Children's ✦ Penny’s Take
The Mystery of the Missing Dinosaurs
Carole Marsh · 2003
72/100
👍 Worth It
The Chicago setting gives this entry an advantage over some of its series siblings — Navy Pier, the Magnificent Mile, and the Field Museum make for a genuinely rich backdrop, and weaving in Roaring Twenties history alongside paleontology is an ambitious combination that mostly pays off. The formula is formulaic and characters stay thin, but for its classroom and library audience this is a dependable, educationally honest adventure.
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Verdict receipt0–100
safety96
substance70
craft62
originality50
accuracy76
hype63
age-fit84
human-eye66
Penny’s verdict72
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