The Vet’s Apprentice by David Basinski
If Princess Leia wanted to become an animal doctor, and Darth Vader intended to destroy the planet’s livestock, wouldn’t Obi-Wan Kenobi have to be a vet?
When seventeen-year-old Luna Auer loses her scholarship, though no fault of her own, she goes on a work-study program to a remote planet. Once, there, she uncovers a plot, by the corporation she works for, to eliminate the planet’s unique hybrid animals. Will Luna be able to prevent their destruction with the help of an eccentric motorcycle-riding veterinarian and his sidekick, Rueben, a dog with chameleon traits?
Fans of Dr. Dolittle will enjoy the voyage, its illustrated exotic animals, and the people who care for them.
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Author Bio:
After graduating from high school with the Illinois State Representative scholarship, the author attended the U. of Illinois at Champaign for two and a half years before transferring to the Tuskegee Institute, in Alabama. While there, he represented the school in rodeo and the National Dairy Tasting Competition. During the summers between semesters, he worked for the Federal Animal Disease Testing Laboratory in Salem, Oregon, a ranch in Wyoming, and attended the American Motorcycle Mechanics School. Upon graduation with a bachelor’s degree in animal science, he spent a year learning Polish in Krakow before being admitted to the School of Veterinary Medicine in Wroclaw, Poland.
The semiretired author jogs with dogs, rides a Honda Niner along the shores of Lake Michigan, and plays pickleball while reporting on Kai and Luna’s next adventure. He lives in Chicagoland with his wife, Dia, and dogs, Theo and Savy.
This is his first book.