The Fossil Hunters

By Marilyn Helmer and Dermot Walshe

Shelley arrives at her aunt and uncle's cottage on Grey Rocks Lake and is excited to see her cousin Kyle. Her excitement quickly turns to disappointed when she discovers Kyle's friend Marcus is staying at the cottage too. Shelley feels left out of the boys' games. Then the fossil she found at the beach goes missing, and she thinks Marcus took it. But when Topper, Kyle's dog, loses her ball, Shelley and Marcus are given an opportunity to become friends.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
• Release date: Nov 1, 2009
• ISBN: 9781459808652

Marilyn Helmer

Marilyn Helmer was born in St. John's, Newfoundland. Marilyn's stories, poems and articles have appeared in children's magazines and anthologies in Canada and the United States. Her published books include picturebooks, chapter books, novels, riddle books and retold fairy tales.

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Marilyn Helmer

illustrated by Dermot Walshe

ORCA BOOK PUBLISHERS

For my good friend Judith,

and especially for Lily and Sophie.

Text copyright © 2009 Marilyn Helmer

Illustrations copyright © 2009 Dermot Walshe

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system now known or to be invented, without permission in writing from the publisher.

Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication

Helmer, Marilyn

The fossil hunters / Marilyn Helmer ; illustrated by Dermot Walshe.

(Orca echoes)

ISBN 978-1-55469-191-3

I.†Walshe, Dermot, 1962- II. Title. III.†Series:†Orca echoes

PS8565.E4594F68 2009         jC813’.54         C2009-904579-6

First published in the United States, 2009

Library of Congress Control Number: 2009932876

Summary: Shelley feels left out when she visits her cousin Kyle at his lakeside cottage and finds that his friend Marcus is staying there too.

Orca Book Publishers gratefully acknowledges the support for its publishing programs provided by the following agencies: the Government of Canada through the Book Publishing Industry Development Program and the Canada Council for the Arts, and the Province of British Columbia through the BC Arts Council and the Book Publishing Tax Credit.

Cover artwork and interior illustrations by Dermot Walshe

www.orcabook.com

Printed and bound in Canada.

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Contents

Chapter One: Where is Kyle?

Chapter Two: Another Guest

Chapter Three: A Rainy Day

Chapter Four: Left Out

Chapter Five: The Fossil Hunters Club

Chapter Six: That’s Some Find!

Chapter Seven: A Visit to Applegate Farm

Chapter Eight: Something Lost

Chapter Nine: Gone

Chapter Ten: Guilty?

Chapter Eleven: A Surprise

Chapter Twelve: Found and