Lawn Boy Returns

Authors: Paulsen, Gary
Lexile: 920,
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
BISAC/Subject: JUV019000, JUV006000, JUV009090
ISBN: 9780375896545, Related ISBNs: 0375896546, 0385746628, 0385908997, 0553494309, 9780375896545
Classification: Fiction
Number of pages: 96,
Audience: Children/juvenile
Synopsis: Gary Paulsen’s funny follow-up to Lawn Boy is full of big surprises and big laughs.
 
Lawn Boy says: The summer I was twelve, mowing lawns with Grandpa’s old riding mower turned into big business. With advice from Arnold the stockbroker, I learned all about making money.
 
Six weeks and hundred of thousands of dollars later, life got more complicated. You see, the prizefighter I sponsor, Joey Pow, won a big fight. And a TV interview made me famous. As Arnold says, “Capitalism plus publicity equals monster commerce.” Even my best friends wanted a piece of the action. Meanwhile, some scary guys showed up at Joey’s gym. . . .
 
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