Roland Smith
Author
Series
Storm runners volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 4
Formats
Description
"Chase and his friends Nicole and Rashawn have just survived Hurricane Emily, the storm of the century, but their troubles are just beginning. Although they've made it to the safety of Nicole's family's farm--the winter home of the Rossi Brothers' Circus--the floodwaters are rising and they need to reach higher ground. The circus's lions have escaped their cages, and a dangerous and unpredictable leopard is also on the loose. Have Chase and his friends...
4) Chupacabra
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 10
Description
Grace Wolfe, hoping to learn more about her mother, has gone to live with her grandfather, the famed zoologist Noah Blackwood. However, in his laboratory, which he calls the Seattle Ark, Grace discovers her grandfather is conducting experiments on animals to make cryptids--animals from legend. Feeling herself a captive, Grace's exploration of the Ark leads her to what may be a chupacabra.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 8
Description
Born the runt of his litter and gambled away to a rusty old riverman, the Newfoundland pup Seaman doesn't imagine his life will be marked by any kind of glory--beyond chasing down rats. But when he meets Captain Meriwether Lewis, Seaman finds himself on a path that will make history. Lewis is just setting off on his landmark search for the Northwest Passage, and he takes Seaman along. Sharing the curiosity and strength of spirit of his new master,...
6) Tentacles
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 11
Description
After the mysterious disappearance of their parents, Marty and Grace go to live with their scientist uncle. When they accompany him on an expedition to New Zealand to track a giant squid, they discover that the freighter may be haunted and discover evidence that someone aboard may be out to sabotage the mission.
7) Beneath
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 6
Description
What waits Beneath? Pat O'Toole has always idolized his older brother, Coop. He's even helped Coop with some of his crazier plans -- such as risking his life to help his big brother dig a tunnel underneath their neighborhood in the suburbs of Washington, DC. Coop is . . . different. He doesn't talk on the phone, doesn't use email, and doesn't have friends. He's never really cared for anything but the thrill of being underground and Pat. So it's no...
8) The surge
Author
Series
Storm runners volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 3
Description
After barely surviving a terrifying hurricane, Chase and his friends Nicole and Rashawn have made it to the safety of Nicole's family farm, which is also the winter home of the Rossi Brothers Circus, where flood waters are rising and dangerous circus animals are on the loose.
9) Shatterproof
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 5
Formats
Description
After pulling some spectacular heists, Amy and Dan have become two of Interpol's most wanted criminals. So when Vesper One orders them to steal the world's largest diamond, they know they're facing life in prison, or worse. With the Cahill hostages still in peril, Amy and Dan have no choice but to launch a mission that leads them to an ancient city full of dangerous secrets.
Author
Series
Storm runners volume 3
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 4
Description
Twelve-year-old Chase and his friend Nicole Rossi attempt to rescue the Rossi Brothers' Circus--lions, tigers, elephants, and all--in Mexico, where a massive earthquake has struck, leading to the imminent eruption of a volcano.
11) Cryptid hunters
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 11
Description
Twins, Grace and Marty, along with a mysterious uncle, are dropped into the middle of the Congolese jungle in search of their missing photojournalist parents.
12) Elephant run
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 10
Description
Nick endures servitude, beatings, and more after his British father's plantation in Burma is invaded by the Japanese in 1941, and when his father and others are taken prisoner and Nick is stranded with his friend Mya, they plan a daring escape on elephants, risking their lives to save Nick's father and Mya's brother from a Japanese prisoner of war camp.
13) The Alamo
Author
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 9
Description
"When Quest (Q) and his stepsister Angela head to Texas for their parents' concert, they discover traces of the terrorist group Ghost Cell in the Lone Star state".--Provided by publisher.
14) Mutation
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 12
Description
"Marty and his best friend, Luther, have managed to rescue Marty's cousin Grace from the clutches of the nefarious pseudo-naturalist Noah Blackwood, but their most dangerous mission lies ahead of them. Marty's parents have been missing in Brazil for months, and their trail has all but run cold. With time running out, Marty and the Cryptos Island crew race off for Brazil--where they discover that Noah Blackwood has twisted the natural order of things...
15) The edge
Author
Series
Peak volume 2
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 8
Description
Fifteen-year-old Peak Marcello is invited to participate in an "International Peace Ascent" in the Hindu Kush, with a team made up of under-eighteen-year-old climbers from around the world--but from the first something seems wrong, so when the group is attacked, and most of the climbers are either killed or kidnapped, Peak finds himself caught up in a struggle to survive, shadowed by the Shen, a mysterious snow leopard.
16) Ascent
Author
Series
Peak volume 3
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 8
Description
Fifteen-year-old Peak Marcello is invited to climb Hkakabo Razi, one of the most isolated mountains in the world, but getting there involves a four-week trek through a tropical rainforest that is rife with hazards, which turns out to be more dangerous than summiting the mountain itself.
17) Zach's lie
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 7
Description
When Jack Osborne is befriended by his school's custodian and a Basque girl, he begins to adjust to his family's sudden move to Elko, Nevada, after entering the Witness Security Program, but the drug cartel against which his father will testify is determined to track them down.
18) Descent
Author
Series
Peak volume 4
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
Description
"Mountain-climbing prodigy Peak Marcello faces his toughest challenge yet as he descends into Tibet and goes head-to-head with an old enemy"--
After surviving an avalanche on the remote and isolated mountain of Hkakabo Razi, Peak and his team will have to take a different route, and descend into Tibet. The only catch is that Peak's mountaineering father, Josh, and climbing guide, Zopa, are both wanted by the Chinese government. Making it off the...
19) The switch
Author
Pub. Date
c2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 10
Description
"Four months after the power went out and his father went missing, Henry travels alone to find his father through the lawless world of the Switch, where he learns just how far people will go to survive"--
20) Kitty Hawk
Author
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 7
Description
"The president's daughter has been kidnapped by the elusive and lethal Ghost Cell. Quest (Q) and Angela are in hot pursuit with vicious winds and blinding rain thwarting them at every turn. It's a desperate high stakes chase"--