A New York Times Notable Book--the launch title of bestselling author Older\'s series that blends history and fantasy like never before.
Can Magdalys and the Squad rescue the rest of their friends before it\'s too late?.
Together with the Vigilance Committee, they train to fly on dactylback, discover new friends and amazing dinosaurs, and plot to take down Riker.
Magdalys Roca and her friends from the Colored Orphan Asylum are on a field trip when the Draft Riots break out, and a number of their fellow orphans are kidnapped by an evil magistrate, Richard Riker.
Magdalys and her friends flee to Brooklyn and settle in the Dactyl Hill neighborhood, where black and brown New Yorkers have set up an independent community -- a safe haven from the threats of Manhattan. -- Dav Pilkey, author-illustrator of the Dog Man series It\'s 1863 and dinosaurs roam the streets of New York as the Civil War rages between raptor-mounted armies down South.
An unforgettable historical, high-octane adventure.
Levine Books.
A New York Times Notable Book--the launch title of bestselling author Older\'s series that blends history and fantasy like never before
