About The Vet’s Apprentice by David Basinski:
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 U. of Ill. at
Champaign for two and a half yeas before transferring to
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 on a Wyoming cattle ranch, tested livestock throughout
Oregon with the Federal Animal Disease Laboratory and
received a diploma from the American Motorcycle Mechanics
School. Upon graduation with a bachelor’s degree in Animal
Science, he spent a year learning Polish in Krakow before be
admitted to the School of Veterinary Medicine in Wroclaw,
Poland.
The author, now retired, jogs with his dogs, rides a Honda
Niner along the shores of Lake Michigan, and plays pickleball,
while imagining Luna and Kai’s next adventure. He lives in
Chicagoland with his wife, Dia, and dogs, Theo and Savy.
This is his first book.