The Pet Washer (The Pet Washer Series) [Kindle Edition]

Jennifer Lynn Alvarez (Author)

Book Description

Please visit thepetwasher.com to learn more about the series!
What happens when a vacationing princess befriends the local pet washer during Spring Break? 

Meet the pet washer! Cianna works overtime at The Royal Pet Palace and Day Spa. Here, animals are cleaned, massaged, bedazzled, and dyed to match the outfits of their masters. Cianna is popular because she invents special shampoos, flea treatments, pet foods, and toothpastes to keep the pets as healthy as they are clean.

Meet the princess! Polly owns the finest dresses, the fastest horses, lives in the largest castle, and has the prettiest friends in the seven kingdoms. She befriends Cianna to replace an ill dancer in her annual Spring Festival performance.
When Cianna is thrown into the glamorous lifestyle of the royals it seems all her dreams are coming true, but when Polly has a change of heart, both of their lives are changed forever.  

• Up Next....book two, The Wishing Star!

Editorial Reviews

Review

Five Star Reviews:

• "I give the book five stars all the way around." -The LL Book Review

• "The Pet Washer is wonderfully creative, beautifully written...READY FOR BOOK TWO NOW." -Shaylene King, Author of Liberty Layne and the One Girl Rebelution

• "Just perfect for tween girls!" -Jennifer Ratcliffe, M.D.

• "A prime piece of praiseworthy preciousness." -North Bay Bohemian

• "I give 'The Pet Washer' 5 out of 5 book worms!" -Erik, This Kid Reviews Books

• "The Pet Washer is an incredible tale of an unlikely friendship." -Beachbound Books

• "The Pet Washer is carefully built, layer by layer without rushing to the end." -Kid Lit Reviews 

About the Author

Jennifer Lynn Alvarez graduated from U.C. Berkeley with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature. She is a full-time author, blogger, speaker, wife, and mother of three. She is the author of the new Winged Herds series that chronicles five herds of battle horses called pegasi. The first book in this series will be released through HarperCollins Childrens Books in Fall 2014. Jennifer lives in Northern California with her family and more than her fair share of pets.

Product Details

• File Size: 278 KB
• Print Length: 181 pages
• Page Numbers Source ISBN: 0984848452
• Publisher: Dreamcatcher Books (July 3, 2012)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
• Language: English
• ASIN: B006BIED2Q
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• X-Ray: Not Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #404,650 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome Book for Tweens March 19, 2012

By Jennifer Ratcliffe

Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase

Its so hard to find good books for tweens these days. There are lots of excellent childrens books then books seem to skip to subjects I don't want my daughter reading about yet. Not so here. This book talks about the struggles with friends and self worth that all tweens go through without getting too sappy or too dark. Just perfect for tween girls!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful Story for Girls November 30, 2011

By Librarian Grandma

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This is a most creative telling of a story old as time. As a K-12 school Librarian I am always looking for a new story that is compact, well written and relatable for my students. This one, The Pet Washer, is all of these.

Polly and Cianna are strong characters in this fantasy world and are both charming in their own ways and easy to like. The two girls have different life experiences that put them at odds in the beginning. Their interactions provide the catalysts to understand each other and eventually become real friends. This makes for an exciting, well developed plot.

Secondary characters are also well developed, interesting and essential to the story, the reader will truly care about them all. It is a lovely and romantic rendition of some of life's hard lessons learned. In today's world of instant gratification, violence and economic strife this story is a gentle reminder of what all young girls share, their humanity.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Quick Read! March 6, 2012

By Sunshine

Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase

This book was a quick easy read for me. :-) This book was very well written and kept my interest till the very end.

More About the Author

Jennifer Lynn Alvarez graduated from U.C. Berkeley with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature.

Jennifer is the author of the Winged Herds Series (HarperCollins, Fall 2014) and the Pet Washer Series--fantasy novels for young readers.

She lives in Northern California with her husband, three children, and more than her fair share of pets!

Please visit her website for more information: jenniferlynnalvarez.com