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| Ziggy and the Black Dinosaurs Book 2: Lost in the Tunnel of Time |
Summary:
 Can The Black Dinosaurs go back in time to the Underground Railroad?
Well, Ziggy, Rico, Rashawn, and Jerome don't exactly go back in time, but they do discover an old tunnel that was one of the safe heavens used by escaped slaves. And it all started with the map.
Ziggy thought it'd be cool to see where the old map would lead. Especially since it showed a hidden trapdoor and a secret passageway right under their own school! Ziggy and his friends would just check it out. They wouldn't even have to tell anyone. No problem. Right? Wrong. Because they realize they're in big trouble when the trapdoor gets stuck and they're forced to use the old, dark, damp tunnels just like the escaped slaves did before them. And what about the legend of the River City Ghost - are the tunnels haunted? The Black Dinosaurs have to think of something soon or they may be trapped in the past forever.
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Introduction to Lost In The tunnel Of Time
Can The Black Dinosaurs
Go Back in Time to
The Underground Railroad?
Well, Ziggy, Rico, Rashawn, and Jerome don't exactly go back in time, but they do discover an old tunnel that was one of the safe heavens used by escaped slaves. And it all started with the map.
Summary:
Ziggy thought it'd be cool to see where the old map would lead. Especially since it showed a hidden trapdoor and a secret passageway right under their own school! Ziggy and his friends would just check it out. They wouldn't even have to tell anyone. No problem. Right? Wrong. Because they realize they're in big trouble when the trapdoor gets stuck and they're forced to use the old,dark, damp tunnels just like the escaped slaves did before them. And what about the legend of the River City Ghost - are the tunnels haunted? The Black Dinosaurs have to think of something soon or they may be trapped in the past forever.
Review:
From School Library Journal
Grades 3 - 6
Rico, his friend Ziggy, and their classmates have been looking forward to a field trip to the Ohio River . Accompanied by old Mr. Greene, they welcome the break from school, but also find themselves fascinated by the man's stories about the Underground Railroad. Intrigued by the fact that runaway slaves hid in tunnels under their school, the boys (all members of the Black Dinosaurs Club) get a map of the tunnels and plan a search. All goes well until one of the tunnels collapses and they are trapped deep below the deserted school. Inspired by the bravery of the escaped slaves who survived similar ordeals, the boys coped with their fear until rescued. This is the first entry in a projected series about a likable group of African American friends. The characters are realistically portrayed, and the history lessons are interestingly conveyed. Full - and double-page pencil sketches appear throughout. Anne Connor, Los Angeles Public Library
From Publisher's Weekly
An inaugural release in the Ziggy and the Black Dinosaurs series, this tale on four African American boy who make up the Black Dinosaurs Club. On a class field trip to the Ohio River, the friends are captivated by two stories. A raconteur describes his grandfather's arrival in Cincinnati via the Underground Railroad and also explains that tunnels used in that operation are located under the school the kids attend. And their teacher relates a local legend about a Shawnee woman who helped slaves escape to freedom and whose ghost allegedly haunts the area. When Ziggy and pals attempt to explore the underground tunnels, the walls collapse. The trapped boys are comforted by a breeze they attribute to the ghost's presence. Draper's (Tears of a Tiger) well-meaning attempts to combine fiction, folklore and history lead to some significant credibility gaps, among them the unlikely circumstances that middle class African American middle-schoolers have never heard of the Underground Railroad; and that Ziggy's dog manages to dig through the collapsed tunnel to rescue them.
Lost in the Tunnel of Time
ISBN 0-940-97563-7
Just Us Books 1996
(C) Sharon M. Draper
Used By Permission
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