Yes, the book has interesting little details like that) and we have a few saved-from-the-jaws-of-death (literally) moments. The kids get chased by a variety of incredibly large dinosaurs - larger even than you might think (apparently, thanks to GMOs and other side-effects of the 21st Century, the dinos that were brought back from extinction are actually BIGGER than their original kin. It's an adventures-with/against-dinosaurs tale, no doubt about it. Perfect for fans of Brandon Mull, Lisa McMann, and Rick Riordan, this exhilarating debut novel follows two courageous friends who must survive in a lost world that’s as dangerous as they’ve always feared but also unlike anything they could ever have imagined.Ī tough book to review without spoilers, but I'll try. To find her dad-and possibly even save the world-Sky and her best friend, Shawn, must break out of their underground home and venture topside to a land reclaimed by nature and ruled by dinosaurs. Now she has just stumbled on a clue that not only suggests his disappearance is just the tip of an even larger mystery, but also points directly to the surface.

The only way to survive was to move into underground compounds.įive years ago, Sky Mundy’s father vanished from North Compound without a trace. Soon after, they replaced humans at the top of the food chain. One hundred and fifty years ago, the first dinosaurs were cloned. Jurassic World meets Dawn of the Planet of the Apes in this epic new middle grade series full of heart-pounding action and breathtaking chills! 'Amazing adventures!' raves as they recommend Edge of Extinction as a 2016 Holiday Gift for Tween Readers.

The Ark Plan by Laura Martin