Out of Place (Dinosaur Detective) [Paperback]

B. B. Calhoun (Author), Daniel Mark Duffy (Illustrator)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0716765519 | ISBN-13: 978-0716765516 | Publication Date: September 1994

Features clues in the text and illustrations which make it possible for readers to solve the mystery along with the characters.

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Grade 3-6?Max, Fenton Rumplemayer's New York City friend and computer enthusiast, comes to Wyoming for a visit. Initially bored and detached from the activities going on, he wonders if he and Fenton, whose main interest is paleontology, have grown apart. As the story unfolds, Max spends his time working mysteriously on his computer while Fenton investigates a strange occurrence at a dig site while also planning his costume for the town's annual Halloween celebration. By the end of the story, Max has reached an understanding with Fenton, has provided the solution to the dinosaur questions, and has even become involved with the local history. Fenton, Max, and the supporting characters are portrayed as clean-cut, intellectual types. Although some rough transitions are evident, the dinosaur information is worked in smoothly. The pencil sketches decorate the story, making it appealing to reluctant readers. Adequate, but not a first purchase.?Cheryl Cufari, N.A. Walbran Elementary School, Oriskany, NY
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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 8 and up
  
• Paperback: 122 pages
• Publisher: W H Freeman & Co (Sd) (September 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0716765519
• ISBN-13: 978-0716765516
• Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 5.1 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #150,918 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Good kid's book which is detail enough for adult browsing, July 31, 2003

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This review is from: Out of Place (Dinosaur Detective) (Paperback)

7/31/03 B.B. Calhoun's book not only gives an opportunity to compare eastern state New York with mountainous Wyoming..but throws in info re dinosaurs,dialogue on attitudes of "the 6th grade group" and despite an illustration on the jacket of various time zones(Pharoahs(King Tut, and Pharoah Thutmose II's stepmother,"the woman pharoah:Hatshepsut),superheoes(Eon),dinosaurs(e.g.:deinonychus,zephyrosaurus),..and Dr Gideon Mantell(British doctor ,who 1n 1822 first identified the teeth of the dinosaur iguanodon)[main character,Fenton Rumplemayer(whose parents are paleontologists) 'costumes' to be Gideon Mantell at the Firehouse's halloween party) ..not for a minute with dialogue like "you guys","actually","cool","oh well"(pg 105..as in the pun on 'Oh well(it's a deep subject)',.."mention of the racing movie "Wild Wheels",..Wyoming's Fairpoint Mall & its costume/stationary store "Card Castle" would the juvenile reader not consider it a "modern reader" book.