Lawn Boy by Gary Paulsen Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Lawn Boy
Book Review: Lawn Boy
Summary: 4 Stars
Imagine being very poor and your grandpa just died, and for your 12th birthday your grandma gave you your grandpa's lawn mower. You don't have any grass but you go out and cut it just for the fun of it. Your neighbor sees you and and pays you $40 to cut his grass. Before you know it you have a business and you are sponsoring a boxer.
In the book Lawn Boy a 12 year old poor boy gets a lawn mower from his grandma for his 12th birthday. The lawn mower was his grandpas who just died. His lawn is brown, crunchy, and hard but that dosen't stop him from from riding his mower around his lawn.
While he was mowing his lawn his neighbor sees him and says" I'll pay you $40 to cut my lawn." Before he knows it he has a business and is sponsering a boxer named Joseph Powdermilk. He dosen't like that name for a boxer so he say's " How about we call you Earthquake?" Joseph doesn't like that but thinks of a name for him self, Joey Pow.
Lawn Boy is a very good, but quick read. This is a book for people who like short books that keep you up all night. If you don't under- stand bank loans and stocks then I would not recommend this book for you, but if you really wanted to read it you will make it through. Lawn Boy is a very good book and you
Book Review: Lawn Boy
Summary: 3 Stars
Lawn Boy was a cute, if unbelievable, story. Youth and some young adults will get a kick out of it. I didn't think it was one of Gary Paulsen's best, however.Book Review: Lawn Boy
Summary: 4 Stars
We used this book in a 3rd grade book club. The kids loved the book. They found it easy to read and enjoyed the length of each chapter since each chapter was short, they met with success. The topic of stocks was above them and probably better suited for a 4th or 5th grader. But they did identify with making money since most had jobs around the house that they earned money for and they were doing an economy lesson in school at the time so some of the concepts really reinforced what they were doing in class.
The other nice thing about this book is that it is contemporary to their lives, many of the books we have read in book club are great works of litature but they were written a lot of years before their time. This was a book that talked about current tv shows and things have happened in recent times.
Book Review: Microfinance for dummies
Summary: 5 Stars
My son is 10. He has so enjoyed reading this book. It keeps him engaged and speaks to his desire to be the CEO of Lego Industries on day.
A good story line coupled with economics, a win win indeed.
Book Review: Not as accessible as I'd hoped
Summary: 2 Stars
My 9 1/2 year old nephew started out enthusiastically on this book, but was soon daunted by the high falutin finances that took over. Not a book for every kid.