How to Train Your Dad -- Gary Paulsen, Paperback

From the legendary author of Hatchet, a laugh-out-loud misadventure about a boy, his free-thinking dad, and the puppy-training pamphlet that turns their summer upside down.

Twelve-year-old Carl is fed up with his father's single-minded pursuit of an off-the-grid existence. His dad may be brilliant, but dumpster-diving for food, scouring through trash for salvageable junk, and wearing clothes fully sourced from garage sales is getting old. Increasingly worried about what schoolmates and a certain girl at his new school might think of his circumstances--and encouraged by his off-kilter best friend--Carl adopts the principles set forth in a randomly discovered puppy-training pamphlet to "retrain" his dad's mindset . . . a crackpot experiment that produces some very unintentional results.

This is a fierce and funny novel about family, green-living, and untangling some of the ties that bind from middle-grade master Gary Paulsen.

Author: Gary Paulsen
Publisher: Square Fish
Published: 10/04/2022
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 7.64h x 5.25w x 0.56d
ISBN: 9781250854056
Audience: Ages 9-12

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 6.8
Point Value: 5
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 513347 / How to Train Your Dad