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Lawn Boy Returns (Tales to Tickle the Funnybone #8)
by
Gary Paulsen
Gary Paulsen’s funny follow-up to Lawn Boy is full of big surprises and big laughs.
Lawn Boy says: The summer I was twelve, mowing lawns with Grandpa’s old riding mower turned into big business. With advice from Arnold the stockbroker, I learned all about making money.
Six weeks and hundred of thousands of dollars later, life got more complicated. You see, the prizefighter I...more
Lawn Boy says: The summer I was twelve, mowing lawns with Grandpa’s old riding mower turned into big business. With advice from Arnold the stockbroker, I learned all about making money.
Six weeks and hundred of thousands of dollars later, life got more complicated. You see, the prizefighter I...more
Paperback, 112 pages
Published
April 5th 2011
by Yearling
(first published 2010)
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Lawn Boy is back with more adventures, more success, and more problems. Gary Paulsen began the story with Lawn Boy. Now Lawn Boy Returns 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...more
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...more
They're back! The twelve year old main character of Gary Paulson's "Lawn Boy" returns several weeks after his entrepreneurial adventures began, along with his advisor Arnold who has lots of plans for him, his grandma sporting bright red hair, and his prize fighter Joey Powdermilk. A few new characters up as well like his best friends Allen and Kenny, and a bad guy named Zed. Things don't go so smoothly this time, as Zed and his cronies try to force Joey to throw a fight, take over his family's h...more
Apr 11, 2010
Terryann
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3 of 5 stars
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Paulsen, Gary. Lawn Boy Returns. Random/Wendy Lamb Books. 2010. ISBN 978-0-385-74662-5. F. $12.99
Gr 4-6
Yes, that's right, he's back. In this witty sequel to the much beloved Lawn Boy, six weeks have passed and his business has expanded, his employees have quadrupled, his prize fighter has been asked to throw a fight by a gangster and his parents have gone on vacation.
Lawn Boy is again confronted with very adult problems like the stock market, office managers, royalties, franchises, gangsters an...more
Gr 4-6
Yes, that's right, he's back. In this witty sequel to the much beloved Lawn Boy, six weeks have passed and his business has expanded, his employees have quadrupled, his prize fighter has been asked to throw a fight by a gangster and his parents have gone on vacation.
Lawn Boy is again confronted with very adult problems like the stock market, office managers, royalties, franchises, gangsters an...more
Paulsen, Gary. Lawn Boy Returns. New York, NY: Random House Children's Books, 2010. Print. Pp 102
Vrooooom!!!!!!!!! Well the story continues as Lawn Boy has his lawn mowing business, sponsoring his prize fighter Joey Pow. This book Lawn Boy Returns by Gary Paulsen is the next book to the first book. This book was a funny and very packed with business and it’s a good read. Also this book is told by first person point of view. So the story starts off as one day Joey Pow and the narrators Grandma we...more
Vrooooom!!!!!!!!! Well the story continues as Lawn Boy has his lawn mowing business, sponsoring his prize fighter Joey Pow. This book Lawn Boy Returns by Gary Paulsen is the next book to the first book. This book was a funny and very packed with business and it’s a good read. Also this book is told by first person point of view. So the story starts off as one day Joey Pow and the narrators Grandma we...more
Lawn Boy Returns
by Gary Paulsen
Lawn boy is back, and his business is growing so fast that Lawn Boy can't keep up. His investments topped a half a million dollars with the help of Arnold, his stock broker, ages ago. The problem is, Lawn Boy's head is spinning; with all the publicity, dishonest people come out of the woodwork to try and steal whatever they can (led by a greasy, smelly guy named Zed), new employees have complicated office disputes, and Lawn Boy's fingers are tired from autographing...more
by Gary Paulsen
Lawn boy is back, and his business is growing so fast that Lawn Boy can't keep up. His investments topped a half a million dollars with the help of Arnold, his stock broker, ages ago. The problem is, Lawn Boy's head is spinning; with all the publicity, dishonest people come out of the woodwork to try and steal whatever they can (led by a greasy, smelly guy named Zed), new employees have complicated office disputes, and Lawn Boy's fingers are tired from autographing...more
