Roland Smith

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  • Bibliography:
    32 Books (5 Series)
  • First Book:
    May 1996
  • Latest Book:
    July 2024
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Full Series List in Order

Cryptid Hunters

1 - Cryptid Hunters (Mar-2006)
2 - Tentacles (Sep-2009)
3 - Chupacabra (Sep-2013)

Jack

1 - Jack's Lie ()
2 - Jack's Run (Sep-2005)

Jacob

1 - Thunder Cave (Apr-1997)
2 - Jaguar (Sep-1998)

Peak

1 - Peak (May-2007)
2 - The Edge (Oct-2015)
3 - Ascent (May-2018)
4 - Descent (Oct-2020)

Storm Runners

1 - Storm Runners (Mar-2011)
2 - The Surge (Sep-2011)
3 - Eruption (Mar-2012)

Multi-Author Series List

The 39 Clues: Cahills Vs. Vespers

4 - Shatterproof (Sep-2012)

Great Episodes

The Captain's Dog ()

Book List in Order: 32 titles

  • Amy's Missing

  • Thunder Cave

    Jacob - 1

    Determined, after his mother's accidental death, to foil his stepfather's plans for his future, fourteen-year-old Jacob travels alone to Africa in search of his father, a biologist studying elephants in a remote area of Kenya....

  • Jaguar

    Jacob - 2

    Boat Ride Into Danger When Jacob Lansa joined his father in Brazil, his biggest worry was whether Doc would let him stay or send him back to Poughkeepsie. But he soon realizes he has bigger problems. His father's expedition to create a jaguar preser...

  • Sasquatch

    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...

  • The Last Lobo

    Jake, a teenager, travels to Arizona to join his grandfather on a visit to their Hopi tribal homeland in Arizona. He finds himself fighting to save an endangered Mexican wolf while learning about past and present battles in his own family....

  • Zach's Lie

    Jack Osborne's life changes forever the night men in masks break into his house, threaten Jack and his family, and ransack their home. Jack then discovers the reason these men have come into their lives-his father has been arrested for drug trafficki...

  • Jack's Run

    Jack - 2

    hen Jack Osborne's father was arrested for drug trafficking, he agreed to tell the authorities everything he knew about his ex-boss, the ruthless drug czar Alonzo Aznar. But betraying a man as powerful as Alonzo has consequences. The Osbornes have sp...

  • Cryptid Hunters

    Cryptid Hunters - 1

    After their parents are lost in an accident, thirteen-year-old twins Grace and Marty are whisked away to live with their uncle Wolfe -- an uncle they didn't even know they had. The intimidating Uncle Wolfe is a veterinarian who has dedicated his life...

  • S.O.A.: Starting Over, Again

    S.O.A. (Starting Over, Again) is devoted to those who would like to read and apply simple principles on moving on to the next level from a broken relationship. "Our community has a support group that addresses everything when it comes to physical hea...



  • Peak

    Peak - 1

    After Peak Marcello is arrested for scaling a New York City skyscraper, he's left with two choices: wither away in Juvenile Detention or go live with his long-lost father, who runs a climbing company in Thailand. But Peak quickly learns that his fath...

  • Elephant Run

    In 1941, bombs drop from the night skies of London, demolishing the apartment Nick Freestone lives in with his mother. Deciding the situation in England is too unstable, Nick's mother sends him to live with his father in Burma, hoping he will be safe...

  • Beneath

    Roland Smith, the master of middle-grade adventure, returns with a new novel full of high-speed chases, secret identities, and a dangerous underground world.What waits Beneath?Pat O'Toole has always idolized his older brother, Coop. He's even helped ...

  • Tentacles

    Cryptid Hunters - 2

    Roland Smith makes his Scholastic debut with a middle-grade adventure novel about the search for a mysterious creature--the giant squid--in this sequel to CRYPTID HUNTERS.Marty and Grace O'Hara's globe-trotting parents disappeared while on assignment...

  • Storm Runners

    Storm Runners - 1

    Chase Masters and his father are "storm runners," racing across the country in pursuit of hurricanes, tornadoes, and floods. Anywhere bad weather strikes, they are not far behind. Chase is learning more on the road than he ever would just sitting in ...

