Lawn Boy returns

1st ed.

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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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Having expanded his summer lawn mowing job into an ever-growing business conglomerate, a twelve-year-old boy gets involved in high finance thanks to his hippie stockbroker, takes on sponsorship of a boxer, and becomes a media sensation.

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• Fiction

Other Editions

• Lawn Boy returns: 1st ed. - 2010 - Wendy Lamb Books, New York, New York (State)
• Lawn Boy Returns, Electronic resource - 2010 - Random House Children's Books, New York, New York (State)
• Lawn Boy Returns, Hardcover - 2010 - Wendy Lamb Books
• Lawn Boy Returns, Hardcover - 2010 - Random House
• Lawn Boy Returns, Audio CD - 2010-12-20 - Brilliance Audio
• Lawn Boy returns - 2011 - Scholastic, New York, New York (State)