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Project Sweet Life

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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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    • School Library Journal

      April 1, 2009
      Gr 6-9-Fifteen-year-old friends Dave, Victor, and Curtis are looking forward to a long summer of freedom. Much to their dismay, their fathers require them to get jobs. In an effort to salvage their vacation, the boys devise a plan: they will tell their dads that they are working and then figure out a get-rich-quick scheme. If all goes accordingly, they will earn money with little effort and have a relaxing time all to themselves. They dub their plan Project Sweet Life. What results is a hilarious story filled with mishaps, close calls, and outrageous adventures. Peppered with Dave's mom's strange culinary creations (fish stick stew, spaghetti meatloaf, canned-tuna tacos, anyone?), the plot is a bit far-fetched; however, it will keep readers laughing and engaged. The novel will be especially appealing to middle school boys, who will wish they could start their own Project Sweet Life."Sarah K. Allen, Thetford Academy, VT"

      Copyright 2009 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

    • Booklist

      October 1, 2008
      Grades 6-9 Fifteen-year-old Dave and his buddies Victor and Curtis are shocked when theirfathers demand they get summer jobs. As the boys glumly contemplate actual work, they decide to deceive their families, avoid employment, and live the sweet life for one last summer. Still, they need to figure out a way to make money, which they can pass off to their parents as hard-earned wages. In a series of ill-fated schemes that range from bank stakeouts to scuba diving, the boys weave a complicated and uncomfortable web of lies and rack up a large debt. At last, they try a desperate plan to locate stolen gold that plunges them into the China Tunnels, a remnant of a black time in the history of Tacoma, Washington. Hartingers comedy of errors is improbable but entertaining. The characters ring true, and teens will appreciate that the trio puts more effort into evading work than they would have expended at a real job. An amusing story with great teen appeal.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2008, American Library Association.)

    • The Horn Book

      July 1, 2009
      Three friends, instructed by their fathers to find summer jobs, instead concoct "Project Sweet Life." This means finding a quick way to earn money, then pretending to be working while enjoying the "absolute freedom" their summer should rightfully entail. The boys' friendship, expertly depicted, drives the book. Their smartly plotted moneymaking schemes are creative, hijinks-filled, and hilariously almost effective.

      (Copyright 2009 by The Horn Book, Incorporated, Boston. All rights reserved.)

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  • ATOS Level:5
  • Lexile® Measure:740
  • Interest Level:6-12(MG+)
  • Text Difficulty:3-4

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