  • Legwork

    When Briggs Barclay first meets his new neighbor Theodore Ranly, he can't imagine what they might have in common. Briggs’ main ambition in life is to dazzle the freshman football coach as soon as he enters high school. Theodore's got a killer arm w...

  • The Surge

    Storm Runners - 2

    Chase and his friends Nicole and Rashawn have just survived Hurricane Emily, the storm of the century, but their troubles are just beginning. Though they've made it to the safety of Nicole's family's farm -- the winter home of the Rossi Brothers Circ...

  • Eruption

    Storm Runners - 3

    The adventures aren't over yet for Chase Masters and his dad. In this third installment, Chase heads south of the border with his friend Nicole Rossi to track down the Rossi Brothers' Circus--lions, tigers, elephants and all--after a massive earthqua...

  • Hijack over Weaver's Needle

    Security at airports around the world has been greatly tightened since 9/11 and Homeland Security continues to try and plug any remaining gaps in the USA, especially for airport and airline employees. Yet the FBI has recently closed the 45 year-old f...

  • Weaver's Needle

    A routine flight to New York turns tragic when a flight attendant is hit and paralyzed by a run-a-way food cart. A plane landing in Fresno California suffers a severe bird strike, putting the passengers and crew in imminent danger. An engine explodes...



  • Shatterproof

    The 39 Clues: Cahills Vs. Vespers - 4

    AN OUTRAGEOUS CRIME 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 h...

  • Chupacabra

    Cryptid Hunters - 3

    Monsters of legend come to life The third thrilling title in Roland Smith's popular Cryptid Hunters series. A mysterious creature, a missing girl, and danger at every turn . . . CHUPACABRA, the riveting sequel to TENTACLES and CRYPTID HUNTERS, ...

  • Mutation

    Monsters of legend come to life! The final thrilling title in Roland Smith's popular series. 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 t...

  • The Edge

    Peak - 2

    The International Peace Ascent is the brainchild of billionaire Sebastian Plank: Recruit a global team of young climbers and film an inspiring, world-uniting documentary. The adventure begins when fifteen-year-old Peak Marcello and his mountaineer mo...

  • Above

    Pat O'Toole and his brother, Coop, are on the run from an enemy that specializes in hiding in plain sight. Along with their new companion, Kate, they've narrowly escaped a cultlike community situated beneath the streets of New York City. Kate has liv...

  • Ascent

    Peak - 3

    Peak Marcello goes to Mayanmar to climb one of the most isolated mountains in the world in this thrilling new novel from bestselling author Roland Smith. After conquering the mountains in Afghanistan, Peak Marcello goes to Myanmar, a country that ...

  • Descent

    Peak - 4

    In this thrilling novel from the bestselling author of Peak, mountain-climbing prodigy Peak Marcello faces his toughest challenge yet as he descends into Tibet and goes head-to-head with an old enemy.Peak and his team need to descend into Tibet ...

  • The Switch

    A thrilling dystopic story from Roland Smith about how far people will go to survive -- perfect for fans of Dryand Distress Signal.On the morning of Henry Ludd's thirteenth birthday, the power goes out. No phones, no news, and planes are literally fa...

  • The Amazon

    Ring and Asia Wilde's life is anything but ordinary. Some of their closest friends are endangered monkeys and rare birds. Instead of attending middle school, they accompany their parents (scientists who work to save endangered species) on adventures ...

  • The Vaquita

    Ring and Asia Wilde's wild life is anything but ordinary. Instead of attending school, they travel the world with their tutor and parents (scientists who work to protect endangered species). On their last adventure, they swung through the Amazon rain...



  • Captivity

    The Wildes have made some serious enemies in their last two adventures—and now they've all shown up in the little Texas town of Glen Rose with vengeance in their hearts. Moving the vaquitas to the Wilds has created quite a controversy and raised...

  • The Captain's Dog

    • / Historical
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    Great Episodes

    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 himse...

  • Jack's Lie

    • / