Dactyl Hill Squad. Book one / Daniel José Older
- Author
- Older, Daniel José
- Published
- New York, NY : Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc., 2018.
- Copyright Date
- ©2018
- Edition
- First edition.
- Physical Description
- 256 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
- Series
- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: pt. One The Raptor Claw -- 1.Out the Door and Away -- 2.City of Whispers -- 3.Knuckleskull Checkpoint* -- 4.A Letter from the Front -- 5.Fire at the Zanzibar -- 6.Brachy -- 7.Ka-Blam! -- 8.A Refuge in Ruins -- 9.The Records Room -- 10.Run! -- 11.The River Crossing -- pt. Two Dactyl Hill -- 12.Midnight at the Bochinche -- 13.A Dapper Morning -- 14.Rooftop Dactyls -- 15.The Silo on the Edge of Town -- 16.Updates and Rumblings -- 17.A Squad Is Born -- 18.Assignments, Warnings, and a Code -- 19.Mission to Manhattan -- 20.Manhattan Skyline -- 21.The Not-So-Humble Abode of Mr. Harrison Weed- -- 22.Caught! -- 23.Hedgehog, Granted -- 24.Trouble and More Trouble -- 25.Silo Jones -- 26.Plotting & Planning, Planning & Plotting -- pt. Three Rescue Run -- 27.Out and Away Over the Rooftops -- 28.Piers & Pirates -- 29.Out into the Blue -- 30.Battle for the Ocarrion -- 31.Sea Flight -- 32.Chase Back to the Harbor -- 33.Cry Havoc -- 34.Stakeout -- 35.Parapet Swoop -- 36.Attack! -- 37.Abre Camino -- 38.The Shake `n' Drop -- 39.A Journey Begins.
- Summary
- 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.
- Subject(s)
- American Civil War (1861-1865)
- 1861-1865
- African Americans—Juvenile fiction
- Race riots—Juvenile fiction
- Dinosaurs—Juvenile fiction
- Orphans—Juvenile fiction
- Siblings—Juvenile fiction
- Alternative histories (Fiction)
- Adventure stories
- African Americans—Fiction
- Race relations—Fiction
- Riots—Fiction
- Dinosaurs—Fiction
- Orphans—Fiction
- Siblings—Fiction
- Adventure and adventurers—Fiction
- JUVENILE FICTION—Fantasy & Magic
- JUVENILE FICTION—Historical—United States—Civil War Period (1850-1877)
- JUVENILE FICTION—Social Themes—Prejudice & Racism
- African Americans
- Dinosaurs
- Orphans
- Race relations
- Race riots
- New York (N.Y.)—Race relations—Juvenile fiction
- New York (N.Y.)—History—Civil War, 1861-1865—Juvenile fiction
- New York (N.Y.)—History—Civil War, 1861-1865—Fiction
- New York (State)—New York
- Genre(s)
- ISBN
- 9781338268812 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
1338268813 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
9781338268829 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
1338268821 (paperback ; alkaline paper) - Note
- Map on lining papers.
- Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Awards
- Publishers Weekly Best Middle Grade Book, 2018
School Library Journal's Best Books, 2018
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