Roland Smith
Author
Series
Storm runners volume 1
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
Twelve-year-old Chase Masters travels the country with his father, a "storm runner," but he is tested in ways he never could have imagined when he and a new friend are caught in a hurricane near St. Petersburg, Florida.
2) Shatterproof
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Amy and Dan Cahill are no strangers to impossible tasks. After seven of their relatives were kidnapped, the siblings scoured Europe for the priceless artifacts Vesper One demanded in exchange for the hostages. But then the Cahill kids are given an assignment that pushes them to their breaking point-a journey to a legendary city. Amy and Dan know they can't afford to fail, yet they're running out of options. . . and running out of time.
4) Tentacles
Author
Series
Cryptid hunters series volume 2
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
After the mysterious disappearance of their parents, Marty and Grace go to live with their scientist uncle and accompany him on, what soon becomes, an increasingly dangerous expedition to New Zealand to track a giant squid.
6) Mutation
Author
Series
Cryptid hunters series volume 4
Pub. Date
2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
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...
7) Chupacabra
Author
Series
Cryptid hunters series volume 3
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Searching faraway world regions for Grace, who has been kidnapped by a ruthless grandfather who has also stolen two dinosaur hatchlings, Marty and his cryptozoologist uncle, Travis Wolfe, are distracted by a sighting of an elusive blood-drinking cryptid.
8) Alcatraz
Author
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
With the nation reeling from the recent terrorist attacks, Q and Angela leave Chicago and arrive in San Francisco. Their parents are determined to continue the Match tour but for safety's sake, they have decided to send Q and Angela to boarding school. Not happy at the thought of being taken off the trail of the ghost cell, Q and Angela race against time with Boone and the SOS team to find Number One, the leader of the world's most feared terrorist...
9) Kitty Hawk
Author
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Bethany Culpepper, daughter of the president of the United States, is kidnapped out of the White House by terrorists at midnight on Sunday. Quest--called Q--and his stepsister, Angela, are in pursuit of the drone-tracked truck harboring the terrorists and the president's daughter along I-95 out of Washington, D.C., but it is unclear who is chasing who as a more serious situation develops.
Author
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Quest (Q) isn't sure he's ready for a new family. For a long time it's just been him and his mom, Blaze. But everything changes when Blaze falls in love with Roger and they start a new rock band called Match. Now they're married, have a hit record, and Match is going out on a year-long driving tour across the country. Q, along with new stepsister Angela, will take a year off from school and travel with the band. For now, home will...
11) The Alamo
Author
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Fresh off a "too close" encounter with the terrorist group, the Ghost Cell, in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Q and Angela head to San Antonio, Texas. As their parents' band, Match, prepares for a concert at the Alamo, the two discover that the Ghost Cell has its tentacles everywhere, including the Lone Star State. With each passing hour, Q and Angela uncover more clues and discover more leads. And the mysterious Boone and his SOS group leave them with...
12) Elephant run
Author
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
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.
Author
Series
Cryptid hunters series volume 1
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
[2005]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
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.
Author
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
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].
15) The Windy City
Author
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
As Q and his family travel to Chicago for the next concert on the tour, Q and Angela discover another plot involving the terrorist group "Ghost Cell."
Author
Series
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"An A-Z pictorial for children all about zookeepers and their role at the zoo. Letter topics include animals, brooms, disinfectant, veterinarian, keys, and locks. Topics are introduced with poems accompanied by expository text to provide detailed information"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"An A-Z pictorial for children all about our nation's capital including, famous people, geography, history, and symbols. Topics are introduced with poems accompanied by expository text to provide detailed information"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"An A to Z introduction to our world's oceans and ocean life. Topics include Atlantis, kelp forests, the Great Barrier Reef, mollusks, Queen Isabella, and many more"--Provided by publisher.
19) T is for a time
Author
Series
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Presents an alphabet book from A to Z exploring concepts related to time, how it is chronicled, Zulu time, and important inventors like Albert Einstein and John Harrison, who worked with concepts of time.