Artist Diane Thornton | California Artist Diane Thornton
UNDERGROUND CITIES, IMPRISONED GHOSTS, SPACE-TIME CONNIBULATORS… Ms. Thornton’s imaginative fiction knows no bounds…
SCRAP CITY Grades 4-7, 352 pp Capstone Young Readers; ISBN 978-1-623-70297-7
WHEN FIFTH-GRADER Jerome Barnes first meets Arkie in the local junkyard, he can’t believe his eyes. For Arkie is no ordinary kid. He looks more like a robot. Or a toy. That’s because Arkie’s from Smithytowne, far beneath the surface, w here everything — even the people — are made entirely of Topside discards: street signs, bicycles, vacuum cleaners, you name it.
Artist Diane Thornton | California Artist Diane Thornton