Lawn Boy

Author: Gary Paulsen

Award: Bluebonnet Award

This book is written in first person.  I looked throughout the book and never did find the boys' name who was telling the story.  He was given an old lawnmower for his birthday, one that had belonged to his grandfather.  With it he began to mow lawns.  Before long his business was so big, he had to hire some people to work for him.  With the help of his neighbor, he invested some of his money.  It made money, which made money, which made more money.  He used some of that to invest in a prize fighter.  Who made more money.  This book is a boys dream of how his lawn business would grow.  Before the end of the summer he had made over four hundred eighty thousand dollars.  All from a rickety old lawn mower.  What a dream!

Paulsen, G. Lawn Boy. Wendy Lamb Books, 2007.

ISBN: 9780385746861