A Dinosaur Named Ruth: How Ruth Mason Discovered Fossils in Her Own Backyard

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A Dinosaur Named Ruth: How Ruth Mason Discovered Fossils in Her Own Backyard 

Written by Julia Lyon

Illustrated by Alexandra Bye

Published by Margaret K. McElderry Books

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There’s an extraordinary secret hidden just beneath Ruth Mason’s feet. The year is 1905, and Ruth is a prairie girl living in South Dakota. She has no way of knowing that millions of years ago, her family farm was once home to scores of dinosaurs. Until one day, when Ruth starts finding clues to the past: strange rocks and rubble scattered all across her land. They’re dinosaur fossils—but she doesn’t know that yet, either. It will take many years of collecting these clues, and many, many questions, but Ruth’s curiosity will one day help uncover thousands of fossils all across her land.

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