by
Gary Paulsen
published in
2021
Heather W says:
When your parent just won't behave the way a parent should, perhaps a little puppy training will do the trick.
Tired of his dad's single-minded pursuit of an off-the-grid existence, 12-year-old Carl adopts the principles set forth in a randomly discovered puppy-training pamphlet to "retrain" his dad’s mindset-- with unintended consequences.