The Last Dinosaur

by Leonard Mlodinow

First published 2004

Steffi, Kenny, and Jose discover what looks like an ordinary portable toilet. Instead, it turns out to be a quantum space-time dislocator that hurls them millions of years into the past. They arrive in the age of dinosaurs with terrible timing. The massive meteor that will wipe out all the dinosaurs is just hours away from striking Earth. The three friends face prehistoric predators and a cosmic countdown they cannot stop. Their only hope lies in using mathematical concepts like graphing to navigate this dangerous ancient world. They must solve problems with numbers and logic while dodging creatures that want to eat them. The clock ticks toward planetary catastrophe as they race to find their way back to the disguised time machine before the extinction event destroys everything around them.

Genres: science-fiction, adventure, time-travel, dinosaurs

Vibes: fast-paced, suspenseful, thought-provoking

Tropes: fish-out-of-water, race-against-time

Period: Prehistoric, Dinosaur Age

58 pages · Paperback · Demco Media

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