Dactyl Hill Squad

Name: Dactyl Hill Squad
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Daniel Jose Older
ISBN: 9781980006107

Author: Daniel Jose Older

Series: Dactyl Hill Squad #1

Narrator: Channie Waites

Unabridged: 6 hr 43 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 09/11/2018

Categories: Children's Fiction, Action & Adventure Stories, Science Fiction Stories, Animal Stories

Synopsis

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?

Reviews

Goodreads review by Rebecca

So much fun. A cleaver and entertaining way to introduce real historical events (think Draft Riots and Gangs of New York) to middle grade readers. A mix of historical and contemporary slang keeps the prose fresh and appealing to contemporary readers. Older really upped his game. This is great stuff!......more

Goodreads review by Adriana

My review is based on the ARC which was actually given to me by a friend. I loved it! As of this moment it is my favorite middle grade of the year! I really liked that he gave us something fun and educational. I know the lingo is accurate (but he does explain that in the informational section) but it......more

Goodreads review by Renata

oh another one I forgot to review earlier! First of all, when I booktalked this in schools kids lost their MINDS about it. It's SUCH a good premise. Civil War + dinosaurs?? Hell yeah hell yeah PLUS ALSO it does such a smart great job of integrating some pieces of Civil War history that aren't as wide......more