#BookReview: The Startup Squad by @weisfeld & @nicoleckear @ImprintReads

Title: The Startup Squad

Author: Brian Weisfeld & Nicole C. Kear
Genres: Middle Grade, Contemporary
Pages: Hardcover, 176
Published: May 7, 2019
Publisher: Imprint
Rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

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Synopsis:  Girls mean business in a brand-new middle grade series about friendship and entrepreneurship!

All the great leaders had to start somewhere. And Theresa (“Resa” for short) is starting with the lemonade stand competition her teacher assigned to the class—but making it a success is going to be a lot harder than Resa thinks.

The prize: line-skipping tickets to Adventure Central. The competition: Val, Resa's middle school nemesis. And the biggest obstacle to success: Resa's own teammates. Harriet is the class clown, Amelia is the new girl who thinks she knows best, and Didi is Resa's steadfast friend—who doesn't know the first thing about making or selling lemonade. The four of them quickly realize that the recipe for success is tough to perfect—but listening to each other is the first step. And making new friends might be the most important one...

The back of each book features tips from the Startup Squad and an inspirational profile of a girl entrepreneur!

An Imprint Book

About the Author:  Brian Weisfeld has been building businesses his entire life. In elementary school, he bought 95 pounds of gummy bears and hired his friends to sell them. As a teen, he made and sold mixtapes (ask your parents what those are), sorted baseball cards (he got paid in cards), babysat four days a week after school, and sold nuts and dried fruit (and more gummy bears) in a neighborhood store. As an adult, Brian helped build a number of well-known billion-dollar companies including IMAX Corporation and Coupons. Brian is the Founder and Chief Squad Officer of The Startup Squad, an initiative dedicated to helping girls reach their potential, whatever their passions. Brian lives in Silicon Valley and can often be found eating gummy bears with his wife while watching his two daughters sell lemonade from the end of their driveway.

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Nicole C. Kear grew up in New York City, where she still lives, with her husband, three firecracker kids and a ridiculously fluffy hamster. She's written lots of essays and a memoir, Now I See You, for grownups, and The Fix-It Friends series for kids. She has a bunch of fancy, boring diplomas, and one red clown nose from circus school. Seriously.

My Review: Sorry guys no video from Anarece this time around she is fighting a fever of 102 and will not be doing videos right now.  

This was such a cute little story that I had a fun time reading.  I did have to ask my mom a few times about words I didn't know but I did really well with this one.  I think it would work great for girls who are in Girl Scouts since this one had a paper with it about selling cookies.  As well as the book had a lot about selling it in.  I really enjoyed it and loved Resa and her friends.  This is my first ever middle grade novel and I found out that it is tech. above my reading level since I am only in 2nd grade. Which I thought was really cool! 

I really hope this publisher sends me some more amazing stories.  I will prob. do a video for this one once I am better.  (I swear this child still wanted to do a video but I was like no your going to lay on the couch and rest) 

Go Into This One Knowing: Great for Girl Scouts, Friendship 

“I loved this story of girls finding their way in the world of entrepreneurship.”
―Ann M. Martin, author of The Baby-Sitters Club series and Newbery Honor winner A Corner of the Universe

“The Startup Squad encourages girls to dream big, work hard, and rely on each other to make good things happen. It teaches them how to succeed―and reminds all of us that girls mean business!”
―Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook and founder of LeanIn.Org and OptionB.Org

“A great read that is fast-paced, fun, and empowering. The Startup Squad comes complete with a treasure trove of tips for starting a business.”
―Katherine Applegate, Newbery Medal-winning author of The One and Only Ivan

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