Lunch Money |  | Author: Andrew Clements
Creator: John H. Mayer
Publisher: Listening Library (Audio)
List Price: $30.00
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Rating:  36 reviews
Sales Rank: 845307
Format: Audiobook, Unabridged
Media: Audio CD
Edition: Unabridged
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Number Of Items: 4
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 5.7 x 4.7 x 1
ISBN: 0307282325
EAN: 9780307282323
ASIN: 0307282325
Publication Date: December 13, 2005
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Product Description
Greg had started looking around the cafeteria, and everywhere he looked, he saw quarters. He saw kids trading quarters for ice cream sandwiches and cupcakes and cookies at the dessert table. He saw kids over at the school store trading quarters for neon pens and sparkly pencils, and for the little decorations like rubber soccer balls and plastic butterflies to stick onto the ends of those new pencilsâ¦. There were quarters all over the place, buckets of them.
At that moment Gregâs view of school changed completely and forever. School had suddenly become the most interesting place on the planet. Because young Greg Kenton had decided that school would be an excellent place to make his fortune.
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Lunch Money September 3, 2009
Jenelle Thompson-keene (champaign, IL United States)
My son (who is almost seven) loved this book! He couldn't wait to find out what happened next. As a parent I found it funny and enjoyable, too!
Grandmom's Best Gift April 14, 2008
Joseph V. Rogers (Moorestown, NJ USA)
This was a gift for my 9 yr old granddaughter. She told me she loved it.She had rented from the library and was overjoyed to have her own copy.
 Teacher's Grade: B January 11, 2008
N. Bilmes (Vernon, CT United States)
Of all the Andrew Clements school books I've read, Lunch Money was by far the least engaging. The reason for this is that a large part of the book focuses on numbers instead of people, and where Clements has succeeded in the past is in his ability to make us really like his leading characters. Greg, the lead character in this book, is not very nice. He's largely driven by money and selfishness, and although Clements does try to make Greg more personable by depicting his change of attitude, the change does not come off convincingly.
The concept itself behind the book is terrific: schools are hypocritical because while they profess to be trying to promote certain values and healthy lifestyles, the actions districts take are at times directly opposed to the high moral standards the districts are imposing on the students.
I did enjoy the book, and recommend it to those looking to read more of Andrew Clements' books. I would pick up Frindle, The School Story, or The Report Card first however.
A Great Book January 10, 2008
Reading Teacher (NEW YORK, NEW YORK)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I'm a nine year old boy from NY. This book is funny and serious, too. This boy Greg wants to make lots of money while copycats try to steal his ideas. He makes money by selling little chunky comics. I recommend this book to everyone.
WB
Lunch Money RULES! March 14, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Lunch Money is a good book for money lovers. Its about a boy who has all these good ideas to make money and then he comes up with his best idea yethe decides to make comic books!The princapal disagres but then Mrs Davenport decidesto let Greg sell comic books. I highly recomend this book!
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