In this continuation of a basic economics lesson told in a lighthearted, humorous story, Lawn Boy's business is continuing to go gangbusters. He's become a twelve-year-old mogul with a team of employees, & not just coworkers in his lawn-care business - a stockbroker, lawyers, an accountant, & a publicist. Of course, the growth causes some good things to happen, but also some bad things, & Lawn Boy has to learn just what's important in life, between taking care of his zany grandmother...more
I like this book. I really like how the two books are like two books in one because the second book starts off a little while after the first book ended. It was like starting a new chapter. I like how the main characters look on life is still the same in the second book because if I was him it would probably be different. I like how much detail there is put into such a small statement it makes it seem like it could have taken someone else much longer to do what Gary Paulsen did. I really like hi...more
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I have just finished the book and lawn boy quit his service and put all his money in a college savings acount. His parents also used some of his money to buy a resort, and back at the service everyone decided to also add a snow plowing service but he still gets income for doing nothing but being the boss.I thought this book would end diffrentley, I thought he would loose all his money becaus books like this uasslay end that way. I thought it was a great, well written book that had some great twi...more
Publisher: Wendy Lamb Books, p2010, c2010
ISBN-13: 978-0-385-74662-5
Genre: Fiction.
Subject: Entrepreneur/Starting your own business
Interest Level: 3-6
Reading Level: 5.3
Second book in series. The narrator, a twelve year old entrepreneur, continues his escapades of running his own lawn-mowing business. Not quite as entertaining as Lawn Boy (1st book in series.) but still sparks the reluctant reader and those interested in starting their own business. Could be used in ms/hs econ classes?
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ISBN-13: 978-0-385-74662-5
Genre: Fiction.
Subject: Entrepreneur/Starting your own business
Interest Level: 3-6
Reading Level: 5.3
Second book in series. The narrator, a twelve year old entrepreneur, continues his escapades of running his own lawn-mowing business. Not quite as entertaining as Lawn Boy (1st book in series.) but still sparks the reluctant reader and those interested in starting their own business. Could be used in ms/hs econ classes?
Reviews &...more
After being tickled pink (tickled green?) by the first book in the series, I have been awaiting the Scholastic book orders offering of this sequel. I was not disappointed! Like the original, Lawn Boy juxtaposes some very grown-up economic concepts with twelve-year-old fun and humor. Being a fellow Minnesotan and adding some local color didn't hurt either. In Lawn Boy Returns, the pre-teen financial phenom seems to have lost his golden touch. Where everything once went magically right, now it's a...more
This was in my real life TBR stack for a while. Lawn Boy Returns was a fun read, not sure I liked it as much as the first book though. However, I felt that this sequel did wrap up some loose ends that fans of the first book would appreciate. I also loved that some of the side characters, like Joey Pow, from the first book got larger roles in the second.
An enjoyable followup to Lawn Boy. Lots of great lessons for kids on economics and life. The truth is, nothing in life is simple and sometimes even making tons of money comes with its own set of problems. This book moves at such a fast pace it doesn't really matter that the characters aren't super well developed. There's enough unique action to keep readers interested. This series won't be for everyone, but I know I would have loved it as a young boy.
A great follow-up to Lawn Boy--just as quirky and funny, if not more so! Our hero, Lawn Boy, is having a great summer making fistfuls of cash with his lawn mowing business. When the prizefighter he sponsors wins a big fight, and fame finds Lawn Boy, suddenly life gets much more complicated. Lawn Boy Returns is another very fast read at just over 100 pages. Paulsen keeps the laughs coming with an endearing and witty narrator, and lots of action, as well as some surprising twists. Again, I think t...more
September 2012
Realistic Fiction
104 pages
Gary Paulsen
I like this book because I like how Lawn Boy wants to make money by mowing peoples lawns, and I like the plot line and flow of the story. And I dislike the part where Lawn Boy's freind likes to scrape roadkill of the interstate and eat it.
