02090cam a2200373 4500 771580990 TxAuBib 20171012120000.0 170915s2017||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780545942409 trade 0545942403 trade ICrlF eng ICrlF ICrlF TxAuBib Benton, Jim. The handbook [Book] / Jim Benton. 1st ed., October 2017. New York : Scholastic Press, 2017. 222 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. School Library Journal, August 2017. Publisher's Weekly, July 2017. Kirkus Review, July 2017. School Library Journal. Publisher's Weekly. Kirkus Review. "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..."--Amazon. 6.7 Follett Library Resources. 3-6 Follett Library Resources. 3-6. 20171012. Parent and child Juvenile fiction. Parent and child Fiction. Ragpickers Juvenile fiction. Ragpickers Fiction. Parent-child relationship Fiction.