A laugh-out-loud, quirky new middle grade series that looks at bullying in an entirely new and inventive way.Everyone knows the dinosaur gene skips a generation. So it isn't a complete surprise when Sawyer sprouts spikes and a tail before the start of fifth grade. After all, his grandfather was part stegosaurus.Being a dinosaur is pretty cool, despite a sudden craving for vegetables. Except some of the kids at school aren't too thrilled with his spikey taileven if he covers them with tennis balls. Sawyer is relieved when a couple of the bullies mysteriously stop coming to school, until he discovers a secret more shocking than Dino DNA! The disappearing kids are in for a galactically horrible fateand only Sawyer, with the help of his friends Elliot and Sylvia, can rescue them.Dinosaur Boy is the perfectbook for middle school boys and reluctant readersbully book for children that explores the topic in a new and inventive waydinosaur chapter book for kids 9-12preteen gift for boys"A hilarious adventure and as sharp as a stegosaurus's tail...fantastic."Nathan Bransford, author of Jacob Wonderbar and the Cosmic Space Kapow on Dinosaur Boy"Funny, fast-paced, and filled with surprising twists, Dinosaur Boy is a charming story will have boys and girls roaring for more!"Nikki Loftin, author of The Sinister Sweetness of Splendid Academy and Nightingale's NestA Junior Library Guild selectionAnd don't miss the thrilling sequel Dinosaur Boy Saves Marscoming February 2016.

 

 

This book is part of a book series called Dinosaur Boy .

This book has been graded for interest at 8-12 years.

There are 224 pages in this book. This book was published in 2016 by Sourcebooks, Inc .

In sixth grade, Cory Putman Oakes had to face the sad truth that being a heroine in a Madeleine L'Engle book was not a valid career choice. She graduated from law school and taught at Texas State University before deciding that writing books was the best alternative to living in them. She lives in Austin. www. corypoakes. com.