Other reviewers said this is "cute" and "funny." I found it disturbing. I don't understand this world where a parent gets a pet without knowing anything about it other than it bites and just hands it off to a child to figure out. The child in this story is overly emotional, abusive to animals and a liar and instead of having any sort of punishment or lesson her mom just keeps taking her to the pet store to buy more stuff, because that is the answer to the problem. I was reading this to see if I thought it would be appropriate for my daughter, who just got her first pet, and I really don't think it's something I would want her reading. The girl constantly lies to her mom about the being bitten, doesn't tell her mom how she was rough with the ferret when they took it to the vet. I couldn't stand the little girl, she reminded me of Darla in Finding Nemo and her mom just leaves her alone with this pet to abuse. This would be great if the entire story was told from the ferret's POV instead of switching back and forth between the girl and her pet.
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