Join us for a fun-filled kids author talk with Tina Strachan featuring a lively book reading, wild games and a creative craft session. 'Wilder Zoo' is Tina’s debut series for middle-grade readers, consisting of Neeka and the Missing Key and now Neeka and the Storm.

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.

When a wild storm hits, emergency evacuation plans are put in place and even Neeka's bedroom turns into an animal nursery. But when the rain stops and the clean-up begins, focusing on reading becomes Neeka's biggest challenge.