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Smith, Jenny.
DIARY OF A PARENT TRAINER : YES, THAT MEANS YOU! LEARN TO TRAIN YOUR GROWN-UP!
New York : Delacorte Press, 2012
IL 5-8, RL 5.6
ISBN 0385741987
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Do you sometimes have trouble controlling your parents?  Maybe you need some help.  Thirteen year old Katie Sutton offers her expertise to help you train your grown-up.  You'll learn about adult modes including   "Angry Mode" and "Depressed Mode" and "Delirious Mode".  Unfortunately for Katie, she finds that she may need the help herself.  Her mother is dating a new, younger man who Katie is determined to get rid of.  And then there is her ex-boyfriend who she is having second throughts about.
SUBJECTS:     Mothers and daughters -- Fiction.
                        Family life -- England -- Fiction.
                        Dating (Social customs) -- Fiction.
                        Diaries -- Fiction.
                        England -- Fiction.

 
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