TY  - BOOK
AU  - Viorst, Judith
TI  - Alexander, who used to be rich last Sunday
SN  - 9780590468961
U1  - Fiction VIO-J 
PY  - 1978///
CY  - New York
PB  - Scholastic
KW  - Young Learners
KW  - Children Fiction
KW  - Finance, Personal
KW  - Humorous stories
KW  - Alexander (Fictitious character : Viorst)
KW  - Money
N1  - Alexander’s two brothers have money in their pockets. All he has are bus tokens. It isn’t fair. He had money last Sunday when his grandparents gave them each a dollar. Now it’s all gone. At first he was saving the money for a walkie-talkie. But saving money is hard. He bought gum with some of the money, and when it stopped tasting good, he had to buy more. Good-bye 15 cents. Then Eddie offered to rent him his snake for an hour, and he couldn’t pass up a chance like that. Betting his brother that he could hold his breath while he counted to 300 wasn’t a good idea, either. He’ll never own that walkie-talkie!

Judith Viorst has a gift for getting inside a little boy’s head and making sense of what goes on there. Paired with Johnny Heller’s acting talent, the result is a good chuckle, laced with real compassion, for the child in everyone
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