Benji and Felix aren't friends, and Felix is horrified he has to spend their class field trip tied to Benji the troublemaker instead of enjoying the museum. When the boys find a lost wallet in the park belonging to the uber-rich Laura Friendly, they want to return it, but they also think it might not be so bad to borrow $20 to buy lunch first. Felix isn't so sure about the borrowing, but Benji thinks Laura Friendly is so rich so she won't even notice.
Unfortunately, she does notice, but she makes the boys a deal. If they can spend a little over five million dollars in thirty days, she will give them each $10 million to keep! But there are some rules. They don't get to keep anything they buy in the thirty days, they can't donate to charity or give money to anyone, and they can't tell anyone, not even their parents.
What starts out as fun quickly turns into a complicated mess as the boys try to spend money at a furious pace. Plus, their parents are upset and confused by their spending habits. Benji's parents want him to invest, and Felix and his mom can barely pay the rent.
Does more money mean more problems? Felix and Benji are about to find out!
Stacy McAnulty's newest book is another unusual tale of unusual friends. This is fun ride for the boys, and readers will surely by plotting how they would spend the money themselves. Like Felix, I was really stressed the whole time about not telling their parents about the deal. I don't think that would work out in reality, but this book is pretty much a fantasy with a realistic setting. The boys overcome their differences to become friends and learn that money really doesn't solve everything. Though, especially in Felix's case, it can solve a lot of things. Recommended!
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