Lawn Boy Returns

By Paulsen, Gary

Publishers Summary:
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. . . .Read MoreRead Less

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ISBN
978-0-38574-662-5 978-0-38590-899-3
Publisher
Lamb Random


REVIEWS

School Library Journal

Reviewed on June 1, 2010

Gr 4-7 In this witty sequel to the much-beloved "Lawn Boy" (Random, 2007), six weeks have passed. In that time, the 12-year-old's business has expanded, his employees have quadrupled, his prizefighter has been asked by a gangster to throw a match, and his parents have gone on vacation. Lawn Boy is again confronted with ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Horn Book Magazine

Reviewed on July 1, 2010

With the Summer of Lawn (see Lawn Boy, rev. 7/07) almost over, our still unnamed twelve-year-old narrator has complication upon complication. His best friends are coming home, and he'll have to explain that now he's a "hundred-thousandaire"; the prizefighter he manages has attracted a long-lost cousin who's clearly up to no good; and he's developed an entourage, o...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Horn Book Guide

Reviewed on January 1, 2010

The twelve-year-old narrator from <i>Lawn Boy</i> has developed an entourage; additionally, the prizefighter he mana...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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