Alpha One, leader of the wilderwolves, leads the Night Patrol straight into a werewolf-hunter trap. Freddy is expelled from Howlington after the council blames him - and his friendship with Scarlet - for the disaster.
When the wilderwolf hunting Freddy is exposed as Cherry, and sentenced to be defanged for her crimes, Freddy tries to prove that she can be reformed. Scarlet meets two other young wolfhunters who take a different approach.
Freddy Lupin manages to convince the pack elders to let him sit Howlington Academy's entrance test. Freddy must use all his poodle wits (and his best friend Batty's help) to win a place at the historically wolf-only academy.
Ms Afeaki leads the students on a camping trip, but when Scarlet and her family turn up on their own camping trip, Freddy and Scarlet's granny end up cornered by wilderwolves and will need the whole class's help to escape.
Scarlet's parents reveal that they're werewolf hunters. When they catch the elusive pink poodle (aka Freddy), Scarlet's commitment to the cause is tested, and the Howlington kids have to rescue him from the hunters' den.