No Coins, Please
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 Cover (1984 PB edition) | |
| Author | Gordon Korman |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Publisher | Scholastic Canada Ltd. |
Publication date | 1984/2006 |
| Publication place | Canada |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover) |
| Pages | 184 |
| ISBN | 0-590-33466-2 |
No Coins, Please is a 1984 children's novel by Gordon Korman.[1] The book is was rated 4.3 out of 5 by Goodreads [2] and recommended for grades 6-8, and 820L on the Lexile measure.[3]
Plot
Juniortours is an outfit that drives children across America during the summer months. When Group Ambulance's Artie Geller, a precocious 11-year-old con artist from Montreal signs on, counselors Rob and Dennis find they have more than the usual summer job on their hands. From the streets of New York City to the casinos of Las Vegas, Artie proves as slippery as ever.
References to other works
- Hotel Gunhold[4] refers to Gavin Gunhold, the fictitious student from Beware the Fish! and other books in the Macdonald Hall series.
Publication history
- — (1984). No Coins, Please (1st HC ed.). Richmond Hill, Ontario: Scholastic-Tab. ISBN 0-59071-444-9.
- — (1984). No Coins, Please. Scholastic. ISBN 0590334662.
- — (1989). No Coins, Please. Scholastic. ISBN 0590437097.
- — (1991). No Coins, Please. Scholastic Canada. ISBN 0590442082.
- — (2005). No Coins, Please. Scholastic Canada Ltd. ISBN 9780439961721. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
References
- ^ "What Childrens Literature teaches us about money - Gordon Korman's No Coins Please". thebillboard.com. 4 January 2017. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
- ^ "Review of No Coins Please". Retrieved 26 June 2020.
- ^ "No Coins Please by Gordon Korman". scholastic.com. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
- ^ Korman, Gordon (1984). "Adventures of the old guy". No Coins, Please. Scholastic. p. 167. ISBN 0-590-33466-2.
External links
- "No Coins Please". Gordon Korman. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
- Dieker, Nicole (4 January 2017). "What Children's Literature Teaches Us About Money: Gordon Korman's 'No Coins, Please'". The Billfold. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
- EleanorJane (2008). "Credit Where Credit's Due". Archive of Our Own [fanfiction]. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
- Hune-Brown, Nicholas (31 March 2016). "Low Stakes Forever". Hazlitt. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
Reviews
- Henaut, Pauline (January 1985). "No Coins, Please". Canadian Materials. 13 (1). Retrieved 15 November 2017.
- MondoMolly (25 June 2015). "No Coins, Please By Gordon Korman". Lost Classics of Teen Lit, 1939-1989. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
- Cooke, Adam (12 March 2017). "Canada 1978: Could This Be Happening To Gordon Korman?". Canada through my eye [blog]. Retrieved 15 November 2017.