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361 pp.
| Simon |
October, 2016 |
TradeISBN 978-1-4814-6416-1$17.99
|
EbookISBN 978-1-4814-6418-5
(2)
YA
In the late-nineteenth-century Badlands, Samuel and his self-taught paleontologist father hope to beat out dinosaur-fossil-hunting competitor Professor Cartland of Yale and his daughter Rachel. Oppel's tale is part Western adventure--full of sabotage, double-crosses, and Indian encounters--part social commentary on the times. Oppel explains he's taken pains to accurately portray the Sioux and Pawnee characters and the white scientists' unenlightened attitudes.
Reviewer: Dean Schneider
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
September, 2016