Jan
2012
Lawn Boy Returns by Gary Paulsen
Lawn Boy is back with more adventures, more success, and more problems. Gary Paulsen began the story with Lawn Boy. Now Lawn Boy Returns (Scholastic 2010) wraps up the wild ride with a very satisfying conclusion.
Lawn Boy’s troubles start the morning his grandmother and his very own prizefighter show up with Zed, supposedly a long-lost cousin. Lawn Boy suspects that Zed is nothing but trouble, and he is right. The next thing you know, the media get wind of Lawn Boy’s story (how one twelve-year-old went from mowing lawns to running a business) and business really starts booming. Arnold, the genius stockbroker who advises Lawn Boy, brings on more staff to deal with the mounting troubles. The IRS wants to know how he made so much money so fast. Shady business men want Joey Pow to throw his next fight. Lawyers want to sue–anyone or everyone. Not to mention, just how is he to explain the strange turns his life has taken to his two best friends, now home from summer vacation and camp?
Before long it gets to be too much and Lawn Boy just wants to get back to mowing lawns to clear his head. Can he clear out all these problems and get his life back before his parents get back home? The ending just might surprise you, but the journey certainly will make you laugh.
Like Lawn Boy, Lawn Boy Returns is a quick and easy read. It will not only have you laughing, it just might teach you something about capitalism. According to Arnold, “Capitalism plus publicity equals monster commerce.” He forgets to mention the monster problems, too.
Jason
January 10, 2013 at 2:31 pm (11 years ago)This is a humorous and fast paced book that is a fun to read.
Mrs. McGriff
January 10, 2013 at 4:59 pm (11 years ago)I love how things spin out of control for the narrator.
Jason
January 10, 2013 at 2:31 pm (11 years ago)This book is humorous and a quick read.
Mrs. McGriff
January 10, 2013 at 4:59 pm (11 years ago)I laughed quite a bit reading it. Did you read the original Lawn Boy, too?