In the book The Seventh Most Important Thing, the author wants me to feel like there is more to people than their reputation, also relating to not judging a book by its cover. The author shows this by letting the reader have an inside scoop on the life of Arthur Owens, criminal. The author wants to show that there is more to a criminal like Arthur Owens than his mugshot. In this book, Arthur is released from Juvie, with no sentence except for working for the man he threw a brick, at for a total of 120 hours. Throughout this book we learn that Arthur misses his father, who recently passed away, to the point where he threw a brick at Mr. Hampton also known as the junk man. In this story we learn how Arthur’s life is changed when he gets back