title: Trash Can Days: A Middle School Saga
author:  Teddy Steinkellner 
description: "Steinkellner skillfully juggles a large cast, giving even minor characters distinctive voices and making their disappointments and growth feel real."--<b><i>Publishers Weekly</i></b>
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  # School Girl
  
  
  ### Garbage Collector #3
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Dan Ames
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ![Slogan Books](../images/00002.jpeg)
  
  
  ![Slogan Books](../images/00001.jpeg)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Foreword](part0003.html#2RHM0-b06653e5a5ea41d6b207895c1b1968d9)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [SCHOOL GIRL](part0004.html#3Q280-b06653e5a5ea41d6b207895c1b1968d9)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 1](part0006.html#5N3C0-b06653e5a5ea41d6b207895c1b1968d9)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 2](part0007.html#6LJU0-b06653e5a5ea41d6b207895c1b1968d9)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 3](part0008.html#7K4G0-b06653e5a5ea41d6b207895c1b1968d9)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 4](part0009.html#8IL20-b06653e5a5ea41d6b207895c1b1968d9)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 5](part0010.html#9H5K0-b06653e5a5ea41d6b207895c1b1968d9)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 6](part0011.html#AFM60-b06653e5a5ea41d6b207895c1b1968d9)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 7](part0012.html#BE6O0-b06653e5a5ea41d6b207895c1b1968d9)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 8](part0013.html#CCNA0-b06653e5a5ea41d6b207895c1b1968d9)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 9](part0