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, itâs worse than Mallory imagined. Everyone loves Champ and he and Max are getting all of the attention. Poor Malloryânow everyoneâs mad at her. What should she do?