The Perfect Parent Project

Stewart Foster

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's UK
• Year: 2021
• Print ISBN: 9781471191268
• eBook ISBN: 9781471191251

From the award-winning author of THE BUBBLE BOY comesa heart-warming and unforgettable story? that follows one boy's search for the perfect family, with surprising and unexpected results. Perfect for fans of Onjali Q. Rauf and Lisa Thompson. 'Friendship, laughter, suspense and more!' - Ross Welford, author of TIME TRAVELLING WITH A HAMSTER and THE 1000-YEAR-OLD BOY THINGS MY PERFECT PARENTS MUST HAVE:
1. A mega mansion like the ones footballers live in
2. A garage wall with a basketball hoop
3. No gerbils
4. Holidays to Disneyland All Sam wants is a family of his own, a home instead of a 'house' and parents he knows will still be there when he wakes up. Because Sam has been in and out of foster care his whole life and he can't imagine ever feeling like he truly belongs. Then his best friend Leah suggests that rather than wait for a family to come to him, he should go out and find one. So begins The Perfect Parent Project ... But Sam may just discover thatfamily has a funny way of finding you.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Chapter 1: Me and Eric
• Chapter 2: Planes and Dreams
• Chapter 3: My Top Ten things for Perfect Parents
• Chapter 4: The Hug Reilly just had and a Front Door Key
• Chapter 5: Reasons Why…
• Chapter 6: A Talk with Myself
• Chapter 7: The Pee Scene
• Chapter 8: Me, Leah, and the…
• Chapter 9: Reilly’s Mum
• Chapter 10: The Pep Meeting (AKA let’s Pick on Sam)
• Chapter 11: I Hate Telling Lies
• Chapter 12: The Perfect Parent Project Stage One
• Chapter 13: Three Hundred and Ninety-Eight Chances
• Chapter 14: No Charity
• Chapter 15: Waiting for Mail
• Chapter 16: Waiting Game
• Chapter 17: Maggots in my Belly…
• Chapter 18: The Interview
• Chapter 19: Wish I hadn’t put no Gerbils
• Chapter 20: The Perfect Parent Project Stage Two
• Chapter 21: Washing Cars
• Chapter 22: The Rainbow Houses
• Chapter 23: Covering my Tracks
• Chapter 24: Rock Star Steve is a Rock Star
• Chapter 25: This is why I don’t want to do my Life Story
• Chapter 26: Custard Pies and Splurge Guns
• Chapter 27: A Good Day
• Chapter 28: The Boy at the Rainbow Houses
• Chapter 29: Josh
• Chapter 30: Pictures of Me
• Chapter 31: Why can’t I say ‘Best Friend’?
• Chapter 32: The Perfect Parent Project Stage Three
• Chapter 33: Overthinking
• Chapter 34: When Reilly’s Dad Comes Home
• Chapter 35: My Imaginary Brother
• Chapter 36: Catching up with Leah
• Chapter 37: This is what it’s like when Reilly’s Grandparents Visit
• Chapter 38: The Family Meeting where I Do Okay
• Chapter 39: The Perfect Parent Project Stage Four
• Chapter 40: Ten Pins
• Chapter 41: I don’t know…
• Chapter 42: Digging Holes in Wagamama
• Chapter 43: Police Car Ride
• Chapter 44: I’m in Trouble
• Chapter 45: Sometimes I wish Rock Star Steve was my Dad
• Chapter 46: Keeping my Head Down
• Chapter 47: Nooooo!
• Chapter 48: Whispers
• Chapter 49: The Perfect Parent Project Stage Five
• Chapter 50: Uh Oh!
• Chapter 51: I’m Sorry, Leah
• Chapter 52: I get Confused
• Chapter 53: I’m a Funny One
• Chapter 54: I didn’t know
• Chapter 55: Oh, Reilly
• Chapter 56: Help Me
• Chapter 57: I’m Sorry
• Chapter 58: The Decision
• Chapter 59: Eric
• Chapter 60: Torchlights
• Chapter 61: Tonight, I Dream of Disneyland
• Chapter 62: The Silent Treatment
• Chapter 63: Goodbye, Reilly
• Chapter 64: The Place I used to Play
• Chapter 65: I got it Wrong
• Chapter 66: My Best Friend
• Chapter 67: Not Acting Out
• Chapter 68: Photo Booth
• Acknowledgements
• Copyright