Description
The whole group chat just bought Star Quest. Lena types 'Of course I bought it!!' Then she counts her money. Six dollars. And three buttons.
Now she has nine days to earn forty dollars. The lemonade stand fails spectacularly: nobody stops, ants arrive like someone announced a feast, and Noah, hired as 'the guard,' drinks the goods. Then there's the voice in her head, the one Lena names the Boredom Parrot, which insists 'one minute of boredom is worth a year. That's a scientific fact!' Then, at a pool party, she hears every mother begging her kid to stop saying 'I'm bored' — and gets an idea involving a junk drawer, ten folded paper slips, and one very unlucky button.
Between a drain that swallows half her savings and ten bags due before four o'clock, Lena works out the answer to her own question.
For any child who says 'I'm bored' and reaches straight for a device, this is a story, not a lecture. Screens are not the villain here: Lena buys the game, plays it, and enjoys it, on her family's terms. The book just makes making your own fun look like the better adventure, gently and never preachy.
Illustrated throughout, with discussion questions, family activities, games and an original song at the end.
Perfect for readers ages 8–12 who love funny chapter books, real-life stories, and characters who make their own fun.
Book 6 of Lena's Real Life Adventures. Each book stands alone — start anywhere.
Details
Publisher - BookVAULT Publishing
Language - English
Perfect Bound
Contributors
By author
kidsbooks.io
Published Date - 2026-08-20
ISBN - 9781807388454
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 0.6 cm
Page Count - 86
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