In the year 241, twelve-year-old Lina trades jobs on Assignment Day to be a Messenger to run to new places in her decaying but beloved city, perhaps even to glimpse Unknown Regions

Text and pictures explore all the different activities taking place in the city, on the farm, in the circus, restaurant, market, and other places.

A little boy ponders the many possible jobs in his future, from paper-plane folder and puppy-dog holder to mixing-bowl licker and tin-can kicker

Each child in Mrs. Madoff's class brings a visitor who tells the group about his or her job.

Simple, humorous rhymes suggest some of the occupations that help people in a community

Late at night after children have gone to bed, people who work the night shift, like street sweepers, window dressers, newspaper printers, road workers, and donut bakers, are doing their jobs

Clifford looks for a job to help pay for his dog food

After he retires, Stan becomes a hot dog man and finds that his new job helps him come to the rescue during a big snowstorm.

"When seventeen-year-old Bailey starts a new job at a hotel waterpark, she is less than thrilled to see an old acquaintance is one of her coworkers. Bailey met Charlie a year ago on the long flight to Omaha, where she moved after her parents' divorce. Charlie's cynicism didn't mix well with Bailey's carefully well-behaved temperament, and his endless commentary was the irritating cherry on top of an already emotionally fraught trip. Now, Bailey and...