by Gary Paulsen · Random House Children's Books · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780553494655
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«Lawn Boy» is a young adult humor novel by Gary Paulsen, published by Random House Children's Books in paperback (96 pages, in English).
A twelve-year-old boy receives his late grandfather's lawnmower from his grandmother and, unexpectedly, starts a business that keeps growing. When Arnold, a former hippie turned stockbroker, offers to invest his earnings, the summer becomes a lesson in capitalism sprinkled with boxing.
First part of the Lawn Boy series, made up of two books. In 2010 it was nominated for the Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award and won the Oklahoma Sequoyah Book Award.
Recommended for readers aged 8 to 12, especially for those looking for humorous stories about business and money.
Gary James Paulsen was an American writer of children's and young adult fiction, best known for coming-of-age stories about the wilderness. He was the author of more than 200 books and wrote more than 200 magazine articles and short stories, and several plays, all primarily for teenagers. He won the Margaret Edwards Award from the American Library Association in 1997 for his lifetime contribution in writing for teens.
