The Tuesday Cafe by Don Trembath

It all started with a small fire in a garbage can. Unfortunately, the garbage can was in the hallway of Harper’s school….

Harper Winslow has some problems. His parents don’t seem to understand what is going on in his life at all. He is not doing well at school. And a juvenile court judge has just ordered him to write a 2000-word essay on how he’s going to turn his life around.

Now his mother has enrolled him in a writing class called the Tuesday Café, but it’s not quite what she expected.




"It all started with a small fire in a garbage can. Unfortunately, the garbage can was in the hallway of Harper's school and?"


"My hands started shaking."



"This isn't a story about not getting invited to a party," I said.

"Maybe not, but that's what it sounds like," said Del.


"A letter to mom and dad."


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