This is a realistic fiction novel about a 12-year-old boy who is given a lawn mower for his birthday. Before he knows it he owns his own lawn service business, and manages fifteen employees. The book is written from the perspective of the boy. I particularly enjoyed the inner dialog of the boy. He struggles constantly with the belief that he has become as successful as he has, and doesn't rightly know how he got there; things just keep falling into place for him. A lot of those things fall into place because of the friendly neighbor of his hippie, stock broker, neighbor Arnold.
Arnold is a key character in the story. Arnold knows a lot about capitalism, and spends a lot of time explaining the system to the narrator (thus to us). It is because of this that I think this book would be very useful in 5th through 8th grade. The book does a tremendous job of explaining our economic system, along with other financial stuff like stocks. This book would make a great introduction to economics for young students, and would hopefully get them thinking about their future.
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