Flat Broke

By Gary Paulsen

Flat Broke is a fiction book of the follow up, Liar Liar. It’s about a teenager named Kevin. He is broke and like a girl at his school. Kevin has two friends, Jon Paul and Jay D. Kevin has stopped his lying problems and has started to become a good person.

Kevin is broke because he spent it on the vending machines at school and paid for his counseling, so he will stop lying. He thinks if he is ‘’ Filthy Rich’’, he will have Tina as his girlfriend ‘’ The World’s Most Beautiful Girl’’ and ask her on a date. His friends think it’s a good idea. Kevin tries to make money by mowing lawns, cleaning out peoples garages and putting trash in store dumpsters which is illegal, and babysitting which he hates and is only paid five bucks. Kevin even borrowed a golf cart to sell cookies on.

In the process Kevin keeps messing up. His life is a financial comedy of errors. He gets into situations that are sweet. Some are sticky, and some that are downright sticky.