What do You think about The Get Rich Quick Club (2006)?
Fifth Grader Gina Tumolo loves money! At a very young age, she realized the power of money. The more green paper you have, the more "stuff" you could bring home! Gina's resolution was to find a way to become a millionaire by the time she becomes a teenager. This is the story of the summer Gina started the Get Rich Quick Club. She and her friends wanted to make a million dollars by September. Gina, Rob and Quincy are in the fifth grade at the same school and live in the same housing development. They start discussing their plans for the summer when the eight year old twins join in! They soon realize, unless they come up with a plan to make money, it will be one long boring summer.Gina knows most rich people have their own company. So she decides this is the way to go. First on their agenda is to come up with a name. Rob suggests GRQ for Gina, Rob and Quincy. Gina recognizes that GRQ stands for something else, Get Rich Quick! That is the beginning of their journey that involves a pact, a scheme and many lessons along the way. This is a fast-paced story. I read this story and it was good and i kept looking forward to finding out what would happen next.
—Logan Braden
This book is solely intended for younger folks. Without spoiling the book, the story is about a bunch of kids in Maine who dream up the "Get Rich Quick Club." Their idea sees utterly stupid and fa fetched, but it nearly works. I read a lot of books from young people and this has no redeeming qualiities other than the fact that you shouldn't try to swindle people out of money. An easy read if you have an hour or two, and I suppose a 3rd or 4th grader might like it. I feel like my brain needs a shower to clean itself off of this junk.
—Andy Lee
The Get Rich Quick Club was quick but fun read for me. It centers around a group of kids who are eager to get a million dollars by the end of the summer. While I enjoyed the book, there was one big flaw that bugged me. For example, Gina and her friends take a fake picture of a UFO. I'm bothered that they sold it to the Farmingotn Journel and that the Journel company payed 10 million dollars. I understand it is a book and that the author is allowed to do what he would like to, but I would prefer that they received a still exaggerated, but more reasonable amount like 1 million dollars. Also, the 2 twins Eddy and Teddy bugged me a lot. They used a lot of baby phrases and made a giant lie that gave their secret of taking a fake picture of a UFO away. However, one part that cracked me up was when Eddy told reporters "Inky dinky pinky". This was a hilarious phrase that made me laugh out loud at how insure that phrase is.
—Jonas L.
