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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... read more
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Lawn boy is about this kid that got a lawnmower from his grandma and he uses it to make some money for a intertube for his ten speed. he ends up making more money and he makes a buisness at age 12. he has employies and a person to keep all his money and pay the workers. He ends up sponsoring a... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)
Characters/People edit
- Arnold: Arnold is is the person that keeps all of lawn boys money and he pays people with that money. He has all the jobs and papers at his house for lawn boy. He is smart.
- Joey Pow: Joey is a pize money boxer that is huge and drives a small volkswagan that he doesnt fit in almost. He keeps lawnboy and his company out of trouble and he likes to fight and not talk.
- Grandma: Grandma is the one that gave lawnboy the lawnmower. She is at lawnboys house a lot. she wants to be a pro boxer.
- Rock: Rock is a creep that wants to take over lawnboys buisness and take all his money. Rock has 3 other people helping him with this and they capture Arnold.
- Pasqual: Pasqual is the 2nd one in comand of lawn boys mowing sevice. He has a very big family also. He is a very good worker.
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“all's well that ends well”
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mower,” my father said, smiling, as he walked back into the house. “I don't know the connection with her bridge
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Joseph squeezed into the cab of the truck and the whole truck leaned so I thought it would tip over.
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And you think that somewhere inside that brain maybe a screw came loose.
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First phases. Now aspects. Of my operation. I'm twelve years old and I have aspects.
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No vacation. Seven thousand five hundred dollars. No summer fun. Seven thousand five hundred dollars.
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“You mow lawns?” he asked. “How much?” And that was how it started.
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I made eight dollars and fifty cents an hour. That, I was to learn later, was called capitalism.
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early morning to do edge work and cleanup. One night I stayed late to talk to Pasqual. “We can't keep up,” I said. “We're locked in to a ginormous number of lawns now, once a week, and I'm
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First Sentence edit
My grandmother is the kind of person who always thinks that no matter how bad things might seem, everything will always come out all right.
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Series & Lists edit
This is book 1 of 2 in Lawn Boy. (standard series)
Followed by Lawn Boy Returns.
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- Gary Paulsen (Author)
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Page Count: 96
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- Audie Award (2010: Kids 8 - 12)
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