THE NINE MINUTES / 09BOOK 09 · YOUR COMPANION GUIDE
The Law of the Roost
the whole village · anchored on Lars
She comes up the river and asks the Roost for one thing, out loud, in front of everybody — and says she will not come back and ask twice.
Keep this page beside the book. Follow its people and places, try its mission, then return after the last chapter.
BEFORE YOU READ / THREE PLACES TO BEGIN
A law belongs to everyone.
Play the book · A two-minute Roost challenge
A rule matters when it is hard.
A place at the table
Two decisions. A place on the crew. Try a short challenge inspired by The Law of the Roost.
A place on the crew.
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A spoiler-free companion activity, not an extract from the book.
EIGHTEEN ILLUSTRATIONS / ONE FOR EACH CHAPTER
Small things.
Whole stories.
Look for the objects your chapter leaves behind. Choose a drawing to take it into Storytime, where you can look closer while someone reads aloud.
OFF THE PAGE
Look closer.
Try it yourself.
Every volume pairs dinosaur evidence with a hands-on build. Both are free to read here.
Deinocheirus
Explore the evidence, the discoveries and what the story made up.
Open the Field Notes ↗MAKE ITBuild something that works.
The one-pin release: how a rig comes off an animal in about a second, with no tool.
Open the activity ↗Come back after the last chapter.
Mark this book finished to open its reflection and work towards its passport seal.
AFTER READING
What does a village owe somebody outside it? Compare two answers the story gives.
Talk it through, draw an answer, or find a passage that changed your mind.