Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
October 2016
On Sale: October 11, 2016
368 pages ISBN: 1481464167 EAN: 9781481464161 Kindle: B01BKR45DY Hardcover / e-Book Add to Wish List
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?
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