The Once Upon a Vet School Series
Drama and humor abound as Lena pursues her childhood dream of becoming an equine vet—and beyond—in this unique series of six, independent novella sequences with several books in each:
~ Junior Years ~ High School Days ~ College Nights ~ Vet School 24/7 ~ Practice Time ~ Long in the Tooth ~
You’ll find the age- and genre- appropriate sequence names are in the frame around Lena in the top left corner of each book–and Lena’s age is reflected by the cameo there!
A modern-day American and Kiwi James Herriot, if you will.
~Junior Years~
After Lena hears she needs good grades to become a veterinarian, things start to get tricky. Even her pony doesn’t get out unscathed. (Middle Grade) 1972-1976
~High School Days ~
When your high school counsellor says vet school’s too hard for you and your HS sweetheart offers you a dream life of farming, writing, and babies, what do you do? Is vet school really the be-all, end-all? (Young Adult) 1976-1979
~College Nights~
How can you have a life when you need an A in every class for four years to get into vet school… on top of 800 hours vet practice work? Something’s got to give. (Young Adult and up) 1980-1984
~Vet School 24/7~
Now they’re in, the pressure for grades is off and vet school social life is upon them… there’s only the tsunami of 200 years of veterinary knowledge to pack into their heads. Can Lena and her friends stay afloat? (Young Adult and up) 1984-1988
~Practice Time~
Finally graduated, prima ballerinas of the university, Lena and her vet school classmates disperse to far-flung practices… and real life. What could possibly go wrong? Late nights on-call, mud, blood, and finally, a light at the end of the tunnel… unfortunately, it’s only the penlight of a dictatorial vet technician in Lena’s eyes after she passed out on the floor. (Women’s Rural Fiction with Romantic Elements) 1988-2012
~Long in the Tooth~
When Lena suffers another catastrophic back injury, what’s she to do to feed her family and keep the farm? She can’t breathe around cats or birds and what good’s an equine vet who can’t hold up a horse’s leg? Time for Lena to go back to school. Again. (Women’s Rural Fiction with Romantic Elements) 2012- …
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The stories centre around the life and times of a fictitious wanna-be vet from the time she heard it took good grades to get into veterinary school, through her pre-vet years, university, veterinary school, equine practice in the Sierra Foothills of California, to equine and mixed animal practice in rural New Zealand.
The first book in the JUNIOR YEARS sequence is in progress! More installments are in line for completion and release.
“But you can’t do that,” I hear you say…
I figure…if Star Wars can do it, so can Once Upon a Vet School!
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Enjoy!
xx
Lizzi
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