Realistic Fiction
104 pages
Gary Paulsen
I like this book because I like how Lawn Boy wants to make money by mowing peoples lawns, and I like the plot line and flow of the story. And I dislike the part where Lawn Boy's freind likes to scrape roadkill of the interstate and eat it.
May 01, 2012
Jessica
rated it
3 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
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Lawn Boy sure has had an intense summer! This was a quick, crazy continuation of the first book. I love the use of vocabulary and the crazy ways of solving problems. Definitely a boys book with lots of talk of butt scratching! I think a lot of this would go over my kids' heads though...
Another quick read with a fun story. Book 2 in a series. When the MC earns more money than he knows what to do with in his successful lawn mowing business, he had to figure out how to bring his life, and his income, back to what he wanted them to be, less crazy!
First one was better, because honestly I did not know what to expect. But just the idea of a 12-year-old buy becoming rich and "famous" and it not going to his head is great. I really like how he his mind is taking in other opportunities without even realizing it.
Lawn boy returns was a very interesting book because lawn boy and his grandma are liven large when suddenly all bad changes the competition begins because the evil lawn mowwer for competition is back for more but, mean while lawn boys grandma was falling for his sponsers brother and im not going to ruin the end ing i hope you guys enjoy reading.
Jan 20, 2011
Patrick Peterson
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4 of 5 stars
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sense-of-life
Neat sequel to Lawn Boy. Just as funny as the first book. Lots of good economic and life lessons in this one too. Also a short and fast read.
Wacky faux economic term titles to the chapters that mya or may not pertain to that (or any) chapter.
Wacky faux economic term titles to the chapters that mya or may not pertain to that (or any) chapter.
Just as wacky and wryly humorous as the first one (Lawn Boy). This is a young man who manages to have tremendous luck and adventures without trying--and looks to be having more with the set up for another book. Slim, fun read---great for boys!
Dec 04, 2010
Deborah Morgan
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3 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
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The adventures continue but this time on the negative side. Friends who are awed, the IRS, Joey is to throw a fight, Zed threatens Grandma...it's too much for Lawn Boy. It's good to have friends and employees like Arnold to straighten it all out.
Lawn Boy is a hoot, this continues the story- tax problems, ambulance chasing attorneys, organized crime and grandma and Joey Pow hitting it off like long lost soul mates....
An amusing conclusion that wraps up the Lawn Boy saga.
An amusing conclusion that wraps up the Lawn Boy saga.
i loved this book so much, i finished it in one day on my kindle! you can learn about many things in this book like things about stocks. this book is very business related and would recommend it to anyone who has a big vocabulary. i would give this book ***** 5 stars :D wooooooooo, it says it on top!
I think this sequel was way too dependent on the first one- almost half of the book is spent explaining what happened in the first one (which I did enjoy a great deal). Don't really understand why they split the story into two, especially since they both were so short. Love Paulsen, but this was kind of a strange deal.
Very similar to Lawn Boy with the writing and use of economic terms throughout it. A little difficult for fourth graders to understand. Could be used for older students to go along with an economics unit.
I love Gary Paulens's gritty of making characters so vivid and real. This is a sequel to Lawnboy. Though I loved Lawnboy's silly plot, this rehashing of it left me a little disappointed.
I'm not sure this is a stand alone, I think you will have had to have read Lawn Boy to follow it...it is a cute sequel. I love that Paulsen is showing his silly side...he has a great sense of humor.
I thought this was a good book to add on to the sequence. I really enjoyed how it added on to the other one. all in all i thought this was just as good as the first one.
This book was fine. It seemed to rush to the ending without much going on in the middle. I also think that some of the humor was a bit too sarcastic for the age group I feel it was written for.
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