Willis Wilbur Wows the World
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Chapter Book · Ages 8–12 · 2022

Willis Wilbur Wows the World

By Lindsey Leavitt, Daniel Duncan (Illustrator)

Part of the Willis Wilbur series

A boy's summer turns into a quest to become a neighborhood life coach.

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208 pages
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Nine-year-old Willis Wilbur faces a summer without his best friend and decides to become a neighborhood life coach. Armed with self-help buzzwords and determination, Willis tackles entrepreneurial challenges, including bullies and a guinea pig client. Can he navigate these obstacles and achieve his dream of fame? Discover how Willis turns an empty summer into an adventure filled with humor and heart.

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Willis Wilbur has the entire summer in front of him. So it’s time to fulfill his destiny: becoming the neighborhood life coach. Nine-year-old Willis Wilbur had his summer figured out. He and his best friend, Shelley, were going to Band Camp, and he was going to learn how to play the sousaphone. Easy. Simple. A done deal. But when Shelley is whisked off to Hawaii for a summer with her family, Willis is left staring down the long, boring road of an empty summer. Or even worse–eight long weeks of Day Camp. So Willis decides to try something new. He’s going to MAKE A DATE WITH DESTINY. And after spotting a flyer for a local business competition, he finds exactly what his true calling really is: becoming the Neighborhood Life Coach. A kid helping other kids with kids’ problems. His niche, he discovers. And he was going to be great at it. The best at it. So good, that he was going to become wildly, ridiculously famous. All he needed were some clients… With gumption, tenacity, and many other buzzwords he finds in self-help business magazines, Willis dives bowtie-first into the entrepreneurial waters. But starting a business alone, especially without his best friend by his side, is tough work. And with neighborhood bullies getting in his way, a guinea pig client who’s actually a guinea pig, and an annoyingly competent little sister asking for a raise, Willis has his work cut out for him. Funny, heartfelt, and overwhelmingly endearing, Willis Wilbur is here to make all of your (well, his) dreams come true. (For a small fee.)

At a glance
Format
Hardcover
Pages
208
Reading age
8–12
Audience
Juvenile Reader
Lexile
570L
Themes & topics
Books about jobs and careersBooks about self-esteemBooks about social themesBooks about self-esteem and self-reliance
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Book details

Reading levels
ATOS
~3.7
F&P level
~O
Publication
Published
March 29, 2022
Edition
Language
English
Type
Chapter Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9780593224052

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