His parents don't seem to understand what is going on in his life at all. He's not doing well at school. And a juvenile court judge has just ordered him to write a 2000-word essay on how he's going to turn his life around.<br><br>Now his mother has enrolled him in a writing class called The Tuesday Cafe, but it's not the kind of class she expected.<br><br>It all started with a small fire in a garbage can. Unfortunately, the garbage can was in the hallway of Harper's school and... <br><br><em>The Tuesday Cafe</em> is the first of four books in the Harper Winslow series.<br>Book two is <em>A Fly Named Alfred.</em><br>Book three is <em>A Beatiful Place on Yonge Street.</em><br>Book four is <em>The Popsicle Journal.</em><br><br><br>