Book DescriptionWhat does it mean if you die before you were born? An eleven-year-old Texan girl finds out what it was like to live in the Ice Age in this action-packed time-travel adventure As Esther particаогтоipates in an archaeological dig in Texas, she is accidentally transported back in time Living among the Clovis, the mammoth hunters, she learns of a very different childhood in which play is practice for survival and humans are prey for megafauna-scimitar cats, giant бажвмbears, and others Will she ever get back to her own time? Peni R Griffin has delivered her greatest time-travel story yet, a thrill-a-page adventure that's also an affecting look at family and what makes a home Kids will be riveted by this richly imagined vision of prehistoric North America from a writer whose work has been called "expertly plotted" (Kirkus Reviews) and "fascinating" (Booklist) Discoveries of early American artifacts, clues to this little-knoбнбжшwn time, appear in the news frequently The detailed bibliography in this book invites young readers toread and, like Esther, make discoveries of their own AUTHOR BIO: Peni R Griffin has written many award-winning novels for middle-grade and young-adult readers The Switching Well was a finalist for the Golden Spur Award, and The Ghost Sitter was an Edgar finalist and a Golden Sower nominee She lives in San Antonio, Texas.