Why should she ruin it by turning ten? So instead of a birthday party, she and her mom plan an unbirthday party - with a cake but no candles, guests but no presents and absolutely no singing "Happy Birthday."īut the party doesn't go exactly as planned. Nine-year-old Heather thinks her life is perfect just the way it is.
US History and Children's Literature, various articles.(Nine-year-old Heather thinks her life is perfect just the.). Related Areas Within Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Web Site Prairie Visions by Pam Conrad, book review. Prairie Songs by Pam Conrad, book review. 
Another book dealing with the subject of the fierce competition for fossilized remains on the prairie is Kathryn Lasky's Bone Wars. The idea of a quest fully realized in My Daniel can also lead to a discussion of the quest story genre.Ĭonrad does well in taking us back and forth from past to present and Julia's evocation of the prairie makes this book a good addition to any study of the prairie and such books as Prairie Song and Prairie Vision also by Conrad. The climax is so easily identifiable in this book that it provides the opportunity to discuss such moments in other literature. The touching, dramatic story reaches its climax when they reach the dinosaur room. The telling and the physical act of getting to the exhibit exhaust the woman until both the readers and her grandchildren are afraid for her well-being. Obsessed as her grandson seems to be with the subject of dinosaurs, Daniel did indeed meet with success on his dinosaur hunt but only moments later he was struck by lightening. 
Each exhibit in the museum prompts another memory about her brother. Needing frequent rests on the way, she tells the tragic story of her brother Daniel who discovered a brontosaurus on their land in Nebraska.
Grades 5-7.Īn old woman, Julia Creath Summerwaite, takes her grandchildren to the museum to see some dinosaur bones.
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