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Dinosaur Breakout

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In this exciting sequel to Dinosaur Hideout, twelve-year-old Daniel Bringham travels back millions of years to the time of dinosaurs - a terrifying journey from which he may never return.In Dinosaur Hideout, Daniel and Pederson, a reclusive palaeontologist living on a neighbouring farm in southwestern Saskatchewan, made a brilliant discovery - the fossil remains of a dinosaur called an Edmontosaurus.Now, local bullies Todd and Craig Nelwin, jealous of all the attention Daniel gets, want to find his hideout and wreck it. When the three scuffle and Daniel hits his head on the rocks, he is whisked out of his own time and into the world of the dinosaurs - Triceratops, Brontosaurus, Tyrannosaurus Rex; a world of giant redwoods, huge ferns, and dragonflies nearly a metre wide. When another equally strange shock brings him back to his own time, Daniel at first doesn't realize that he carries a small piece of the past - a bit of redwood bark. Whenever he touches it, he will return to the dinosaurs' world.Daniel makes two more unplanned but thrilling trips to the past. He sees the most marvellous, and horrifying, sights and makes new discoveries about dinosaurs. On the final trip, Daniel has two unwilling "hitchhikers" with him - the Nelwins. Daniel isn't the only one who learns from their sudden shared adventure.A glossary of names and technical terms and a book list kids can use to expand their knowledge of dinosaurs is included.

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    • School Library Journal

      March 1, 2005
      Gr 4-6 -This book will appeal to dinosaur enthusiasts because of its descriptions of these prehistoric animals "in action." Daniel, who lives in Saskatchewan, makes several journeys back in time and encounters not just "T. rex" and "Stegosaurus" but also "Edmontosaurus", "Pteranodon", and "Deinosuchus". His interest has grown out of the discovery of an important dinosaur fossil on his neighbor's land and his involvement in the dinosaur dig operation that his family is planning to open for tourists. Daniel's life is plagued by two bullies who treat him quite brutally, and readers might find it discomforting that his parents aren't more proactive in making sure he is safe. (His mother lets him take a nap after a particularly serious head injury and then allows him to go back to his cave in a remote area.) Overall, there is a general flatness to the characters, who never come alive even in moments of extreme danger." -Edith Ching, St. Albans School, Mt. St. Alban, Washington, DC"

      Copyright 2005 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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  • English

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  • ATOS Level:5.6
  • Interest Level:4-8(MG)
  • Text Difficulty:4

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