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Neeka and the Missing Key (Wilder Zoo, #1)
The brand new illustrated fiction series about living at a zoo!
Series: Wilder Zoo
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When you live in a zoo - things can get wild! Eleven-year-old Neeka Wilder has always loved animals. She wants to be a vet one day, like her mum, who is the head vet at Wilder Zoo - where Neeka and her family live! Neeka is...
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When you live in a zoo - things can get wild!
Eleven-year-old Neeka Wilder has always loved animals. She wants to be a vet one day, like her mum, who is the head vet at Wilder Zoo - where Neeka and her family live!
Neeka is a great help to the zoo staff in caring for the animals. She also takes videos of exciting events at the zoo. When the videos are nominated for a big award, Neeka wants to make one more video to help win it.
But when Rebel, the cheeky red panda, won't cooperate, her zoo key goes missing, and she's grounded for a month, it's a race against the clock to create the new video in time for the awards.
Praise for Neeka and the Missing Key
'full of surprises' - Gabrielle Tozer
'an adorable romp' - Victoria Carless
'the kind of story kids love to read' - Jen Storer
'an ultimate zoo adventure' - Samera Kamaleddine
'a magical tale' - Yvette Poshoglian
Series: Wilder Zoo
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Neeka and the Missing Key (Wilder Zoo, #1)
When you live in a zoo - things can get wild! Eleven-year-old Neeka Wilder has always loved animals. She wants to be a vet one day, like her mum, who is the head vet at Wilder Zoo - where Neeka and her family live! Neeka is a great help to the zoo staff in caring for the animals. She also...Paperback$1999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks -
Neeka and the Storm (Wilder Zoo, #2)
The second book in the series about lucky Neeka Wilder - who lives at a zoo! Eleven-year-old Neeka Wilder has always loved animals and is lucky enough to live at Wilder Zoo, where her mum is head vet. The deadline for the school reading challenge is only a few days away and Neeka has a lot of reading to do....Paperback$1999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks -
Neeka and the Great Search (Wilder Zoo, #3)
When you live in a zoo - things can get wild! The final book in the Wilder Zoo series. Eleven-year-old Neeka Wilder is living her dream - spending her days with wildlife, learning how to be a vet like her mum, and hanging out with Hudson and Rumi, her two best friends. When Hudson and Rumi go away for the...Paperback$1999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781460764558
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 29 January 2025
Country: Australia
Imprint: HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd
Contributors:
- Illustrated by Max Hamilton
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 20.0mm
Width: 131.0mm
Height: 200.0mm
Weight: 210g
Pages: 272
About the Author
Tina Strachan is a children's book author who has spent twenty years working and studying wildlife conservation including through zoo keeping, vet nursing, research and as a conservation officer. These unique experiences provide fodder for her debut middle grade series, Wilder Zoo. Tina lives on the Gold Coast in Queensland with her husband, two boys and their cavoodle. Max Hamilton has worked as a graphic designer and illustrator for over twenty years. She studied fine art at COFA, NSW, and went on to study graphic design and illustration at Enmore TAFE. Max is now, most enthusiastically, a maker of children's books and enjoys noticing the little details in things and loves to get lost in the world of illustration and stories. Max illustrated Where the Lyrebird Lives by Vicki Conley that won the 2023 CBCA Early Childhood Book of the Year Award and Tasmanian Devil, by Claire Saxby, which was awarded the 2023 RZSNSW Whitley Awards Children's Natural History Book. Max lives with her family and their cuddly dog in Sydney, Australia.
Also by Tina Strachan
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Neeka and the Storm (Wilder Zoo, #2)
The second book in the series about lucky Neeka Wilder - who lives at a zoo! Eleven-year-old Neeka Wilder has always loved animals and is lucky enough to live at Wilder Zoo, where her mum is head vet. The deadline for the school reading challenge is only a few days away and Neeka has a lot of reading to do....Paperback$1999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks -
Neeka and the Great Search (Wilder Zoo, #3)
When you live in a zoo - things can get wild! The final book in the Wilder Zoo series. Eleven-year-old Neeka Wilder is living her dream - spending her days with wildlife, learning how to be a vet like her mum, and hanging out with Hudson and Rumi, her two best friends. When Hudson and Rumi go away for the...Paperback$1999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks
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