© Judith Silverthorne, 2008.

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This novel is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is coincidental.

Edited by Barbara Sapergia

Cover illustrations by Aries Cheung

Cover and book design by Duncan Campbell

National Library of Canada Cataloguing in Publication Data

Silverthorne, Judith, date-

        Dinosaur blackout / Judith Silverthorne.

(Dinosaur adventure series ; 4)

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN 978-1-55050-375-3

1. Dinosaurs—Juvenile fiction.  I. Title.  II. Series: Silverthorne,

Judith, 1953—Dinosaur adventure series ; 4.

ps8587.i2763d545 2008 jc813'.54 c2008-900241-5

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