Raptor Red (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780553575613)

A pair of fierce but beautiful eyes look out from the undergrowth of conifers. She is an intelligent killer...

So begins one of the most extraordinary novels you will ever read. The time is 120 million years ago, the place is the plains of prehistoric Utah, and the eyes belong to an unforgettable heroine. Her name is Raptor Red, and she is a female Raptor dinosaur.

Painting a rich and colorful picture of a lush prehistoric world, leading paleontologist Robert T. Bakker tells his story from within Raptor Red's extraordinary mind, dramatizing his revolutionary theories in this exciting tale. From a tragic loss to the fierce struggle for survival to a daring migration to the Pacific Ocean to escape a deadly new predator, Raptor Red combines fact an fiction to capture for the first time the thoughts, emotions, and behaviors of the most magnificent, enigmatic creatures ever to walk the face of the earth.

Author: Robert T. Bakker
ISBN-10: 0553575619
ISBN-13: 9780553575613
Publisher: Bantam
Language: English
Published: 08/01/1996
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.30lbs
Size: 6.85h x 4.18w x 0.73d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 6.8
Point Value: 8
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 17254 / Raptor Red


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 07/08/1996