When a warm March day beckons Aldo and his best friend, Jack, outdoors
to their fort under the giant pine tree, stick-in-the-mud Aldo gets,
well, stuck in the mud. As they dig Aldo's sneakers out from the
embankment, they unearth a humungous bone, which rock-hound Jack
believes to be a dinosaur fossil from the Jurassic period.
Their hilarious quest to figure out the bone's origin and value takes
them to the nearby university, the local pawn shop, the famous dino dig
site a few hours away, and finally, over spring break, to Dinosaur
National Monument.
Meanwhile, Aldo discovers the Indiana Jones movies, writes a book report
on Journey to the Center of the Earth, starts in on a jumbo
jawbreaker, and tolerates Bee, whose newfound passion for journalism
could make or break him.
This tenth installment in an A-to-Z alphabet series also includes a
glossary of fun and challenging "J words," such as juju, jocular and
jinx.