Title: poor relationship with money
Review: I'm a mom with a family of boys, and we read a lot. We really liked Dan Gutman's book "Satch and Me." However, in contrast to that book, "The Get Rich Quick Club" is a turn-off.The lead character in this book, Gina, is an eleven year old who professes to LOVE money. And she wants to get a lot of it. Sooo... she sets out to scam her town, and eventually the entire country. Plenty of adults knowingly help her in her scam, and of course in the end she becomes discredited. Funny ending that plays on "the boy who cried wolf."It's an entertaining book, but there are some problems with language and ethics:- comments like "anything fun costs money;"- calling people "stupid" 20 different ways in Australian slang;- replacement curse words (dang, darn, heck);- advice like"If you ever get caught in a lie, don't admit it. Just say, "I forgot;"- sassing parents.This is a poor choice, values-wise, of a book for my kids.
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