The Badlands Sleuth: MEET THE AUTHOR - Rebecca L Johnson

Rebecca Johnson is the author of many highly acclaimed...

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• books about dinosaurs

• children's books

• books about chemistry

• detective stories

Johnson participated in a fossil dig at a place in South Dakota that had once

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• a bustling city

• the top of a mountain

• an ancient volcano

• a large inland sea

At one site, Johnson and the paleontologists found a fossil of...

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• Tyrannosaurus Rex

• a prehistoric snake

• Velociraptor

• a prehistoric sea turtle

Select all of the things the author enjoyed at camp, similar to our characters in the story.

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• people washed dishes

• sat around a campfire

• daily routines

• some people stole items

• did research

What subjects did the author love in 5th grade?

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• history and math

• reading and art

• math and social studies

• science and art

How did Johnson begin her writing career?

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• by writing books filled with jokes

• by interviewing celebrities

• by writing fairy tales

• by writing science material for textbooks

What book does Johnson have no less than six copies of?

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• The Egypt Game

• Alice in Wonderland

• A Wrinkle in Tim

• Les Miserables

What did Johnson do as a child with one of her favorite books?

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• read it over and over again

• turn it into a movie with the help of a friend

• write a sequel to it with the help of a teacher

• circle all of her favorite words in it

What grade was the author in when she read Les Miserables?

• seventh grade

• third grade

• fifth grade

• sixth grade

What does Johnson say about the book Les Miserables?

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• It was long, and she didn't understand it.

• It was too scary, and she never finished it.

• It was long and had difficult vocabulary, but she loved it.

• It taught her more about dinosaurs than any other book.