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Also by Kenneth Oppel:

Best of All Worlds, June 2025
Hardcover / e-Book
Every Hidden Thing, October 2016
Hardcover / e-Book
Such Wicked Intent, September 2012
Hardcover / e-Book
This Dark Endeavor, September 2011
Hardcover / e-Book
Starclimber, March 2009
Hardcover
Darkwing, September 2008
Paperback
Firewing, April 2008
Paperback
Sunwing, April 2008
Paperback
Dead Water Zone, September 2007
Paperback
Silverwing, September 2007
Paperback
Skybreaker, January 2007
Paperback
Airborn, June 2005
Mass Market Paperback

EVERY HIDDEN THING
By: Kenneth Oppel

Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
October 2016
On Sale: October 11, 2016
368 pages
ISBN: 1481464167
EAN: 9781481464161
Kindle: B01BKR45DY
Hardcover / e-Book
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Young Adult Adventure | Young Adult Romance

The hunt for a dinosaur skeleton buried in the Badlands, bitter rivalries, and a forbidden romance come together in this beautifully written new novel that’s Romeo and Juliet meets Indiana Jones.

Somewhere in the Badlands, embedded deep in centuries- buried rock and sand, lies the skeleton of a massive dinosaur, larger than anything the late nineteenth century world has ever seen. Some legends call it the Black Beauty, with its bones as black as ebony, but to seventeen-year-old Samuel Bolt it’s the “rex”, the king dinosaur that could put him and his struggling, temperamental archaeologist father in the history books (and conveniently make his father forget he’s been kicked out of school), if they can just quarry it out.

But Samuel and his father aren’t the only ones after the rex. For Rachel Cartland this find could be her ticket to a different life, one where her loves of science and adventure aren’t just relegated to books and sitting rooms. Because if she can’t prove herself on this expedition with her professor father, the only adventures she may have to look forward to are marriage or spinsterhood.

As their paths cross and the rivalry between their fathers becomes more intense, Samuel and Rachel are pushed closer together. And with both eyeing the same prize, their budding romance seems destined to fail. But as danger looms on the other side of the hills, causing everyone’s secrets to come to light, Samuel and Rachel are forced to make a decision. Can they join forces to find their quarry—and with it a new life together—or will old enmities and prejudices keep them from both the rex and each other?