Recommended for ages 9+. When this marvelous adventure tale begins, a year-long drought has turned Julia's family's farm into little more than dirt and dust. Neither she nor her brother Daniel would ever dream that undiscovered treasures lie waiting in the arid ground. But after meeting a dashing young paleontologist and his arch rival (the scheming Hump Hinton, played by Christopher Plummer), they realize their future depends on uncovering the earth's past.