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Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
"Sophomore Kalvin Shmelton has finally perfected his underground candy-selling hustle at school. He keeps his prices reasonable, his inventory fresh, and himself out of the drama. But when a heartbroken Sterling Glistern, Kal's longtime crush, barges into the storage closet where he keeps his candy supply, a new source of income unexpectedly presents itself: relationship therapist. He only meant to help Sterling realize she's dating a jerk, and maybe...
Author
Series
Nancy Clancy volume 7
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Nancy Clancy and her friend Bree try to start a business to get rich, but when things don't go as planned, Nancy learns a valuable lesson.
3) Black gold
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2017.
Description
Cyrus and Rudy spend the last days of summer selling dahlias, blackberries and tomatoes at their roadside stand. When a neighbor drops off a bin full of red wrigglers, California earthworms that turn compost into fertilizer, Rudy and Cyrus become worm moguls as they discover just how in demand the Eisenia fetida are.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 4
Description
Inspired by her grandparents' bakery and her recent visit to Paris, nine-year-old Grace leads her friends in starting La Petite Patisserie, making and selling French pastries at school and special events, but they soon discover that starting a new business is not always easy--or fun.
5) Stay sweet
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 13
Description
Seventeen-year-old Amelia has looked forward to her last summer before college working at the Meade Creamery, but when the owner of the local landmark passes away her nephew has big changes in mind.
Author
Series
Wednesday Wilson volume 3
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 2
Description
"When they get an unexpected day off from school, Wednesday Wilson and her best friend Charlie plan to work on a new business idea. But the day takes a sudden turn when they’re forced to spend it with Ruby Beautiful — their former best friend and now frenemie. After Charlie is teased about his freckles at the park, Wednesday gets her next great business idea: Freckacular! A freckle business is sure to take off since Ruby’s cool older brother,...
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
"How does a child become an entrepreneur? While most people prefer the relative safety of working at a job for somebody else, others are more interested in the independence, excitement, and creative problem solving that are all part of starting our own business and being an entrepreneur. But as Ethan and Emily Tuttle learn in their latest adventure, being an entrepreneur isn't easy -- especially when you're up against some tough competition. Join...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 5
Description
Ten-year-old Grace is crushed to learn that her grandparents' bakery might close after thirty years and wonders how her own business, which they inspired, can survive if theirs cannot, but she and her friends use their talents and newly-acquired business skills to try to save the day.
Author
Series
Itty Bitty Princess Kitty volume 13
Pub. Date
2024.
Description
"A new shop is opening in Lollyland—a sweet shop filled with cookies and tarts and cream puffs! Itty Bitty Princess Kitty can’t wait for all the residents of Lollyland to become regular customers, just like her. But when it finally opens, business is slow. Can Itty find out figure out why no one is visiting the sweet shop?" --back cover
10) Cookies & milk
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 6
Description
"Eleven-year-old Ellis Johnson has the summertime blues. He dreamed of spending the summer of 1976 hanging out with friends, listening to music, and playing his harmonica. Instead, he'll be sleeping on a lumpy pullout in Dad's sad little post-divorce bungalow and helping bring Dad's latest far-fetched, sure-to-fail idea to life: opening the world's first chocolate chip cookie store. They have six weeks to perfect their recipe, get a ramshackle A-frame...