Series ~ Single Title
Author ~ Lea Schizas and Karen McGrath
Release Date ~ September 10, 2010
Age Group ~ Middle Grade
Publisher ~ MuseItUp Publishing
Source ~ MuseItUp Publishing
GOODREADS SUMMARY
Jillian is planning her first big Halloween party and hopes the weather holds out.
Well, the weather does...but after Jillian, in her witch's outfit playfully chants the following from a prop witch's spell book:
"Changes are due?
Not many but a few
To meet your history
And see it's not misery
Ghosts will abound
Trekking all around
For you will now travel
In a land full of marvel"
everyone is in for the surprise of their life. Her backyard is gone. In its place greenery filled with tall trees, a variety of bushes, and...DINOSAURS?
REVIEW
Time travel books are usually fun to read. I like to learn about other times in history and see how the characters react. So, The Halloween Dino Trip sounded like a good read. Kids going from a Halloween party in the present to the time of dinosaurs can’t be bad, right?
As I expected, I liked reading about the actual time travel. I really enjoyed the idea of a spell book making this all possible. The problem came in when the kids actually arrived in dinosaur times. Very quickly, they moved from dinosaur times to the dinosaurs dead to the ice age and then back home.
I wanted more dinosaurs and I felt let down.
I had the same sort of problem with the main character, Jillian. We really only got to see her at her party and then so quickly going on her adventure. I didn’t feel like she had a big defining moment or that I really got to know her very deeply.
Sorry, but this one was just not for me.
RATING
2 Not For Me
COVER COMMENTS
This is a cute middle grade cover. Jillian looks like a typical tween and the pumpkin is a nice touch. Cute!
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