One Big Mess
Melody Loomis
- Fourteen-year-old
- Gracie
- Taylor
- lives
- in
- a
- messy
- house,
- but
- it's
- not
- her
- mess.
- Her
- mother
- has
- been
- a
- compulsive
- hoarder
- for
- the
- last
- six
- years,
- and
- it's
- only
- getting
- worse.
- Their
- kitchen
- is
- covered
- with
- towers
- of
- Tupperware.
- The
- dining
- room
- table
- is
- buried
- under
- clutter.
- And
- in
- the
- living
- room,
- clothing
- fills
- every
- available
- space.Her
- back-at-home
- sister
- promises
- to
- help,
- but
- all
- she
- seems
- to
- do
- is
- argue
- with
- their
- mother.
- Her
- best
- friend
- Jilly
- is
- no
- help
- either.
- She's
- too
- concerned
- about
- her
- new
- boyfriend
- at
- her
- new
- school
- to
- listen
- to
- Gracie's
- problems.
- Meanwhile,
- her
- mother
- continues
- to
- fill
- the
- house
- with
- junk.If
- Gracie
- can't
- get
- her
- mother's
- hoarding
- under
- control,
- she
- can
- kiss
- her
- dreams
- of
- film
- school
- goodbye.
- Gracie
- is
- the
- one
- who
- takes
- out
- the
- trash.
- Gracie
- is
- the
- one
- who
- keeps
- the
- toilets
- functional.
- Gracie
- is
- the
- one
- who
- clears
- the
- clutter
- blocking
- the
- exits.
- If
- left
- to
- her
- own
- devices,
- her
- mother
- would
- become
- a
- level
- five
- hoarder
- in
- no
- time.Her
- only
- hope
- is
- to
- get
- her
- mother
- on
- Clean
- It
- Up!,
- a
- show
- that
- helps
- compulsive
- hoarders.
- But
- getting
- her
- on
- the
- show
- won't
- be
- easy.
- Fortunately,
- with
- the
- help
- and
- support
- of
- her
- film
- club
- friends,
- Gracie
- forms
- a
- plan.
- It
- might
- just
- take
- filming
- the
- biggest
- documentary
- of
- her
- life
- to
- make
- it happen.
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