From Publishers Weekly
Eleven-year-old Fenton Rumplemayer, who loves to study dinosaurs, whiles away free hours in the Museum of Natural History in New York City, where his parents work as paleontologists. When each parent is given an opportunity to spend a year at a dig site, his mother travels to India, and Fenton and his father set up shop in a small town in Wyoming. There a team of paleontologists discovers some puzzling dinosaur footprints, but only Fenton (with the help of his two best friends) is able to fit the clues together. Dinophiles will definitely want to track down this energetic new series (the second installment, Fair Play , is being released simultaneously). Calhoun easily integrates fascinating dinosaur facts into a brisk story, and brings her characters to life via authentic dialogue and expressive narration. Ages 8-12.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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From School Library Journal
Grade 3-5-Fenton feels truly displaced when his family uproots from the Big Apple, his mother to study dinosaurs in India, he and his dad to track down fossils in Wyoming. His father isn't much of a cook, Fenton has had to leave his best friend behind, and he can't find a decent place to skateboard. Gradually, he discovers some things he likes about life in the West. He makes a new friend, Willy, and becomes involved in helping his father identify some mysterious footprints. At the book's conclusion, he's acclimated to his new home. This is a formulaic story that uses dinosaurs as a hook. Willy's Native American heritage seems like a device to score multicultural points. A book with a plot that never veers from the pat and narrow.
Cathryn A. Camper, Minneapolis Public LibraryCopyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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