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Lawn Boy

Lawn Boy, Book 1

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Lawn Boy

By: Gary Paulsen
Narrated by: Tom Parks
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About this listen

 "One day I was 12 years old and broke. I set out to mow some lawns with Grandpa's old riding mower. One client was Arnold the stockbroker, who offered to teach me about: the beauty of capitalism. Supply and demand. Diversifying labor. Distributing the wealth. 'It's groovy, man,' Arnold said.

"The grass grew, and so did business. Arnold invested my money in many things. One of them was a prizefighter. All of a sudden I was the sponsor of my very own fighter, Joey Pow. That's when my 12th summer got really interesting."

Gary Paulsen's comic story about a summer job becomes a slapstick lesson in business as one boy turns a mountain of grass into a mountain of cash.

©2009 Gary Paulsen (P)2009 Brilliance Audio, Inc. Growing Up & Facts of Life Humorous Fiction Literature & Fiction
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Gently amusing story that is a pretty sound instruction in free market economics and guidance for how to grow/develop wealth.

Also quite philosophical in guidance. Nice easy listen

Entertaining and informative

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