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Dinosaur Boy (Dinosaur Boy, 1)
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Dinosaur Boy is a charming tale that deals with the issue most kids face with bullying. With a fantastic cast of truly diverse characters, sprinklings of humour, and a twist that’s out of this world, kids will love this book.
Sawyer, like most kids, has grown over the summer. Only, he hasn’t gotten taller, he’s grown a new tail and plates down his bag. Sawyer is part-dinosaur – stegosaurus to be exact – just like his grandfather, who’s a scientist for Amalgam Labs. After an accident in the Labs, some two hundred scientists were given dinosaur DNA and turned into human-dinosaur hybrids. Now Sawyer has inherited that gene and has to deal with the new attention from his classmates.
The new principal – Principal Mathias – has a zero tolerance policy on bullying, and when Sawyer’s bullies are immediately expelled, Sawyer doesn’t think anything more of it. Until the friend of one of the expelled boys tells him that they haven’t been seen since.
Along with his best friend, Elliot (a normal, human kid), and the new girl, Sylvie (who has some secrets of her own), Sawyer tries to find out what exactly happened to the kids.
I loved this story, it was a really great read with some interesting twists in there that I’m sure kids will enjoy. It teaches a great message about tolerance and acceptance as well. A fantastic story and a quick read. One to keep an eye out for!
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Dinosaur Boy is a charming tale that deals with the issue most kids face with bullying. With a fantastic cast of truly diverse characters, sprinklings of humour, and a twist that’s out of this world, kids will love this book.
Sawyer, like most kids, has grown over the summer. Only, he hasn’t gotten taller, he’s grown a new tail and plates down his bag. Sawyer is part-dinosaur – stegosaurus to be exact – just like his grandfather, who’s a scientist for Amalgam Labs. After an accident in the Labs, some two hundred scientists were given dinosaur DNA and turned into human-dinosaur hybrids. Now Sawyer has inherited that gene and has to deal with the new attention from his classmates.
The new principal – Principal Mathias – has a zero tolerance policy on bullying, and when Sawyer’s bullies are immediately expelled, Sawyer doesn’t think anything more of it. Until the friend of one of the expelled boys tells him that they haven’t been seen since.
Along with his best friend, Elliot (a normal, human kid), and the new girl, Sylvie (who has some secrets of her own), Sawyer tries to find out what exactly happened to the kids.
I loved this story, it was a really great read with some interesting twists in there that I’m sure kids will enjoy. It teaches a great message about tolerance and acceptance as well. A fantastic story and a quick read. One to keep an eye out for!
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Reading Progress
January 21, 2015
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Started Reading
January 21, 2015
– Shelved
January 21, 2015
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Finished Reading
November 9, 2015
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read-in-2015