Rebecca Donnelly and 1 more

Cora Davis' s life is garbage.

Literally.

Her professor parents study what happens to trash after it gets thrown away, and Cora knows exactly how it feels--to be thrown away.

Between her mom and dad separating and a fallout with her best friend, fifth grade for Cora has been a year of feeling like being tossed into the dumpster.

But Cora has learned a couple of things from her parents' trash-tracking studies: Things don't always go where they're supposed to, and sometimes the things you thought you got rid of come back.

And occasionally, one person's trash is another's treasure, which Cora and Sybella learn when they come across a diary detailing best-friendship problems.