Dactyl Hill Squad

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It s 1863 and dinosaurs roam the streets of New York as the Civil War rages between raptor mounted armies down South Magdalys Roca and her friends from the Colored Orphan Asylum are on a field trip when the Draft Riots break out, and a number of their fellow orphans are kidnapped by an evil magistrate, Richard Riker Magdalys and her friends flee to Brooklyn and settle in the Dactyl Hill neighborhood, where black and brown New Yorkers have set up an independent community a safe haven from the threats of Manhattan Together with the Vigilance Committee, they train to fly on dactylback, discover new friends and amazing dinosaurs, and plot to take down Riker Can Magdalys and the squad rescue the rest of their friends before it s too late New Download Kindle ePUB Dactyl Hill Squad by Daniel José Older – kino-fada.fr So much fun A cleaver and entertaining way to introduce real historical events think Draft Riots and Gangs of New York to middle grade readers A mix of historical and contemporary slang keeps the prose fresh and appealing to contemporary readers Older really upped his game This is great stuffMy review is based on the ARC which was actually given to me by a friend.I loved it As of this moment it is my favorite middle grade of the year I really liked that he gave us something fun and educational I know the lingo is accurate but he does explain that in the informational section but it makes sense why he does it I like that he came up with mini dactyls and well just mini dinosaurs in general And that he came up with shorthanded nam...I m not giving this a rating because I am in two very different minds about it Part of me is all Yay Five stars Historical adventure with a smart, brave girl of color nay, an entire cast of characters of color and dinosaurs Plus, it very sneakily teaches really important history lessons about the North during the Civil War And dinosaurs And the other part of me was all Two stars because the science just doesn t make sense I m not even a scientist and I know that I mean, if dinosaurs I m not giving this a rating because I am in two very different minds about it Part of me is all Yay Five stars Historical adventure with a smart, brave girl of color nay, an entire cast of characters of color and dinosaurs Plus, it very sneakily teaches really important history lessons about the North during the Civil War And dinosaurs And the other part of me was all Two stars because the science just doesn t make sense I m not even a scientist and I know that I mean, if dinosaurs survived into the 19...Different with a capital D and super fun Kids are going to eat this series up Civil War in an alternate America with all the action in this volume in New York City Dinosaurs are domesticated in this world and our orphaned heroine has a telepathic link to them that enables her to direct their actions and win their loyalty Issues of race, class and prejudice are threaded through the story and well integrated The dinosaur battle scenes are wildly entertaining and the villains completely despic Different with a capital D and super fun Kids are going to eat this series up Civil War in an alternate America with all the action in this ...Historical fiction with dinosaurs The combination just barely works IMVHO the history occasionally got short shrifted because the dinosaur part needed to be worked in Luckily there are author s notes about the Draft Riots, the Colored Orphan Asylum, the period slang and dinorsaurs to...Release date September 11, 2018I was drawn to this book by the unique premise Dinosaurs and humans coexist, and both the North and the South are using dinosaurs in the Civil War They are used in place of horses, to deliver mail and to fight or attack The main character Magdalys Mags for short is an orphan who discovers she can communicate with the dinosaurs, and becomes involved with the war effort When I read that she could communicate with the dinosaurs, I was imagining that the book w Release date September 11, 2018I was drawn to this book by the unique premise Dinosaurs and humans coexist, and both the North and the South are using dinosaurs in the Civil War They are used in place of horses, to deliver mail and to fight or attack The main character Magdalys Mags for short is an orphan who discovers she can communicate with the dinosaurs, and becomes involved with the war effort When I read that she could communicate with the dinosaurs, I was imagining that the book would have a bit of Eragon and Saphira vibe to it, where the dinosaurs talk to Mags, but in actuality, it sthat Mags can sense their feelings and emotions I was hoping forof a friendship between the ...I enjoyed this combination of alternate history and fantasy I found the premise especially interesting because back in school I researched and wrote a paper on the Civil War draft riots in NYC and the burning of the Colored Orphan Asylum Some of the events, places, and people are based on reality including black theater and the main villain and some are fiction, including the dinosaurs Sounds like lots of research on the different kinds of dinosaurs and their temperaments though The charac I enjoyed this combination of alternate history and fantasy I found the premise especially interesting because back in school I researched and wrote a paper on the Civil War draft riots in NYC and the burning of the Colored Orphan Asylum Some of the even...I wish this book had existed when I was a kid, who loved both sci fi and historical fiction I also wish there were grown up books with this concept Basically, dinosaurs are alive and well during the US Civil War, and are used for carriages, mail, war, andand some people have empathic telepathic connections with them Set during the July 1863 draft riots in New York City, it follows Magdalys and her friends from the Colored Orphan Asylum as they deal with the aftermath of the riots and I wish this book had existed when I was a kid, who loved both sci fi and historical fiction I also wish there were grown up books with this concept Basically, dinosaurs are alive and well during the US Civil War, and are used for carriages, mail, war, andand some people have empathic telepathic connections with them Set during the July 1863 draft riots in New York City, it follows Magdalys and her friends from the Colored Orphan Asylum as they deal with the aftermath of the riots and their friends being kidna...Initial Thoughts I loved the premise of this one dinosaurs during the Civil War era ,but the writing left something to be desired The pacing was off and things would happen very suddenly, and some things were so outrageous but not in a good way that I couldn t believe they actually happened There s also not as much of a Civil War tie as I really wanted, but that s a personal opinion I do like the historical notes in the back of the book about both the war and dinosaurs Finally, the dial Initial Thoughts I loved...Wow this book has dinosaurs, the civil war, lost orphans, secret societies andIt s fun and educational but parents and teachers would be wise to chat with their kids about the material as slavery and racism are major themes There is also a scene where the orphans find a dead body Pret...

Dactyl Hill Squad
  • 22 July 2017
  • Hardcover
  • 272 pages
  • 1338268813
  • Daniel José Older
  • Dactyl Hill Squad