Swimming Pool Dream -- Bruno and Butz 2: Swimming Pool Dream

Author: Komon
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Publish Date: 2004-03-01
Features: A novel that completely influenced a generation of readers! Translated into 11 languages, with total global sales exceeding 10 million copies. This series has been hailed by critics as "The Contemporary World's Classic of Juvenile Humor." The author wrote this book at the age of only 12. It tells the story that takes place between Macdonald Boys' School in Canada and the opposite street—Scullin McGee Girls' School. Bruno and Butz are the protagonists of the book. They go through a series of hilarious adventures, such as rescuing a child hanging from a tree, saving their own school, raising funds to build a swimming pool for the school, and driving away the teacher deeply disliked by students and teachers. They design ways to get rid of their roommates, make a pair of dislike each other get married, and cause many things that make the girls' school principal furious. This book is humorous, lively, and entertaining, combining artistry and fun. The Macdonald Boys' School swimming team lost to their rival, York School, in a competition because they didn't have their own swimming pool. Out of anger, Bruno turned the York swimming pool into a pot of boiling water with "fizz powder." However, this familiar destructive jealousy doesn't solve the problem, so Bruno and Butz start a fundraising committee. To raise the 25,000 yuan needed to build a swimming pool, they go through all kinds of hardships and cause all sorts of laughs. In the end, along with the full donations from their natural allies—the girls from the girls' school—the total income is only 7,500 yuan. Strangely enough, the money Bruno and Butz later give to the principal, "Fish," is over 30,000 yuan; at the same time, the money-grabbing George, who is disliked by everyone, suddenly becomes a hero admired by all.