Eight-year-old Hmong American twins Astrid and Apollo want to enter their dog Luna in the Cutest Canine Contest, but teaching her the tricks she will need to compete is proving challenging, even with the help of their little sister, Eliana.
V.T. Bidania was born in Laos and grew up in St. Paul, Minnesota. She spent most of her childhood writing stories and now that she's an adult, she is thrilled to be writing stories for children. She has an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from The New School and is a recipient of the Loft Literary Center's Mirrors & Windows Fellowship. She lives outside of the Twin Cities with her family.
