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Title details for Dactyl Hill Squad (Dactyl Hill Squad #1) by Daniel José Older - Wait list

Dactyl Hill Squad (Dactyl Hill Squad #1)

by Daniel José Older
ebook
"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?
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Series: Dactyl Hill Squad Publisher: Scholastic Inc.

Kindle Book

  • Release date: September 11, 2018

OverDrive Read

  • ISBN: 9781338268836
  • Release date: September 11, 2018

EPUB ebook

  • ISBN: 9781338268836
  • File size: 32088 KB
  • Release date: September 11, 2018
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Kindle Book
OverDrive Read
EPUB ebook

subjects

Fantasy Juvenile Fiction Juvenile Literature Historical Fiction

Languages

English

Levels

ATOS Level:5.5
Lexile® Measure:800
Interest Level:4-8(MG)
Text Difficulty:3-4

"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?
Expand title description text
Fantasy Juvenile Fiction Juvenile Literature Historical Fiction