A vivid, exhilarating peek at our prehistoric past, now available in paperback This action-packed, fully-imagined time travel book takes a young Texan girl, participating in an archaeological dig, back to the time of the mammoth. There Esther is adopted by a group of mammoth hunters, who teach her to forage for food, make clothes, build fires, and protect herself from the megafauna who roam the land-scimitar cats, panthers, and more. Even as she grows attached to her new family and proud of her many skills, Esther searches for a way home. Praise for 11,000 Years Lost A Texas Bluebonnet Award suggested read for 2006-2007 "A vivid and engrossing picture of Pleistocene society...Griffin draws on her careful research to invent the past with a specificity beyond an archaeologist"s wildest dreams."--Archaeology Magazine "Esther"s adventures in the messy world of late Ice Age Texas provide a compelling and believable read. Likable characters populate a fully realized world." --Kirkus "An exciting peek into the distant past." --Booklist "A unique, superior contribution to speculative adventure fiction, Ether"s survival story is an emotionally satisfying, well-crafted read."--The Bulletin of the Center for Children"s Books