On the Right Track (Dinosaur Detective)

Calhoun, B. B.

ISBN 10: 0716765195 / ISBN 13: 9780716765196

Published by W H Freeman & Co, 1895

This is a retired library book with typical wear markings. May or may not have library stickers attached which will not be removed. Cover Case has some rubbing and edgewear. Access codes, CD's, slipcovers and other accessories may not be included. Seller Inventory # 2Y6RVS004C3F_ns

Synopsis:

Fenton Rumplemayer moves from New York City to Montana with his father, a paleontologist, and is able to help him identify a puzzling dinosaur track

Reviews: Grade 3-5-Fenton feels truly displaced when his family uproots from the Big Apple, his mother to study dinosaurs in India, he and his dad to track down fossils in Wyoming. His father isn't much of a cook, Fenton has had to leave his best friend behind, and he can't find a decent place to skateboard. Gradually, he discovers some things he likes about life in the West. He makes a new friend, Willy, and becomes involved in helping his father identify some mysterious footprints. At the book's conclusion, he's acclimated to his new home. This is a formulaic story that uses dinosaurs as a hook. Willy's Native American heritage seems like a device to score multicultural points. A book with a plot that never veers from the pat and narrow.
Cathryn A. Camper, Minneapolis Public Library
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Eleven-year-old Fenton Rumplemayer, who loves to study dinosaurs, whiles away free hours in the Museum of Natural History in New York City, where his parents work as paleontologists. When each parent is given an opportunity to spend a year at a dig site, his mother travels to India, and Fenton and his father set up shop in a small town in Wyoming. There a team of paleontologists discovers some puzzling dinosaur footprints, but only Fenton (with the help of his two best friends) is able to fit the clues together. Dinophiles will definitely want to track down this energetic new series (the second installment, Fair Play , is being released simultaneously). Calhoun easily integrates fascinating dinosaur facts into a brisk story, and brings her characters to life via authentic dialogue and expressive narration. Ages 8-12.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Gr. 3-6. Eleven-year-old Fenton Rumplemayer is a dinosaur lover who is following in the tracks of his paleontologist parents. Fenton's chance to really get close to the action comes when his parents leave their jobs at the New York Museum of Natural History to work on special projects. The youngster is excited about his mother's one-year project in India and then is disappointed to find out that instead of experiencing the mystery and majesty of the East, he's being shipped out West to a nowhere place called Morgan, Wyoming, with his dad. Much of the story's focus deals with Fenton's missing his mother and his adjustment. The real mystery doesn't heat up until rather late in the book but still proves satisfying as Fenton fits the pieces of the dinosaur puzzle together. Fenton's new Wyoming pal, his computer hookup to his New York friend, and the mystery dinosaur tracks should keep boys and girls reading. Denia Hester

Bibliographic Details

Title: On the Right Track (Dinosaur Detective)
Publisher: W H Freeman & Co
Publication Date: 1895
Binding: Hardcover
Illustrator: Duffy, Daniel Mark
Condition: acceptable