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	Older, Daniel Jose. DACTYL HILL SQUAD : BOOK ONE New York : Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc., 2018 IL 5-8 ISBN 9781338268812
Click on the book to read Amazon reviews	The Civil War is raging on and dinosaurs walk the Earth! It’s 1863 in New York City, and we are following the story of Magdalys Roca and her friends from the Colored Orphan Asylum when they are on a field trip. While they are out, the draft riots break out and several orphans are kidnapped by Richard Riker! Can Magdalys save her friends? Can she ride on dinosaurs even though black citizens have just been granted the right to dinoride and white people are not happy about that? This book blends real facts about dinosaurs with true aspects of Civil War history and is a fabulous read! (Pennsylvania Young Reader’s Choice Award 2020-2021)
	SUBJECTS:   Adventure stories.                         New York (N.Y.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Fiction.                         African Americans -- Fiction.                         Race relations -- Fiction.                         Riots -- Fiction.                         Dinosaurs -- Fiction.                         Orphans -- Fiction.                         Brothers and sisters -- Fiction.                         Adventure and adventurers -- Fiction.                         New York (N.Y.) -- Race relations -- Fiction.

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