A Bone from a Dry Sea

by Peter Dickinson

Book Overview

On a prehistoric shore, a young girl fights to help her tribe survive

She is at home in the ocean, as comfortable in the water as she is on dry land. The child's people have made their homes by the bay for as long as anyone can remember, diving for mussels and any other food the ocean will serve to them. They have no language; they have no names. Although they know love and jealousy and pride, they are not quite human--not yet. This...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1504014820
• ISBN13: 9781504014823
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.
• Length: 188 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.3" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 12 to 18 years
• Grade Range: Grade 7 to Postsecondary

Customer Reviews

HISTORY is GREAT, October 18, 2002

The book was great and people don't appreciate the topics stated in the book. Many people just skimmed through the book and found it horrible but if you read it for meaning, you will find the book to be very good.

A Bone From A Dry Sea

I had to read the book "A Bone From A Dry Sea" for school and since no one else in my group wanted to read it, I ended up reading it and loving it. The book tells about the adventures of "Li" a girl who lived in Africa 4 million years ago and the story also talks about the life of a girl named "Vinny" who discovers the remains of a dolphin's shoulder blade and who also discovered some of Li's life when she visited her father in Africa.

Outstanding Book!

Wonderful as content based novel in SS instruction

Compelling and Hard to put Down!

The book is really good and makes you think about what might have been millions of years ago. This is a great book and everyone should read it

Theorizing about the past... subtly mysterious.

Loved this book... hard to put down."A Bone Fromm A Dry Sea" tells the story of Vinny... and her ancient ancestor Li, who lived millions of years ago. Now, Vinny has found a shoulder blade... the blade of a dolphin that lived long ago