Lawn Boy Returns (Lawn Boy)

by Gary Paulsen

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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. . . .
  • ISBN10 0553494309
  • ISBN13 9780553494303
  • Publish Date 5 April 2011 (first published 23 March 2010)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Publisher Penguin Random House Children's UK
  • Imprint Yearling (imprint of Random House Children's Books)