Every Hidden Thing

Hardcover | 11 October 2016

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The hunt for a dinosaur skeleton buried in the Badlands, bitter rivalries, and a forbidden romance come together in this beautifully written new novel that's Romeo and Juliet meets Indiana Jones.

Somewhere in the Badlands, embedded deep in centuries-buried rock and sand, lies the skeleton of a massive dinosaur, larger than anything the late nineteenth century world has ever seen. Some legends call it the Black Beauty, with its bones as black as ebony, but to seventeen-year-old Samuel Bolt it's the 'rex', the king dinosaur that could put him and his struggling, temperamental archaeologist father in the history books (and conveniently make his father forget he's been kicked out of school), if they can just quarry it out.

But Samuel and his father aren't the only ones after the rex. For Rachel Cartland this find could be her ticket to a different life, one where her loves of science and adventure aren't just relegated to books and sitting rooms. Because if she can't prove herself on this expedition with her professor father, the only adventures she may have to look forward to are marriage or spinsterhood.

As their paths cross and the rivalry between their fathers becomes more intense, Samuel and Rachel are pushed closer together. And with both eyeing the same prize, their budding romance seems destined to fail. But as danger looms on the other side of the hills, causing everyone's secrets to come to light, Samuel and Rachel are forced to make a decision. Can they join forces to find their quarry'and with it a new life together'or will old enmities and prejudices keep them from both the rex and each other?

Industry Reviews

"Suspense, romance, and the excitement of discovery make this Western thoroughly enjoyable."--Kirkus Reviews "July 15, 2016 " "Beautifully written"--School Library Journal "August 2016 " "absorbing and well-developed"--Publisher's Weekly "August 2016 " "Will intrigue those readers who love to read about dinosaurs, historical fiction, and who enjoy a good Romeo and Juliet type love story....Recommended."--School Library Connection "November/December 2016 " "Compelling, realistic protagonists...trying to chisel and hammer their way around a growing distaste for their respective fathers' behavior, family loyalty, societal expectations, sex and young love"--Shelf Awareness "October 11, 2016 " "Fantastic...Oppel offers an exciting and nuanced portrait of an era when great discoveries were lit by the desert sun, not the glow of a computer screen."--The New York Times Book Review "October 23, 2016 " "Oppel's descriptions of the digs and the brainy romance between his vivid, multifaceted protagonists are notable high points....Oppel's one of kid lit's most reliable chameleons. Curiosity should be high."--Booklist "July 2016 " "Sam and Rachel are well-drawn characters, Rachel especially breaking with feminine stereotypes in her reluctance to enter into a relationship that isn't a true working partnership....Fascinating for readers interested in the romance, the paleontology, or the frontier history."--Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books "November 2016 " "Rival paleontologists, cursed dinosaur teeth, two teenagers, and a race to the Badlands to become the first to uncover what could be the greatest discovery of the nineteenth century--the remains of the Tyrannosaurus Rex-- fill this story with excitement....a fast-paced Western romance/adventure novel"--VOYA "December 2016 "

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