Eleven-year-old Joyce lives with her reclusive uncle, Old Dad, who runs the town garbage dump--which is why the kids at school call her the Dump Queen. Her only friend is Mrs. Fish, the new school custodian whose wild outfits and uninhibited personality inspire her nickname,...
A friendless girl, teased mercilessly at school because her uncle manages the town dump, finds a friend in Mrs. Fish, the school custodian, and gradually life becomes more bearable.
Joyce doesn't mind living near a garbage dump. What she does mind is the endless teasing she has to endure from the kids at school, who call her the Dump Queen. Yet being different doesn't seem to bother Mrs. Fish, the new school custodian, and she turns out to be the one person...