We, the members of the Get Rich Quick Club, in order to form a more perfect summer, vow that we will figure out a way to make a million dollars by September. We agree that neither rain nor snow nor gloom of night will prevent us from achieving our stated goal, till death do us part.
Gina Tumolo and her Get Rich Quick Club are determined to make their summer pay off. They're going to make a pact and hatch a scheme, and their small-town life will never be the same again.
From their gazebo headquarters, eleven-year-old CEO Gina assigns corporate titles, drafts official bylaws, and seals their secret partnership with grape juice. Creative director Quincy, inventive vice president Rob, and two energetic drone twins are ready for business.
Armed with an aluminum pie plate and a borrowed Polaroid camera, the crew stages a blurry flying saucer in the backyard sky. When the local paper splashes the photo across page one, satellite news vans and eager alien seekers descend on their quiet town.
Dan Gutman is the New York Times bestselling author of the Genius Files series; the Baseball Card Adventure series, which has sold more than 2 million copies around the world; and the My Weird School series, which has sold more than 37 million copies. Thanks to his many fans who voted in their classrooms, Dan has received nineteen state book awards and ninety-two state book award nominations. He lives in New York City with his wife. You can visit him online at dangutman.com.