Parents for Sale by Nicole Audet Review

Twins make deal to sell parents in new children’s book

Clark family faces magical foe in Nicole Audet’s new story Parents for Sale

LAVAL, Québec – Two children invent a scheme to sell their parents in order to keep their dog in the new children’s book by author Dr. Nicole Audet, Parents for Sale (published by AuthorHouse).

In this new 44-page, color-illustrated chapter-book, the Clark family encounters a dilemma. Twins Luke and Lucy don’t take care of their dog, Pistachio, as they had promised their parents they would. One day, their mom threatens to sell the dog. A few hours later, when Luke and Lucy’s parents go to the store, the twins concoct a plan to get rid of their parents, who could take Pistachio away from them forever.

As the story progresses, three groups of children from different families in the twins’ neighborhood approach Luke and Lucy with offers to buy, rent or trade the twins’ parents for various reasons. Each offer Luke and Lucy receive doesn’t seem worth it, so they decline. But one offer is better than others. A beautiful fairy comes to their door, offering to buy the twins’ parents for $300 and send them to look after orphaned children.

The deal sounds great to Luke and Lucy; they accept. But just as they agree to the sale, the fairy changes into her true form – a wicked witch with plans to turn the twins’ mom and dad into a stew. The twins try to renegotiate the deal and save their parents from the hungry witch, but to no avail. As they fight with the witch on her magic broom, Pistachio attempts to save the day.

Will Pistachio save the Clark family from their demise? Readers will find out the answer to this and other questions in this tale of morality and responsibility.

Book Trailer:
http://youtu.be/zm5fqIRSv3Q

About the book:
Parents for Sale by Dr. Nicole Audet
ISBN: 9781496957443
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Date of publish: January 2015
Pages: 44
S.R.P.: $21.99

About the author:
Dr. Nicole Audet has practiced family medicine for more than 30 years. Passionate about literature and pedagogy, she has published numerous children’s book and received national and international literary awards. Her previous titles, originally written in French, include The Félix and Boubou series published by Boomerang. Titles are “Lucas has Otitis,” “A Hunting Lice,” “A Vaccine for Joëlle,” “The Gastroenteritis of Lea,” “The Gabriel Allergies,” “Sabrina Has Chickenpox,” and “Charles’ broken arm.” Guy Saint-editor published “Your Health Guide.” Andara published “The Cookie Fairy: A Collection of Christmas Stories”.

My Review:
This was a really cute story about twins that would rather sell their parents than their dog. They did not feed or walk their dog, Pistachio, and their parents were tired from doing all the work. They got offers for their parents, but none as exciting as $300. They did not know that they made a deal with a witch.  Just as their parents come home the witch puts her plan into motion. Pistachio has been helping the twins all along and now he tries to stop the witch. The ending was okay, however I would have liked the twins to have taken more responsibility. This was a fun story and I liked that no one ended up sold, at least not for too long. I am giving this book a 3/5. I was given a copy to review via Bostick, however all opinions are my own.