Read The Get Rich Quick Club Online
Authors: Dan Gutman
The Get Rich Quick Club (7 page)
Dan Gutman
is the popular author of the Baseball Card Adventures, including
HONUS & ME,
winner of the California Young Reader Medal;
BABE & ME,
winner of the Arizona Young Readers' Award; and
JACKIE & ME,
winner of the Keystone to Reading Book Award. He is also the author of the My Weird School series.
You can visit him online at www.dangutman.com.
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Baseball Card Adventures:
Honus & Me
Jackie & Me
Babe & Me
Shoeless Joe & Me
Mickey & Me
Abner & Me
Satch & Me
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My Weird School:
Miss Daisy Is Crazy!
Mr. Klutz Is Nuts!
Mrs. Patty Is Batty!
Miss Holly Is Too Jolly!
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Johnny Hangtime
Cover art © 2004 by Martin Matje
THE GET RICH QUICK CLUB
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EPub © Edition NOVEMBER 2008 ISBN: 9780061973239
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1
“Nice afternoon. May I join the conversation? I had my braces adjusted by the orthodontist.”
2
“Any bugs up here? Good grief, I'm in a bad mood! I just got off the phone with my grandparents. They live out in the middle of nowhere and they must have talked for an hour! It seems they got into an accident and their Toyota is broken. Now it's worthless and they can't sell it. Grandpa's very mad!”
3
“Darn! Some little kids have arrived.”
4
“Oh, come on up and have a seat.”
5
“Is that the truth?”
6
“You little kids are funny.”
7
“Come on, you guys. Open up your wallets.”
8
“I hardly have any money.”
9
“This is just small change. You can't even buy a Popsicle with this.”
10
“We could sell some cookies.”
1
“I think it would be cool.”
2
“Yeah!”
1
“Well, you think you're pretty great, don't you?”
2
“Oh, no! It's my mother. Time for dinner. I hate to leave early, friends. Gotta go. See yo soon. Good-bye.”
3
“But she's my parent!”
4
“Six minutes! Or we start eating without you!”
1
“I could design some cool clothes and we could sell them around town!”
2
“That's crazy!”
3
“You've gone crazy, haven't you? Microwaved pillows? Are you dumb?”
4
“Shut up, you little brat!”
5
“I don't know what to do.”
1
“Oh, get out of here, Rob. You're crazy.”
2
“We're gonna make lots of money.”
1
“Everything's fine.”
2
“Okay, give it a try!”
3
“Oh, that's not right!”
4
“Let me have a look.”
5
“Everything is fine.”
6
“Let's throw those crummy pictures away. They're worthless.”
7
“Okay, try that thing.”
8
“Well, it's better than nothing.”
9
“Don't get irritated.”
10
“Darn! You little obnoxious brats! Can't you crazy kids behave? Get your act together! You ruined it, you idiots!”
11
“Wait a second.”
12
“What do you know? It's great!”
1
“It's for real. This picture is wonderful.”
1
“I think we got a bad deal.”
1
“Boy, did we fool them!”
1
“We're going to make lots of money!”
1
“So I can go visit my relatives in Australia whenever I want.”
2
“Don't get angry, Gina. Everything's fine.”
1
“I'm tired. Gotta go get some sleep. See you later.”
1
“Wow!”
2
“Of course it does, dummy.”
3
“The thing is broken!”
1
“We could get some lottery tickets.”