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Payback on Poplar Lane
Payback on Poplar Lane
Payback on Poplar Lane
Payback on Poplar Lane
Payback on Poplar Lane
chapter • 336 Pages
Payback on Poplar Lane
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Payback on Poplar Lane

Written by Margaret Mincks
8 - 12
Reading age
336
Page count
Jan 1, 2019
Publication date
Paperback
$8.99
$8.36

Summary

Twelve-year-old Peter Gronkowski prides himself on being a professional businessman. Tired of the cliched lemonade stands that line his block, he decides to start a better business with the help of an intern. But his intern of choice, the quiet and writerly Rachel Chambers, turns out to be more than he bargained for. Rachel is innovative, resourceful, driven–and when she’s had enough of Peter’s overbearing management style, she decides to start a competing empire next door. As their rivalry and sabotage tactics become more outrageous–Slander! Espionage! Lemonade threats!–Peter and Rachel ultimately learn the hard way that “nothing gold can stay” and that friendship is more important than money. Alternating perspectives reveal what really motivates each character to win. And Peter’s memos and “business tips” as well as excerpts from Rachel’s melodramatic novel-in-progress generate fresh hilarity and tension at every page turn. Payback on Poplar Lane is a pitch-perfect comedy with heart, reminiscent of your favorite classic middle-grade series.

Poplar Kids Series

1 book
chapter • 336 Pages
Payback on Poplar Lane
Paperback
$8.99$8.36
Year#TitlePages
20191Payback on Poplar Lane336

The Creative Behind the Book

    Author
    Margaret Mincks

    Margaret Mincks grew up the second oldest of eight kids. When she wasn’t swimming, acting, making up slightly disturbing songs, or filming B-movie parodies with siblings and friends, she was writing and illustrating stories. After graduating from the University of Virginia, she moved to Chicago to perform improvisational comedy with the iO Theater. She later worked at Spider, a literary magazine for six- to nine-year-olds, as an editor. Margaret has also written for children’s nonfiction series like Ripley’s Believe It or Not. She now lives in Florida with her husband, young daughter, and her Staffordshire bull terrier named Reesie.

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