Spunky, eight-year-old Mallory McDonald is very unhappy when her parents decide to get her older brother Max a dog. Why would her parents agree to such a thing? Dogs are smelly and bark and chew on things. Plus, they already have a perfectly good cat, Cheeseburger. When they finally get the puppy, it's worse than Mallory imagined. Everyone loves Champ and he and Max are getting all of the attention. Poor Mallory-now everyone's mad at her. What should she do?
"An appealing flawed heroine and many effective cartoon illustrations will appeal to the Junie B. Jones set."
The Horn Book Guide
"Schmitz's expressive cartoon illustrations and the large typeface make the book appealing to beginning chapter-book readers. For fans of Barbara Park's 'Junie B. Jones' series (Random) and Megan McDonald's 'Judy Moody' books (Candlewick), this selection is right on target."
School Library Journal
"Punctuated by pointed family discussions on attitude correction and the importance of team play, this unsubtle sibling-tiff tale should please fans of Junie B. Jones and similar whiny fair. Mallory's diatribe should draw, if not excite, fledgling chapter-book readers."
