well as more janitor gags to wince at ("What did the janitor say when he jumped out of the closet?" "Supplies!") and desperate struggles aplenty with towering assemblages of animated detritus. Whitesides buries a subplot involving Landon's feelings about his dad's upcoming remarriage and leaves the end of the climactic battle offstage. Still, the stepsibs do end up more closely bonded, and there's more than enough gross, slimy action before the finale to sweep readers along. Landon reads white; names cue some diversity in the cast. Garbage in...gold--or at least a few sweepings of gold dust--out. (reading guide) (Fantasy. 9-13)COPYRIGHT(2023) Kirkus Reviews, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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