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Danger at the Dinosaur Stomping Grounds
by Judy Young (Author)

Booktalk: Buck and Toni, along with the rest of the Wild World of Buck Bray TV crew, head to Utah’s Canyonlands National Park to film an episode about the canyons and rock formations as well as the ancient people who once lived there. When they learn about dinosaur fossils nearby, they decide to include that in their filming. But soon, Buck and Toni find themselves in danger at the Dinosaur Stomping Grounds, as they try to discover who is behind the vandalization and theft of the area’s ancient artifacts.

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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12
The last thing Buck saw as he started slipping was the silhouette of someone’s head looking over the curved edge of red slickrock twenty feet above him.

Ghost Cat
by Eve Bunting (Author) and Kevin M. Barry (Illustrator)

Booktalk: Miss Maggie McCullen has been the keeper for the Port Carrick lighthouse for many years. She has never missed a night, keeping the big light going. And while the people in Port Carrick are grateful to her, they worry about her lonely life at the lighthouse. But they don’t know that she has her cat, Sailor Boy, for company. Because Sailor Boy is no ordinary cat. He’s a ghost cat. He can make himself visible or invisible, especially when visitors come to call and he wants to be mischievous. But when a fierce storm comes and Miss Maggie needs special assistance, Sailor Boy proves his worth.

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