The Handbook

Jim Benton, bestselling author of Dear Dumb Diary and Franny K. Stein, brings us a fresh new middle grade novel about breaking all the rules

There's nothing Jake likes more than some good trash-picking, so when his elderly neighbors move out and leave an especially promising-looking pile of household refuse on the curb, he goes right for it. He only has the chance to grab one box before his mom catches him and orders him in for dinner, though. When mysterious goings-on begin to occur in the neighborhood, the trio investigates the hidden box from Jack's garage. In it, they find the Secret Parent's Handbook and with it all the means to subvert the irrational rules and petty tyranny of their home lives. No more clean rooms No more vegetables No more brushed hair or washed hands It's all videogames and junk food all the time But the authorities -- and the resistance -- have taken notice of the strange goings-on in Jack and his friends' neighborhood. And they are closing in . . .

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Published: 09/26/2017
ISBN: 9780545942409
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.90d

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 07/01/2017
Publishers Weekly 07/17/2017
School Library Journal 08/01/2017
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2018 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 191635 / Handbook
Reading Level: 4.8 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 5