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Old Bones: A Casey Templeton Mystery
Casey Templeton is searching a real dinosaur dig at the Royal Tyrrell Museum with his classmates. Casey finds a piece of dinosaur tooth, but because he goes hatless for hours he gets way too much sun. That night, just after he has seen and heard two men planning a robbery of precious artifacts from the Tyrrell, he falls unconscious with sunstroke.
He's taken to the home the museum's curator, Mr. Norman, to recover, and when he wakes tells what he has seen and heard. Mr Norman hires Casey to be a ticket-taker and watch out for the robbers. No luck … until …
On a bicycle jaunt north of Drumheller, Casey and his friend Mandy meet with a grim situation in which Casey has to use all his ingenuity and technical skills to try to thwart an incident planned for the Museum Gala that night.
He's taken to the home the museum's curator, Mr. Norman, to recover, and when he wakes tells what he has seen and heard. Mr Norman hires Casey to be a ticket-taker and watch out for the robbers. No luck … until …
On a bicycle jaunt north of Drumheller, Casey and his friend Mandy meet with a grim situation in which Casey has to use all his ingenuity and technical skills to try to thwart an incident planned for the Museum Gala that night.
- GenresMysteryCanadaYoung Adult
136 pages, Paperback
First published September 24, 2014
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April 12, 2014
Casey Templeton is a fourteen-year-old boy in Alberta, Canada, who has a knack for finding dangerous problems to solve. In the first book, it was a hate cell. This time, it's a plot to rob the Royal Tyrrell Museum, a paleontology museum in Drumheller, Alberta.
Casey and his high school science class go to the Tyrrell on a field trip, including the opportunity to actually work on a dig. In the hot, hot sun, Casey leaves off his hat and takes off his tshirt, because otherwise he wouldn't get heat stroke, go to sleep in a closet and wake up to overhear a conversation between two men plotting the theft, and then wind up in the hospital briefly, then staying with the family of the museum director, whose daughter Mandy is an old friend from Casey's high school before Dr. Norman accepted the position at the Tyrrell.
It's possible I'm a bit impatient with that part of the story.
Casey did see the plotters out the window of his closet, and reveals all to Dr. Norman, after which he gets hired for a summer job watching the museum entrance while doing initial cataloging of fossil finds, so that he can spot the thieves if they come in.
The story moves at a decent pace and the characters are likable. Sadly, Casey's old friend Mandy, Dr. Norman's daughter, is smart, athletic, and spends far too much of the book being a damsel in distress. She is also the only female character of any significance, though Mrs. Norman and Mrs. Templeton have bit parts and a few others are mentioned.
In many ways, despite the up to date technology, this feels like a flashback to the 1950s. I know it's conventional wisdom that girls will read stories about boys, but boys won't read stories about girls, but this is ridiculous.
Not recommended, not for its intended age group or any other.
I received a free electronic galley of this book from the publisher via NetGalley.
Casey and his high school science class go to the Tyrrell on a field trip, including the opportunity to actually work on a dig. In the hot, hot sun, Casey leaves off his hat and takes off his tshirt, because otherwise he wouldn't get heat stroke, go to sleep in a closet and wake up to overhear a conversation between two men plotting the theft, and then wind up in the hospital briefly, then staying with the family of the museum director, whose daughter Mandy is an old friend from Casey's high school before Dr. Norman accepted the position at the Tyrrell.
It's possible I'm a bit impatient with that part of the story.
Casey did see the plotters out the window of his closet, and reveals all to Dr. Norman, after which he gets hired for a summer job watching the museum entrance while doing initial cataloging of fossil finds, so that he can spot the thieves if they come in.
The story moves at a decent pace and the characters are likable. Sadly, Casey's old friend Mandy, Dr. Norman's daughter, is smart, athletic, and spends far too much of the book being a damsel in distress. She is also the only female character of any significance, though Mrs. Norman and Mrs. Templeton have bit parts and a few others are mentioned.
In many ways, despite the up to date technology, this feels like a flashback to the 1950s. I know it's conventional wisdom that girls will read stories about boys, but boys won't read stories about girls, but this is ridiculous.
Not recommended, not for its intended age group or any other.
I received a free electronic galley of this book from the publisher via NetGalley.
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May 7, 2014Book Review: Old Bones
Old Bones A Casey Templeton Mystery By Gwen Molar Copyright Sept.2014
Casey Templeton goes onto a field trip with his classmates he and his classmates are going on a real life dinosaur dig at the Royal Tyrell museum but what he does not expect is to have to thwart a robbery of old dinosaur bones.
Casey is not your typical fourteen year old he has a way of finding trouble without even looking.
This is a great young adult mystery that both girls and boys will enjoy.
Five out of five stars...
Old Bones A Casey Templeton Mystery By Gwen Molar Copyright Sept.2014
Casey Templeton goes onto a field trip with his classmates he and his classmates are going on a real life dinosaur dig at the Royal Tyrell museum but what he does not expect is to have to thwart a robbery of old dinosaur bones.
Casey is not your typical fourteen year old he has a way of finding trouble without even looking.
This is a great young adult mystery that both girls and boys will enjoy.
Five out of five stars...
August 6, 2014
My only complaint about this book is that it's too short. At only 136 pages I could have easily read twice that amount and still enjoyed it.
I think this book works for the intended audience: kids or teens. I love that the book is set in Alberta, specifically the Royal Tyrell Museum in Drumheller.
It's a fun and fast read, with a young boy (Casey) landing right smack dab in the middle of a mystery, even though he promised his dad he would have a quiet summer and stay out of mysteries.
I think this book works for the intended audience: kids or teens. I love that the book is set in Alberta, specifically the Royal Tyrell Museum in Drumheller.
It's a fun and fast read, with a young boy (Casey) landing right smack dab in the middle of a mystery, even though he promised his dad he would have a quiet summer and stay out of mysteries.
May 16, 2014
A quick read in which Casey Templeton, age 14, after finding a rare tooth during a dinosaur dig and ending up being hospitalized for too much sun, overhears two men plan a robbery at the Tyrell museum in Alberta. Casey lands an undercover job there as ticket taker in an effort the thwart the robbery. A quick and unintimidating read that will appeal to the most reluctant reader, especially boys.
November 29, 2013
Dinosaurs and robbers -- another ingenious Casey Templeton mystery.
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