The Key to Garbage Court

An unflinchingly honest, big-hearted novel in verse about a boy living in poverty who refuses to let the world’s expectations define him, perfect for fans of Crenshaw.

Everyone calls it Garbage Court because nothing good ever happens there. Still, Mason and his family are doing their best to make their apartment in the condemned building feel like home. Mason is used to people deciding who he is before he even speaks: the angry troublemaker who’ll never succeed, the kid from the bad side of ...