{"product_id":"how-to-train-your-dad-9781250854056","title":"How to Train Your Dad","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom the legendary author of \u003c\/i\u003eHatchet\u003ci\u003e, a laugh-out-loud misadventure about a boy, his free-thinking dad, and the puppy-training pamphlet that turns their summer upside down.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTwelve-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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is a fierce and funny novel about family, green-living, and untangling some of the ties that bind from middle-grade master Gary Paulsen.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gary Paulsen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Square Fish\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/04\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.64h x 5.25w x 0.56d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250854056\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAudience:\u003c\/b\u003e Ages 9-12\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.8\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 5\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Middle Grade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e513347 \/ How to Train Your Dad\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGary Paulsen\u003c\/b\u003e (1939-2021) wrote more than two hundred books for children and adults, including the recent acclaimed memoir \u003ci\u003eGone to the Woods: Surviving a Lost Childhood\u003c\/i\u003e, and the survival adventure \u003ci\u003eNorthwind\u003c\/i\u003e. Three of his novels--\u003ci\u003eHatchet\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Dogsong\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Winter Room\u003c\/i\u003e--were Newbery Honor books. In 1997, he received the ALA's Margaret A. Edwards Award for his contribution to young adult literature. His books have sold over 35 million copies around the world.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Gary Paulsen \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47285706326173,"sku":"9781250854056","price":21.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_3f1e7e8c-583d-432f-b586-7fb0050d2f5c.jpg?v=1760008342","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/how-to-train-your-dad-9781250854056","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}