THE INFINITY RAINBOW CLUB VIOLET AND THE JURASSIC LAND EXHIBIT BY JEN MALIA ILLUSTRATED BY PETER FRANCIS beaming books MINNEAPOLIS
For my parents and grandma who took me to the Carnegie Museum of Natural History more times than I can remember JM To all those that inspire and nurture the best in ourselves PF
1 CHAPTER 1 Sifting through the dark gray clay to look for dinosaur bones calmed Violet Chen's mind and body It was the seventh time she searched the hillside that she found a patch of white coming out of the ground Of course she found it the seventh time she checked After all seven was her lucky number Violet had spent almost an hour at Paleo Park She felt like an explorer on another planet But here Violet glimpsed Maryland from more than 110 million years ago Paleontologists like Mom called it the Cretaceous period This was Violet's first time at Paleo Park But she knew the steepest slopes were always the best spots to hunt for bones from when she had gone on other dinosaur digs Do you see it too asked Violet Uh huh said her fourth grade classmate Nick He flapped his hands like he always did when he was excited Nick was in the Infinity Rainbow Club with Violet He had started the after school club for kids who felt different like he did Ms. Daisy their special education
