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Pool boy
Simmons, Michael, 1970-

Publisher:	Delacorte Press,
Pub date:	2005.
Pages:	164, 16 p. ;
ISBN:	0385731965

Holdings
Evanston Public Library Main
		Material	Location
	YA Fiction Simmo.M 2005	Book	Young Adult Collection - 3rd Floor Loft
		Book	Young Adult Collection - 3rd Floor Loft

Summary

Fifteen-year-old Brett Gerson is a real-life S.R.K. (spoiled rich kid) the guy you love to hate. Yep, Brett s pretty much got life in the bag until his dad is jailed for insider trading, and the family money swirls down the drain. Brett wishes things could go back to the way they were until some dirty swimming pools change everything. Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.

Publishers Weekly Review

In a starred review, PW wrote, "A compelling narrator will keep readers riveted to this first novel, about a former rich kid who must adjust to life literally `on the wrong side of the tracks' after his father is arrested for insider trading." Ages 12-up. (May) Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information. From: Reed Elsevier Inc. Copyright Reed Business Information

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Personal Author:	Simmons, Michael, 1970-
Title:	Pool boy / Michael Simmons.
Edition:	[Readers circle ed.]
Publication info:	New York : Delacorte Press, 2005.
Physical descrip:	164, 16 p. ; 21 cm.
General Note:	Includes "A readers guide" and "A conversation with Michael Simmons" (2nd pagination).
Summary:	When his father is arrested for insider trading and his family loses all their money, Brett Gerson takes a job as an assistant to a 70-something pool cleaner in his former wealthy California neighborhood and learns some valuable life lessons.
Held by:	WILMETTE EPLMAIN
Subject term:	Fathers and sons--Juvenile fiction.
Subject term:	Wealth--Juvenile fiction.
Subject term:	Prisoners--Juvenile fiction.
Subject term:	Families--California--Juvenile fiction.
Geographic term:	California--Fiction.
Control Number:	ocm60359746
ISBN:	0385731965 : PAP $7.95