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Vet Cadets #4
Clever Chicks
Abbey, Hannah and Talika are new recruits at Willowvale boarding school's Vet Cadets program. Mrs Parry, their science teacher, has given each of the girls a chick to raise and train, but not everyone is happy about it! When a game of horseback hide-and-seek turns into a matter of life and death, rules are broken and the friends' courage sorely tested. This time, a solution might be out of the Vet Cadets' hands . . .
96 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 31, 2017
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About the author
Rebecca Johnson
92 books17 followersRebecca Johnson is an Australian author, part-time science teacher and mother of two.
Published by Penguin, her latest series, Juliet - Nearly a Vet has received a large number of excellent reviews (see reviews) as well as individual books in the series being twice nominated for the CBCA younger readers section, winner of the Wilderness Society Environment Award for Children's Literature and nominated for the Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature. This series will soon be published in Norwegian, Czech, Slovak and Portuguese.
Her best selling Steve Parish Story Book series of page-turning adventures, featuring Australian wildlife, has sold more than 3 million copies. Each book is also beautifully accompanied by full-colour photographs by award-winning photographer Steve Parish.
Rebecca also has an Insect Series published by Pascal Press with strong links to the Australian Curriculum, presenting facts and scientific knowledge in a fiction format with stunning photographs. This series won the 2014 Whitley Award for Best Educational Series.
Rebecca received the 2010 Peter Doherty Award for Excellence in Science Teaching.
Published by Penguin, her latest series, Juliet - Nearly a Vet has received a large number of excellent reviews (see reviews) as well as individual books in the series being twice nominated for the CBCA younger readers section, winner of the Wilderness Society Environment Award for Children's Literature and nominated for the Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature. This series will soon be published in Norwegian, Czech, Slovak and Portuguese.
Her best selling Steve Parish Story Book series of page-turning adventures, featuring Australian wildlife, has sold more than 3 million copies. Each book is also beautifully accompanied by full-colour photographs by award-winning photographer Steve Parish.
Rebecca also has an Insect Series published by Pascal Press with strong links to the Australian Curriculum, presenting facts and scientific knowledge in a fiction format with stunning photographs. This series won the 2014 Whitley Award for Best Educational Series.
Rebecca received the 2010 Peter Doherty Award for Excellence in Science Teaching.
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October 19, 2023
This book surprised me. It addressed teenage worries and included various animal welfare topics, including raising chickens, horse care, battery hen welfare, and the Hendra virus.
Three friends at boarding school are enrolled in the vet cadet program and are challenged by their teachers to be strong, independent young women who challenge misconceptions. They are given chicks to raise to demonstrate how intelligent chickens are. While out horse riding, they may have accidentally been exposed to the Hendra virus found on the property next door. Did their horses catch this deadly virus? Are chickens smart?
I enjoyed the animal focus of the story.
Recommended for readers ten years and older.
Three friends at boarding school are enrolled in the vet cadet program and are challenged by their teachers to be strong, independent young women who challenge misconceptions. They are given chicks to raise to demonstrate how intelligent chickens are. While out horse riding, they may have accidentally been exposed to the Hendra virus found on the property next door. Did their horses catch this deadly virus? Are chickens smart?
I enjoyed the animal focus of the story.
Recommended for readers ten years and older.
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