Roland Smith
2) 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.
3) 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.
4) 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"--
5) Sasquatch
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 5
Description
Thirteen-year-old Dylan follows his father into the woods on the slopes of Mount St. Helens, which is on the brink of another eruption, in an attempt to protect the resident Sasquatch from ruthless hunters.
Author
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 9
Description
"Step-siblings Q (Quest) and Angela are thrust into the work of the U.S. Secret Service and the Israeli Mossad when Angela realizes she's being followed, and Q learns the secret about Angela's real mother--a former Secret Service agent who was supposedly killed by a terrorist group. But who are the good guys and who are the bad guys"--Cover, P. [4].
8) 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.
9) 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.
10) I, Q: Alcatraz
Author
Series
I Q volume 6
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 8
Description
"After thwarting the ghost cell's chemical attack in Chicago, Q and his stepsister Angela arrive in San Francisco to continue their parents' concert tour. They find themselves helping Boone and the S.O.S. team in the final showdown with the ghost cell and its leader, Number One"--
Author
Series
The 39 clues. Cahills vs. Vespers volume 4
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 5
Description
"Thirteen-year-old Dan Cahill and his older sister, Amy, have committed a string of thefts that lands them on Interpol's Most Wanted list. But the crimes are not Amy and Dan's fault. A shadowy organization known as the Vespers has kidnapped seven members of the Cahill family. If Amy and Dan don't deliever a series of bizarre ransoms, it's lights out for the hostages. Until now, Amy and Dan have stayed one step ahead of the police and managed to keep...
Author
Series
Storm runners volume 2
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 3
Description
Friends Chase, Nicole, and Rashawn survive Hurricane Emily and make their way to Nicole's family farm, the winter home of the Rossi Brothers Circus, only to find the circus lions and an unpredictable leopard have escaped their cages while the flood waters rise.
Author
Series
Storm runners volume 2
Pub. Date
[2011]
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.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"Did you know that brown rats were brought to the United States in the eighteenth century on a ship from England? Or that thousands of exotic pets were released into the Florida Everglades after a hurricane in 1992, leading to today's booming Burmese python population? All over the country, non-native species from around the world have been introduced to our lands, irrevocably changing the natural balances of their new habitats. This is the story...
19) The Amazon
Author
Series
Wildes volume 1
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
"A research trip to the Amazon rainforest turns into a dangerous mystery when Ring and Asia Wilde's scientist mother goes missing, and in order to rescue her, they must use their skills to survive the jungle"--