Woltz, Anna

"A . . . story of two unlikely friends brought together by the love of a dog. It only takes one day at their new school for Parker and Sven to become mortal enemies. Parker's had a terrible summer and just wants to be invisible, while Sven is desperate to make an impression and be known as anything other than 'that boy with epilepsy.' When Parker discovers her beloved dog Alaska--who she had to give away last year--now belongs to Sven, she's determined to steal Alaska back. Of course, that's easier said than done"--Provided by publisher.

Thirteen-year-old Parker has been devastated since she had to give her dog Alaska away. When she learns Alaska has been retrained as a service dog for an epileptic boy in her school named Sven--the same boy who humiliated her on the first day of school--she vows to get Alaska back.

Furious at her father, who is caught up in a sex scandal, and suffering from panic attacks and obsessive-compulsive disorder, fifteen-year-old Emilia December de Wit runs away from Amsterdam to New York City, where she meets sixteen-year-old Seth, and his eleven-year old sister Abby--and then hurricane Sandy hits and the lights go out.