The Year Money Grew on Trees

THE YEAR MONEY GREW ON TREES

Release Date September 6, 2010

By:  Aaron Hawkins

FIRST SENTENCE

“My dad always said that his feet were the only stupid parts of his body.”

SUMMARY

from goodreads

With frostbitten fingers, sleepless nights and sore muscles, 14-year-old Jackson Jones and his posse of cousins discover the lost art of winging it when they take over an orchard of 300 wild apple trees.  They know nothing about pruning or irrigation or pest control, but figure it out they must – if they are to avoid losing $8,000 (because of an unfair contract).

With spot illustrations for mechanical-loving readers – the gears of a tractor, a plow with disks – and with mathematical calculations of the great amount of money to be earned, this novel has the sort of can-do spirit and sense of earned independence not often found in today’s fiction.

REVIEW

This book is not something I would normally read, but I wanted to give it a chance.  It turns out that I enjoyed reading how Jackson and his cousins were able to overcome so many obstacles.  They came up with some unique ways to handle every bump in the road.  I liked that they did not give up easily.

The drawings added to the story and they are something that a technical person would appreciate.  I would think that tween boys would get into this part of the book.

Overall, a nice story, but not really girlie enough for my liking.

Thank you to netgalley for making this book available to me to read.

RATING

4        Plot

4        Characters

3        Attention Grabbing

2        Girlie Meter

3        Ending

16      TOTAL

4        STARS

Melina