Dinosaur Hunter by Elaine Marie Alphin

This is the story of a Wyoming rancher boy, Ned, and his discovery of a Triceratops skeleton on his father's land. One of the merits of this story is that it shows readers that they can achieve their dreams even if they have to complete work that does not always interest them first. Ned's father tells him he cannot search for dinosaur fossils until he is through checking the fences, but while doing this Ned ends up discovering the skeleton and meeting a boy his age who has travelled to Ned's ranch with his father to look for fossils for museums. Another fun part of the story is when Ned tricks another dishonest fossil hunter by showing him cattle bones instead of the skeleton.
This story also teaches readers a little bit about the history of fossil hunting in the late 1800's. The dishonest fossil hunter is Mr. Reed, based on a real fossil hunter from that era.