{"product_id":"raptor-red-isbn-9780553575613","title":"Raptor Red","description":"A pair of fierce but beautiful eyes look out from the undergrowth of conifers.  She is an intelligent killer...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSo begins one of the most extraordinary novels you will ever read.  The time is 120 million years ago, the place is the plains of prehistoric Utah, and the eyes belong to an unforgettable heroine.  Her name is Raptor Red, and she is a female Raptor dinosaur.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePainting a rich and colorful picture of a lush prehistoric world, leading paleontologist Robert T. Bakker tells his story from within Raptor Red's extraordinary mind, dramatizing his revolutionary theories in this exciting tale.  From a tragic loss to the fierce struggle for survival to a daring migration to the Pacific Ocean to escape a deadly new predator, \u003ci\u003eRaptor Red\u003c\/i\u003e combines fact an fiction to capture for the first time the thoughts, emotions, and behaviors of the most magnificent, enigmatic creatures ever to walk the face of the earth.\"What the real Jurassic Park must have been like...exciting, bold and fun!\" --\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eDr. Robert T. Bakker \u003c\/b\u003eis one of the most respected vertebrate paleontologists in the world. Often credited with starting the “dinosaur renaissance,” he is curator of paleontology at the Houston Museum of Natural Science.Raptor Red watches and thinks.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen she is feeling well fed and content and well loved, her mental powers are allowed to indulge themselves.  She can experiment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe walks parallel to the shoreline, watching the waves carefully, focusing her eyes below the surface.  She keeps her distance from the average line where the waves break.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere!  She sees another huge shape cruising parallel to the shore.  She watches-and a giant head breaks surface.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe stands on tiptoes, trying to look as tall as possible.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe waits...   waits...   waits...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHere it comes!\u003c\/i\u003e  she shouts to herself.  She flexes her knees and ankles. An immense dark torpedo comes right at her, plowing through the breakers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJust as the head and front flippers begin to slide up the beach, Raptor Red turns and jumps four strides diagonally, upslope and to her right.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhhhmmmpp!  The big kronosaur stops exactly on the spot where Raptor Red was standing a few seconds earlier.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFssshhhh!  Foam and steam exit in two jets from the kronosaur's nostrils, just in front of the eyes.  The great sea-reptile pauses, then retreats awkwardly back to the water.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe male raptor is amazed.","brand":"Bantam","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304273268965,"sku":"NP9780553575613","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780553575613.jpg?v=1767735406","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/raptor-red-isbn-9780553575613","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}