Dactyl Hill Squad / Daniel José Older.
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- 9781338268812
- 1338268813
- 9781338268829
- 1338268821
- Adventure and adventurers -- Fiction
- African Americans -- Juvenile fiction
- Race riots -- Juvenile fiction
- Riots -- Juvenile fiction
- Dinosaurs -- Juvenile fiction
- Orphans -- Juvenile fiction
- Brothers and sisters -- Juvenile fiction
- Alternative histories (Fiction)
- New York (N.Y.) -- Race relations -- Juvenile fiction
- New York (N.Y.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Juvenile fiction
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Vol info | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Dr. James Carlson Library | Children's Science Fiction/Fantasy | Older Daniel J | 1 | Available | 33111008912962 | ||||
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Main Library | Children's Science Fiction/Fantasy | Older Daniel J | 1 | Available | 33111009244415 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
"An unforgettable historical, high-octane adventure." -- Dav Pilkey, author-illustrator of the Dog Man series It's 1863 and dinosaurs roam the streets of New York as the Civil War rages between raptor-mounted armies down South. Magdalys Roca and her friends from the Colored Orphan Asylum are on a field trip when the Draft Riots break out, and a number of their fellow orphans are kidnapped by an evil magistrate, Richard Riker.Magdalys and her friends flee to Brooklyn and settle in the Dactyl Hill neighborhood, where black and brown New Yorkers have set up an independent community -- a safe haven from the threats of Manhattan. Together with the Vigilance Committee, they train to fly on dactylback, discover new friends and amazing dinosaurs, and plot to take down Riker. Can Magdalys and the squad rescue the rest of their friends before it's too late?
It is the summer of 1863, and as the Civil War rages between dinosaur-mounted armies down south, and a tense New York City seems on the brink of exploding into riots, Magdalys Roca and the other children at the Colored Orphan Asylum are trying to survive; but when she receives a letter telling her that her brother Montez was wounded, Magdalys knows that somehow she must reach him--and just possibly her ability to communicate telepathically with dinosaurs may come in handy.
Includes bibliographical references.