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In the Time of Dinosaurs

by Katherine Applegate · 1998

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We could blame everything that happened on Marco. He was the one who heard about the downed submarine. He was the one who thought we should check it out. And everyone knows that if Marco's up to a challenge, I'm definitely there.

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Everything was going fine. Until the explosion. An explosion that blows us millions of years back in time. Back to the age of dinosaurs. Now Tobias, Cassie, Marco, Ax, Jake and I are fighting for our lives with every step we take. But that's not our biggest problem. Our biggest problem is we have no idea how to get back to our own time ...

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aliens and first contactaliens and first contactMore like thisLess of thisscience fictionscience fictionMore like thisLess of thistime traveltime travelMore like thisLess of thisfantasyfantasyMore like thisLess of thisadventureadventureMore like thisLess of this
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childhoodchildhoodMore like thisLess of thisanimalsanimalsMore like thisLess of thissurvivalsurvivalMore like thisLess of this
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sciencescienceMore like thisLess of thishistoryhistoryMore like thisLess of this
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childrensyoung adultmiddle gradeadult
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medium · 229 pages

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