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School Library Journal
Reviewed on June 1, 2012 | Grades 5-up
Gr 4–8—Weaver bases six fictional scenarios on scientific discoveries about fossil remains of ancient human ancestors. Devoting her first chapter to a boy in New Mexico helping archaeologists uncover artifacts of the Clovis people, she explains how scientists carefully excavate and record remnants of ancient life. As Miguel thinks about the people who lived in his area thousands of years ago, his imagination carries him back much further to Africa. The following five accounts present exciting vignettes of what life might h...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2012
Weaver imagines the lives (and often gristly deaths) of five youths from various prehistoric eras, grounding their lengthy, at tim...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
