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A Selection of the Junior Library GuildFinch has trouble paying attention in school. He's just too busy dreaming about uncovering a dinosaur fossil and naming a new species after himself until he digs up a note in the fifth-grade class garden with the word HELP on it. He is determined to come to the aid of the mystery note-writer. But when the quest turns out to be harder than expected, Finch risks losing two things that he really wants -- his best friend Noah, and a field trip to Dinosaur State Park.Acclaimed author Gail Donovan gets inside the hearts and minds of fifth graders on this journey told with unexpected humor and impressive insight.
About the Author
Gail Donovan is the author of middle-grade novels IN MEMORY OF GORFMAN T FROG, a New York Public Library Best Books for Children, WHAT'S BUGGING BAILEY BLECKER? and THE WAFFLER, a Junior Library Guild selection. Her newest title, FINCHOSAURUS, is being published by Islandport Press. Gail has worked as a farmer, a potter and a transcriber of surveillance audiotapes. She now lives in Maine with her husband and daughters, and works at the Portland Public Library.
