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The Pet Washer
by
Jennifer Lynn Alvarez (Goodreads Author)
Please visit thepetwasher.com to learn more about the series! This is a novel for children aged 8 and up!
What happens when a vacationing princess befriends a hard-working pet washer?
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...more
What happens when a vacationing princess befriends a hard-working pet washer?
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...more
Paperback, New Edition, 180 pages
Published
July 21st 2012
by Dreamcatcher Books
(first published November 1st 2011)
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The Pet Washer by Jennifer Lynn Alverez is an incredible tale of an unlikely friendship that will forever change many lives.
Each year royal families travel to their vacation castles on the island of Windym. The townspeople are kept very busy catering to the princesses and their families. Polly, a very spoiled princess, who prides herself on being a collector of things, is performing in the Spring Dance. She soon discovers that the princess with red hair has the pox and won't be able to dance. Th...more
Each year royal families travel to their vacation castles on the island of Windym. The townspeople are kept very busy catering to the princesses and their families. Polly, a very spoiled princess, who prides herself on being a collector of things, is performing in the Spring Dance. She soon discovers that the princess with red hair has the pox and won't be able to dance. Th...more
The Pet Washer
By Jennifer Lynn Alvarez
202 pages – ages 9+
Published by Dreamcatcher Books on December 2, 2011
Cianna was a pet washer at the Pet Palace and Day Spa on Windym, an island where all the Royal families vacationed during the Spring. She was the best pet washer on the island, even though she was born blind. Cianna was super busy at work because all the princesses and princes wanted their pets to look their best while they were on vacation. One day, Princess Polly, who was vacationing wit...more
By Jennifer Lynn Alvarez
202 pages – ages 9+
Published by Dreamcatcher Books on December 2, 2011
Cianna was a pet washer at the Pet Palace and Day Spa on Windym, an island where all the Royal families vacationed during the Spring. She was the best pet washer on the island, even though she was born blind. Cianna was super busy at work because all the princesses and princes wanted their pets to look their best while they were on vacation. One day, Princess Polly, who was vacationing wit...more
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Here is a story that not only has wonderful characters it creates a world of princesses, pampered pets and delivers a very sweet moral that every young girl should learn. I was transported to a world where a young girl has come to terms with her lot in life of being an orphaned blind girl. Instead of wallowing away in misery, she finds a job, creates her own line of pet care items and has an apartment of her very own. Although in reality a 14 year old girl w...more
Here is a story that not only has wonderful characters it creates a world of princesses, pampered pets and delivers a very sweet moral that every young girl should learn. I was transported to a world where a young girl has come to terms with her lot in life of being an orphaned blind girl. Instead of wallowing away in misery, she finds a job, creates her own line of pet care items and has an apartment of her very own. Although in reality a 14 year old girl w...more
I couldn't sleep last night so I got my kindle out and thought I would start this book. I was able to finish it in a very short amount of time, as it was captivating. It was a cute story with a good moral lesson to it, and I would recommend it to preteen girls.
This what I like about the pet washer, Two girls are become friends but one girl is a Princess her name is Princess Polly the other girl's name is Cianna who is a town girl and Cianna is blind. Then one day one of the other Princess that got sick her name is Mirabel. Cianna is blind she can go everywhere and know she is going, so Princess Polly was being like a friend but only for a little bit, but the day before the Spring Dance Princess Mirabel took her spot back. Cianna was upset and she felt...more
What a delightful story. The premise is simple, because your beautiful and in a position of power, does that allow you to do and say as you like. The pet washer is beautiful but she has no power, as a matter of fact she can’t even see, yet manages to see beyond that which sight would allow and thus begins a tale of lessons learned and hard work paying off.
This is not a normal fairytale.
This is a story with a happy ending but one where all involved had to work for what they accomplish and that...more
This is not a normal fairytale.
This is a story with a happy ending but one where all involved had to work for what they accomplish and that...more
I love a good story and this one is beautifully told. The main character, Cianna, is blind, immediately giving this story something different as the reader views the world from Cianna's point of view, giving her perspective on a world dominated by greed, wealth and appearances. This book received my 5* rating as I would recommend it and look forward to reading it again.
I'm STUNNED at how much I liked The Pet Washer. A heady mix of medieval epic fantasy (King, Queens, castles, balls, small cities) and contemporary chic lit with an unusual twist. It's a quite odd story...perhaps a better word would be 'unique'. I've never seen a fantasy setting, outside of contemporary/chic lit, with such a wholely modern occupation. Such a fun read!
I enjoy reading a great book, but I LOVE winning a book most of all. What better gift can we receive than a story to take us away for a spell? I'm looking forward to reading this to the children in my life. Thank you so much; I will share it with my little, special people. :0)
I am loving this book. I like "seeing" the world through a confident and intelligent blind girl's eyes. It feel empowering.
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Heather
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Heather
The characters in this book were soo cute :)
Jul 26, 2012
Beth
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My daughter would love this ,I hope I win:)
I bet my daughter would love this :)
Sep 17, 2012
Erin Rairdan
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So good
I didn't get more than 3 pages into this vacuous book. At least I got it free for kindle.
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Jennifer graduated from U.C. Berkeley with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature. She is a full-time blogger, speaker, wife, mother of three, and writer of fantasy novels for young readers.
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