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    The Wishing Stone: #1 Dangerous Dinosaur
    The Wishing Stone: #1 Dangerous Dinosaur
    The Wishing Stone: #1 Dangerous Dinosaur
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    The Wishing Stone: #1 Dangerous Dinosaur

    By Lorana Hoopes and Kendall "Mavis" Jackson-026ill

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    Spenser was an ordinary boy who hated reading until he was given a magical stone that allowed him to be transported into the books he reads. In this first book of the series, he goes back to prehistoric times where he must help a cave boy save his village from a dinosaur. Will Spenser be able and how will he get home?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLorana Hoopes
    Release dateSep 2, 2017
    ISBN9781537848976
    The Wishing Stone: #1 Dangerous Dinosaur
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    Lorana Hoopes

    Lorana Hoopes is an inspirational romance writer originally from Texas. She now lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband and three children where she works full time as a teacher. When not working or writing, she can be found kickboxing in her gym or singing at her church.

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      The Wishing Stone - Lorana Hoopes

      THE WISHING STONE

      #1 Dangerous Dinosaur

      Lorana Hoopes

      PRONOUN

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      The Wishing Stone

      1 The Stranger

      2 the book

      3 the adventure

      4 the hunt

      5 the plan

      6 the dinosaur sleeps

      7 a new friend

      More by Lorana Hoopes AKA LL Hoopes

      THE WISHING STONE

      ~

      #1 Dangerous Dinosaur

      By: Lorana Hoopes

      Illustrated by: Kendall Mavis Jackson

      DEDICATION

      This book is dedicated first and foremost to my children who are the characters and inspiration for my stories and then to all the young readers out there looking for a good story. I hope you enjoy reading this book as much I enjoyed writing it.

      ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

      Thank you to the wonderful moms and kids who beta read this for me and let me know they enjoyed it. Thank you Kathy, Joann, Natalie, Misty, Amber, Kim, and everyone who read.

      Be sure to visit https://twoheartbeats.org to get a free audio reading of this book from author Lorana Hoopes.

      Follow the journey with Book 2: Dragon Dilemma and Book 3: Mesmerizing Mermaids (coming September 2017)

      1 THE STRANGER

      ~

      SPENSER KICKED A STONE AS he exited the school building, his shoulders low beneath the weight of the teacher’s announcement. He had to read an entire book by Friday and do a book report on it. He had never read an entire book before, and he didn’t want to start now. He wanted to go home and play his new computer game. It had zombies and ninjas, every boy’s dream, but he knew his mother would never let him play when she found out about this homework. She would make him sit at the kitchen table and read, so she could watch him while she prepared dinner.

      His mother always made him sit at the table to do homework, and he hated it. The chair wasn’t comfortable, and under her watchful eye, he wasn’t allowed to rush through assignments. Plus, he could usually hear the low hum of the television as his little sister, Kayleigh, and his brother, Jackson, watched Paw Patrol or Sofia the First. That only made his punishment feel worse. Sometimes he hated being the oldest.

      He

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