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“TheDump”iswhatDougSwieteckcallshisnewhomeinupstateNewYork.Helandsthereinthesummerof1968,whentheApollospacemissionsareunderway,JoePepitoneissluggingfortheNewYorkYankees,andtheVietnamWarisraging.Athomeheliveswithafatherwhohaslosthiswayandabrotheraccusedofrobbery.AndDoug’soldestbrotherisreturningfromVietnam.Whoknowswhatwoundshismissionshavegivenhim?ButDoughashisownmission,too,anditbeginswhenhefirstseestheplatesofJohnJamesAudubon’sBirdsofAmericaatthelocallibrary.HismissionwillleadhimtoLilSpicer,whoshowshimhowtodrinkareallycoldCoke,toMrs.Windermere,whodragshimtoatheateropening,andtothecustomersofhisSaturdaygrocerydeliveries,whotogetherwillopenaworldasstrangetohimasthelunarlandscape.Swieteck,whofirstappearedinGaryD.Schmidt’sNewberyHonorbookTheWednesdayWars,willdiscoverthetransformingpowerofartoverdisasterinastoryaboutcreativityandloss,loveandrecovery,andsurvival.