Okay. I haven't posted in a few days because I started this book thinking I would like it, but I started it and I realized that it was a dinosaur hunting book. I don't know how to summarize this book, so I'm going to tell you what it says on the back of the book. Wandering through the Natural History Museum with her grandchildren, Julia Creath feels the presence of her dead brother, Daniel. She remembers a time when a fossil fever hit everyone, old and young—a time when people would even kill for those old bones under the ground. Julia becomes the Nebraska farm girl she one was, as she weaves together the story of the great dinosaur rush—an adventurous tale of love and treachery, but most of all the story of her own childhood, and of the older brother she loved more than anything. Daniel had a dream: to save their family's farm by finding a dinosaur. It was a dream that Julia shared—and that she alone would see come true.
This book gave me mixed feelings. I started off not liking this dress. I found myself only reading it some nights for a couple of hours. I wasn't really interested in it. I read it anyway. After reading about half the book, I started to like it. I don't know if I was just having an emotional day yesterday, when I finished the book, but I cried several times near the end. I don't know what it was, but I ended up liking it.
I'm not sure if I would recommend this book. I did like it, but I'm not sure I would recommend it. It is a good book for an older child, but not necessarily a good book for a young adult or an adult. It's a good story, but I can't recommend it. My Daniel by Pam Conrad.
