A Dinosaur Ate My Socks

By Eric Brown

Mouse and Millie’s homework is all about dinosaurs.

So when the alien Umba-Wumba comes to visit in his space-time ship, the three friends decide to go back in time – to see the dinosaurs close up!

But the dinosaurs get too close…

Can they escape the hungry allosaurs?

A Dinosaur Ate My Socks is a fast-paced adventure about time-travel and monsters…

Written, edited and designed for young readers who love gripping stories with as few obstacles to reading as possible. Particularly suitable for dyslexic, struggling and reluctant readers.

• Language: English
• Publisher: infinite press
• Release date: May 2, 2017
• ISBN: 9781386028932

Eric Brown

Twice winner of the British Science Fiction Award, Eric Brown is the author of more than twenty SF novels and several short story collections. His debut crime novel, Murder by the Book, was published in 2013. Born in Haworth, West Yorkshire, he now lives in Scotland.

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A Dinosaur Ate My Socks

Eric Brown

Published by infinite press

© Eric Brown 2009, 2017

Cover image © Agaes8080 and Tigatelu

Cover and interior design by Keith Brooke

First published by Barrington Stoke, 2009

No portion of this book may be reproduced by any means, mechanical, electronic, or otherwise, without first obtaining the permission of the copyright holder.

The moral right of Eric Brown to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act of 1988.

Contents

Chapter One: Dinosaur Homework

Chapter Two: A Great Idea

Chapter Three: Into the Past

Chapter Four: Run for your Life

Chapter Five: Escape

Chapter Six: Where is Umba-Wumba?

Chapter Seven: The Plan

Chapter Eight: The Lonely Alien

Chapter Nine: Into the Ship

Chapter Ten: Off to Bed

A Dinosaur Ate My Socks

Chapter One

Dinosaur Homework

It all began on Friday afternoon.

I was walking home from school with my best friend Millie.

I said, Mr Brooke gave us a lot of homework. It’ll take all weekend to do!

But it will be good fun, Millie said. I love reading about dinosaurs.

I shook my head. I think dinosaurs are boring, I said.

Millie smiled. You are odd, Mouse! You must be the only boy in school who thinks dinosaurs are boring!

Our teacher Mr Brooke loved to talk about dinosaurs. Did you know, he had said today, "that some meat-eating dinosaurs had a great sense