How to Train Your Parents [Import] [Paperback]

Pete Johnson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 22, 2003

The tale of a boy who is fed up with his hyper-competitive parents.

Moving to a new neighbourhood and a new school, Louis’s parents become ultra-competitive parents, wanting him and his brother to get straight As at school and join all sorts of after-school clubs and activities like the other kids in the neighbourhood. Suddenly Louis’s life is no longer his own. Then he meets Maddy, who claims to have trained her parents to ignore her. But does Louis really want to be ignored?

Editorial Reviews

Review

'Compulsive readability' Junior Bookshelf 'Funny and light but the humour disguises real emotional truth and depth... it offers some very funny and pertinent home truths for parents, too' GUARDIAN

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The tale of a boy who is fed up with his hyper-competitive parents.

Moving to a new neighbourhood and a new school, Louis?s parents become ultra-competitive parents, wanting him and his brother to get straight As at school and join all sorts of after-school clubs and activities like the other kids in the neighbourhood. Suddenly Louis?s life is no longer his own. Then he meets Maddy, who claims to have trained her parents to ignore her. But does Louis really want to be ignored?

Product Details

• Paperback: 119 pages
• Publisher: Yearling (April 22, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0440864399
• ISBN-13: 978-0440864394
• Product Dimensions: 5.1 x 0.5 x 7.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,851,221 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)