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** Book Report **Pool Boy was a well written story about a 15 year old boy, Brett Gerson, whose life is changed dramatically. Brett is the main character in this novel. The book Pool Boy is set in a rich part of pass day California. Let it be known that the Gersons are EXTREMELY rich, not rightful(prenominal) fairly rich ,extremely rich. One day Bretts pay off was taken away and thrown in jail for insider trading. The Gerson family had to sell almost e genuinelything that they own to sweat and pay back the money to the govern custodyt that they owed. They were forced to consort out of their luxurious home to their great aunt Marys house on the other side of the tracks, which was the poorer side. The house isnt much, it is filled with form and dirt balls and the beds arent comfortable, but it is somewhere they can live.The struggle begins. Brett is forced to get a job to help pay for the debt, start saving for college and just for spending money. The first job Brett gets is at a fast food restaurant. This is the kind of place that he would have never gone and ate at let alone work. He is always yelling at the boss and then the boss yelling back. This job does not work out with Brett very well.After quitting his job flipping burgers, he takes a job with Alfie Moore, the old man that used to clean the pool at his old house. Brett never thought cleansing pools would be this tiring. Worst of all, after a hot summer day of work, Alfie and Brett cant even take a quick swim in the pool that they just cleaned. At lunch time every day, Alfie would have a new recipe something like tabbouleh. He would make Brett try it whether or not he wanted to or didnt want to. The men became close Brett could talk about his problems mostly with his dad and Alfie wouldnt essay him, maybe a side comment here or there but not much. Often Alfie would talk about how he left his wife and child and he wishes his daughter would have given him a second chance when she was younger to m ake up for what he did. While cleaning pools everyday, the men became very close. One morning when Brett went over to Alfies house early one morning, as he did everyday, he found Alfie lying on the ground, the brink was locked, Brett threw a rock threw the window to brake the glass to get in.