Thunder Falls

Dinotopia: Complete #9

by Scott Ciencin

Here, on this hidden island, intelligent dinosaurs and shipwrecked humans have joined together to build a fantastic world. Once you visit this land of mystical ruins, shimmering cities, and unexplored caverns, you'll never want to leave!

Thunder Falls

Steelgaze, a wise old dinosaur, has grown frustrated with his two young charges, Joseph and Fleetfeet. they turn everything into a contest! So Steelgaze sends them out together on a quest for a hidden prize. But someone has stolen the prize, and the two must track the thief across the rugged terrain of Dinotopia. Unfortunately, their constant competition makes progress nearly impossible. It's not until they help a shipwrecked girl named Teegan that they see the value of cooperating--and just in time, because now they must face the dangerous rapids of Waterfall City's Thunder Falls!

Based on Dinotopia by James Gurney.

Genres: Fantasy, Dinosaurs, Adventure, Young Adult, Fiction, Childrens, Middle Grade

140 pages, Library Binding

First published January 1, 1996

About the author

Scott Ciencin was a New York Times best-selling novelist of 90+ books. He wrote adult and children's fiction and worked in a variety of mediums including comic books. He created programs for Scholastic Books, designed trading cards, consulted on video games, directed and produced audio programs & TV commercials, and wrote in the medical field about neurosurgery and neurology. He first worked in TV production as a writer, producer and director. He lived in Sarasota, Florida with his wife (and sometimes co-author) Denise.

(Also wrote under the pseudonyms Nick Baron and L.J. Oliver)

Reviews

[Nicole Mosley]

Loved these as a child. Beautifully imagined world, swashbuckling adventure. Multiple authors for refreshing different writing styles. Scott Ciencin was one of my favorite of the multiple authors.

[Megan Ferguson]

Entertaining, a little sad that the quest was manufactured though.

[Joseph]

Perhaps my least favourite Dinotopia novella. I feel as if the lesson behind the book was too on the nose and the main book character features feels like fan fiction. Also a pub with drunk dinosaurs? There’s no alcohol in Dinotopia. And strutters too?! I love Dinotopia but this book was not my favourite. Worth a read for Dinotopia ultra fans.

[Timothy Pitkin]

Nice simple adventure and the ending message was pretty nice. The characters of Joseph and Fleetfeet were enjoyable even if their competitive nature did get a bit annoying in a few parts and the middle did feel pointless.

[DinoGirlReads]

4.5 stars
Another cute Dinotopia adventure. This one discusses the importance of teamwork.

[Molly]

A wonderful, fantastic series. The authors do a good job to keep their writing and voice congruous throughout the various books.

[Meredith]

This book was a very good read.

[Beka]

One of the first in the Dinotopia series. A good story about cooperation and friendship.

[Gavin]

A coming of age story for a boy and a dinosaur. Reasonable, but not really one of the better Dinotopia books.

[Theresa]

I read through this series of books on dinotopia as an interest in a lesson plan extension for higher elementary school grades, this was expanding the thematic unit i created for kindergarten...

[Jordan Gaeta]

The book surprised me a lot. Joseph is my favorite character because he always is thinking of different paths to go than Fleetfeet does.







I LOVED THE BOOOOOK!!!