Trash Mountain

Ben Shippers has a secret passion for Trash Mountain, a noxious landfill next to his house. After a botched attempt to destroy it, he begins a years-long infiltration operation that leads him to drop out of school and work alongside homeless trash-pickers. His boss, a charismatic would-be titan of sanitation, shows him the intricate moralities of the trash industry, forcing him to choose between monetary stability and his environmental principles.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 256 pages
Publication date: 10 June 2018
Publisher: Red Hen Press

Ben Shippers has little use for school, friends, or pretty much anyone except his witty sister, but he does have a secret passion: Trash Mountain, the central feature of the noxious landfill next to his house, the fumes from which have made his sister ill. After a botched attempt to destroy Trash Mountain with a homemade firebomb, Ben begins a years-long infiltration operation that leads him to drop out of school to work alongside homeless trash-pickers, and then, eventually, intern at the very place he meant to destroy. Bens boss there, a charismatic would-be titan of sanitation, shows Ben the intricate moralities of the trash industry, forcing him to choose between monetary stability and his environmental principles. With dark humor, Trash Mountain reflects on life in small southern cities in decline and an adolescents search for fundamental values without responsible adults to lead the way.

Weight: 294g
Dimension: 141 x 215 x 25 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781597099103