Lawn Boy

About this book

Jonathan Evisons voice is pure magic. In Lawn Boy at once a vibrant coming-of-age novel and a sharp social commentary on class Evison offers a painfully honest portrait of one young mans struggle to overcome the hand hes been dealt in life and reach for his dreams. Its a journey you wont want to miss with an ending you wont forget. Kristin Hannah author of The Nightingale For Mike Muoz a young Chicano living in Washington State life has been a whole lot of waiting for something to happen. Not too many years out of high school and still doing menial workand just fired from his latest gig as a lawn boy on a landscaping crewhe knows that hes got to be the one to shake things up if hes ever going to change his life. But how? In this funny angry touching and ultimately deeply inspiring novel bestselling author Jonathan Evison takes the reader into the heart and mind of a young man on a journey to discover himself a search to find the secret to achieving the American dream of happiness and prosperity. Thats the birthright for all Americans isnt it? If so then what is Mike Muozs problem? Though he tries time and again to get his foot on the first rung of that ladder to success he cant seem to get a break. But then things start to change for Mike and after a raucous jarring and challenging trip he finds he can finally see the future and his place in it. And its looking really good. Lawn Boy is an important entertaining and completely winning novel about social class distinctions about overcoming cultural discrimination and about standing up for oneself.