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Author: Gary Paulsen
ISBN: 9780553494655

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Published on Mar 24, 2009 | 96 Pages

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One day I was 12 years old and broke. Then Grandma gave me Grandpa’s old riding lawnmower. I set out to mow some lawns. More people wanted me to mow their lawns. And more and more. . . . One client was Arnold the stockbroker, who offered to teach me about "the beauty of capitalism. Supply and Demand. Diversify labor. Distribute the wealth." "Wealth?" I said. "It’s groovy, man," said Arnold.

If I’d known what was coming, I might have climbed on my mower and putted all the way home to hide in my room. But the lawn business grew and grew. So did my profits, which Arnold invested in many things. And one of them was Joey Pow the prizefighter. That’s when my 12th summer got really interesting.

Starred review, Booklist, April 15, 2007:
"[A] short and hilarious tale . . . When it comes to telling funny stories about boys, no one surpasses Paulsen, and here he is in top form."

“Paulsen has mastered the very hard trick of sounding exactly like a twelveyear- old without being either cute or condescending.”
—The New York Times Book Review

WINNER IRA CBC Children’s Choice

WINNER 2008 NCSS-CBC Notable Children’s Trade Books in the Field of Social Studies

WINNER 2008 New Mexico Book Award

WINNER 2008 New Mexico Land of Enchantment Book Award

WINNER New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age

WINNER 2010 Oklahoma Sequoyah Children’s Book Award

WINNER 2007 Parents’ Choice Award

WINNER Texas Bluebonnet Master List

NOMINEE 2008 ALA Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers

NOMINEE Florida Sunshine State Book Award

NOMINEE Indiana Young Hoosier Award

NOMINEE Kentucky Bluegrass Award

NOMINEE Maine Student Book Award

NOMINEE New Hampshire Great Stone Face Children’s Book Award

NOMINEE New York State Charlotte Award

NOMINEE North Carolina Children’s Book Award

NOMINEE South Carolina Children’s Book Award

NOMINEE 2008 Texas Bluebonnet Award

NOMINEE Virginia Young Readers Program Award

NOMINEE Washington Sasquatch Reading Program

NOMINEE Wyoming Indian Paintbrush Award

HONOR 2010 Arkansas Charlie May Simon Award

ISBN9780553494655

Published onMar 24, 2009

Published byYearling

Pages96

Dimensions5-3/16 x 7-5/8

Age Range8-12 years

GradeGrades 3-7

Reading LevelLexile: 780L | Fountas/Pinnell: V

Author

Gary Paulsen

Gary Paulsen is the distinguished author of many critically acclaimed books for young people, including three Newbery Honor books: The Winter Room, Hatchet, and Dogsong. He won the Margaret A. Edwards Award given by the American Library Association for his lifetime achievement in young adult literature. Among his Random House books are Road Trip (written with his son, Jim Paulsen); Family Ties; Vote; Crush; Flat Broke; Liar, Liar; Paintings from the Cave; Woods Runner; Masters of Disaster; Lawn Boy; Notes from the Dog; The Amazing Life of Birds; Molly McGinty Has a Really Good Day; How Angel Peterson Got His Name; Guts; and five books about Francis Tucket’s adventures in the Old West. Gary Paulsen has also published fiction and nonfiction for adults. He divides his time between his home in Alaska, his ranch in New Mexico, and his sailboat on the Pacific Ocean.

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