Ella Unleashed

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The Parent Trap meets Best in Show in this charming novel about a girl who must learn to make peace with the unpredictability of life.

Ella Cohen was skeptical when her mom started dating Krishnan just a few months after her parents divorce. But two years later, she really likes having her new stepfather around. When she decides to enter a junior dog show, Krishnan even lets her start handling his dog, Elvis. Shes determined to become an expert handler, even after her first show ends in disaster.

Unfortunately, some things are harder to controllike Ellas dad, who has changed a lot since the divorce. He used to be laid back and fun, but now he hovers over her constantly, terrified shes going to shatter into a million pieces if she so much as hints that everything in her life isnt perfect. Ella is particularly upset that his animosity toward Krishnan keeps him from coming to watch her handle Elvis, especially when she wins a lottery spot in the National Dog Show in Philadelphia.

When Ellas best friends suggest she find her dad a date to the dog show, it seems like the perfect solution. If her dad has a new girlfriend, surely he wont mind so much that Ellas mom has a new husband. So Ella decides to play matchmaker, going so far as to create a fake online dating profile in order to find her dad his one true love.

But it turns out people, much like dogs, arent always so easy to control, and Ellas plan backfires at the worst possible moment. Can Ella manage to bring her divided life together in time for her moment in the spotlight

Author Bio

Alison Cherry is the author of the YA novelsRed,For RealandLook Both Ways, and the middle grade novelsWillows vs. WolverinesandThe Classy Crooks Club. She is a professional photographer and spent many years working as a lighting designer for theater, dance, and opera productions. This whole writing books thing is just a cover for the international crime ring she runs out of her Brooklyn apartment. (Shhh, dont tell.) Visit her online at AlisonCherryBooks.com.