Synopses & Reviews
For most kids, fifteen is the year of the optional summer job: Sure, you can get a job if you really want one, but it isn't required or anything. Too bad Dave's dad doesn't agree! Instead of enjoying long days of biking, swimming, and sitting around, Dave and his two best friends are being forced by their fathers into a summer of hard labor.
The friends have something else in mind, though: Not only will they not work over the summer, but they're determined to trick everyone into believing they really do have jobs. So what if the lifeguard doesn't have a tan or the fast-food worker isn't bringing home buckets of free chicken? There's only one problem: Dave's dad wants evidence that his son is actually bringing in money. And that means Dave, Curtis, and Victor will have to get some . . . without breaking the law and without doing any work!
Project Sweet Life is designed for the funny and lazy bone in all of us—a true comedy of errors (without any effort!) from seasoned storyteller Brent Hartinger.
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“The boys friendship, lightly and expertly depicted, drives the book, while their smartly plotted moneymaking schemes are creative, highjinksfilled, and hilariously almost effective.” The Horn Book
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“An irresistable setting with humorous episodes tinged with mild danger, and a lighthearted mystery.” Bulletin of the Center for Children & #8217;s Books
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“An amusing story with great teen appeal.” ALA Booklist
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“A hilarious story filled with mishaps, close calls, and outrageous adventures. It will keep readers laughing and engaged.” School Library Journal
About the Author
Brent Hartinger has been a full-time author for many years, writing novels, plays, and screenplays. He lives in Washington State. Among his books are Geography Club and its sequel, The Order of the Poison Oak, as well as The Last Chance Texaco and Split Screen. Like Dave and his friends, as a teenager he resisted getting a job for as long as possible but finally was forced by his parents to go to work as a lifeguard at age sixteen. He still smells like coconut sunblock.