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My Daniel

Pan Conrad
Recommended by: Melissa (FEET!)
S: 6/3 F: 6/7

   "All I want to find is one dinosaur," Daniel was saying. "And I'll find it right here. Like I do all my fossils."

Wandering through the Natural History Museum with her grandchildren, Julia Creath feels the presence of her dead brother, Daniel. She remembers a time when fossil fever hit everyone, old and young--a time when people would even kill for those old bones under the ground.

Julia becomes the Nebraska farm girl she once was, as she weaves together the story of the great dinosaur rush--and adventurous tale of love and treachery, but most of all the story of her own childhood, and of the older brother she loved more than anything. Daniel had a dream: to save their family's farm by finding a dinosaur. It was a dream that Julia shared--and that she alone would see come true.

My Thoughts: I loved it! Even if it is a young adult book I still really liked it. I love books based the the late 1800's. I love old people telling stories of that time. I was sad when I finished, because it was over and I had no more to read.