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  • Published: 1 May 2017
  • ISBN: 9780143782711
  • Imprint: Puffin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 192
  • RRP: $14.99

Vet Cadets: Welcome to Willowvale (BK1)




A great new series about three smart, funny, animal-loving girls solving mysteries and causing chaos at their country boarding school.

Abbey, Hannah and Talika are new recruits at Willowvale boarding school's Vet Cadets program. They are excited to learn all about caring for farm animals and the work that country vets do. Riding horses, shearing sheep and treasure-hunting for parasites are all just part of their normal school day. But when something starts attacking the school's sheep, the three vet cadets must their scientific skills, animal knowledge and teamwork to try and catch the culprit before it's too late.

  • Published: 1 May 2017
  • ISBN: 9780143782711
  • Imprint: Puffin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 192
  • RRP: $14.99

About the author

Rebecca Johnson

Rebecca Johnson, a nationally-awarded school science specialist teacher, has published over eighty children’s books and stories in fiction and non-fiction on Australian birds and animals. She received the Prime Minister’s Award for Excellence in Science Teaching in Primary Schools and the Peter Doherty Award for Excellence in Science Teaching. Rebecca’s books for Steve Parish Publishing (now Pascal Press) have sold over three million copies around the world. Her series of illustrated insect books was commended in the Royal Zoological Society of NSW’s Whitley Awards. She is the author of the best-selling Juliet Nearly a Vet junior fiction series of twelve books, followed by Vet Cadets.

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Awards & recognition

Sisters in Crime Davitt Award

Shortlisted  •  2018  •  Best Children's Crime Novel

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