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Lost Time by Tas Mukanik

A middle grade adventure graphic novel about a girl trapped in the time of dinosaurs.

A middle grade adventure graphic novel about a girl trapped in the time of dinosaurs

Lost Time by Tas Mukanik. Illustrated book cover of a young girl riding a velociraptor.
(Razorbill)

Jurassic WorldmeetsHow to Train Your Dragonin this gorgeously drawn, adventure-packed middle grade graphic novel about a girl who gets trapped 65 million years in the past and must learn to survive with only her witsand the pterosaur she befriends.

Twelve-year-old Evie didn't mean to get lostespeciallyin the Cretaceous period! Now she's alone, without her parents or anyone else to turn to for help. That is until she rescues a baby pterosaur and raises it on her own. As the baby grows into a giraffe-sized flying reptile, which Evie names Ada, the two manage toto find a way to survive in the prehistoric wilderness.

But Evie will have to risk everything when she makes a discovery that may just beher only chance of returning home. Putting Ada's flying skills to the ultimate test, the duo must embark on a journey halfway across the worldbattling all nature throws at them, from fearsome dinosaurs to raging storms. Will Evie manage to overcome all the odds and find a way back to her family... or is she truly lost in time? (From Razorbill)

Tas Mukanik is a Montreal-based queer artist. Her other works include the self-published Paint the Town Red and The Sanity Circus. Lost Time is her first middle grade graphic novel.