Parents Wanted

When 12-year-old Andy meets Laurie and Jeff at an adoption party, he has already been in eight foster homes. Andy s alcoholic mother has given him up to the state as too hard to handle, and his father is in jail. Andy longs for a loving home and parents he can trust, but his attention deficit disorder, combined with the legacy of his dysfunctional parents, causes him to constantly challenge authority. He steals, destroys property, gets in trouble at school, tries to make a gunpowder bomb, and accuses Jeff, his soon-to-be father, of touching him inappropriately. To make matters worse, Andy s real father shows up asking for money. But Andy s new parents refuse to give up on him, and Andy must fight to save his soon-to-be-father s reputation and his own chance at having a real family."

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Milkweed Editions
Published: 08/28/2001
ISBN: 9781571316332
Pages: 320
Weight: 0.63lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.30w x 0.70d

Review Citations: Kirkus Review - Children 08/15/2001 pg. 1213
Publishers Weekly 09/03/2001 pg. 88
School Library Journal 11/01/2001 pg. 158
Voice of Youth Advocates 12/01/2001 pg. 359
Booklist 12/15/2001 pg. 723
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2001 pg. 85 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2002 pg. 85 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 60441 / Parents Wanted
Reading Level: 4.3 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 8