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Lawn Boy
By Paulsen, Gary
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-38574-686-1 978-0-38590-923-5
- Publisher
- Lamb Random
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on June 1, 2007
Gr 4-7 Learning the workings of the free-market economy has never been more fun than in this tall tale of entrepreneurship set in Eden Prairie, MN. When the narrator's grandmother gives him an old rider mower for his 12th birthday, his life changes; he senses "some kind of force behind it." Almost as soon as he figures out how to run it, the boy is in businessby the second day he has eight jobs. Whe...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on July 1, 2007
There are few twelve-year-old boys who get a lawnmower for their birthday, and probably fewer still who keep up with the stock market, but Paulsen presents just such a character, appealingly gift-wrapped in an original, humorous tale. When the narrator's ditzy grandmother gives him his grandfather's old riding mower for his twelfth birthday, the youngster feels a kinship w...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2007
When the twelve-year-old narrator's grandmother gives him a lawnmower, the youngster decides he might as well earn a...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
