Children's ✦ Penny’s Take
The Last of the Dinosaurs
Peter Lerangis · 1988
63/100
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A fun, low-stakes choose-your-own-path adventure with solid dinosaur content and the notable kindness of not killing off your character — good for hesitant readers in the age group. The catch is that it is very much a product of 1988 and out of print, so it is primarily for collectors or parents with strong nostalgia for the Time Machine series. There are more current and accessible dinosaur adventure titles for kids today.
✦ Penny’s Take — this is The Review Group’s own editorial assessment. Penny’s analytical review line researched this book from real sources and scored it across the lenses shown below. It’s an honest first-party read — not a page-by-page personal one. The gold ✓ Penny Tested mark is reserved for books Penny reads cover to cover herself.
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Verdict receipt0–100
safety92
substance58
craft60
originality55
accuracy68
hype65
age-fit78
human-eye60
Penny’s verdict63
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