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A 2011 YA novel by Daniel Kraus. The plot revolves around Joey Crouch, an ordinary (if a bit sheltered) 16 year-old who after his beloved mother's death, is sent to rural Iowa to live with the father he has never known and who wants nothing to do with him, preferring to go on trips for unknown periods of time, leaving him starving. To make matters worse, Joey instantly becomes a pariah at his new school due to his father's reputation as "The Garbage Man" (despite never taking anybody's trash) and the bad odor of his dad's cabin sticking to his skin.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })Eventually, Joey finds out what his dad actually does for a living: he's a Digger; a member of a secret society of grave robbers who date since the ninetieth-century with the Scottish resurrection men.At first, Joey is grossed out by the truth behind his dad's work but is also oddly interested in it. He then insists to his dad to teach him, leading to his life taking a turn to the macabre and exhilarating. The problem is, how far this is going to take him? | |
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Adults Are Useless: The school faculty does nothing about the horrible bullying Joey is submitted to through most of the book (with one of the teaches even joining in) and only noticing that he has been starving after caughting him stealing from someone's locker. After that incident, they do step in by putting Joey in a free lunch program and summoning Harnett to stop going out on such long trips (although it's noted to be mostly motivated for their antipathy for "The Garbage Man" than any sort of concern over Joey). | |
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Abusive Parents: Joey's father Ken Harnett is the neglectful version. He wants nothing to do with his son and leaves him alone for days on end without food, to the point that Joey tries to steal lunch money from someone's locker. However, after he starts teaching Joey about grave-robbing, he becomes a more attentive father and grows to love him. | |
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