How to Train Your Dad [Paperback]

From the legendary author ofHatchet, 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 circumstancesand encouraged by his off-kilter best friendCarl adopts the principles set forth in a randomly discovered puppy-training pamphlet to retrain his dads 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.

Gary Paulsen(19392021) wrote more than two hundred books for children and adults, including the recent acclaimed memoirGone to the Woods: Surviving a Lost Childhood, and the survival adventureNorthwind. Three of his novelsHatchet,Dogsong, andThe Winter Roomwere Newbery Honor books. In 1997, he received the ALAs Margaret A. Edwards Award for his contribution to young adult literature. His books have sold over 35 million copies around the world.

Breezy and light, with a grounding touch of tenderness, this is both an entertaining solo read and a solid suggestion for family sharing. The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

Newbery Honoree Paulsen, renowned for his tales of survival, revisits the humor and hijinks found in his Liar, Liar series. Carls hang-dog descriptions of having to wear pink overalls and ride an original creation bike are funny and endearing, and eternal optimist Pooder is the perfect sidekick to perpetually resigned Cl3%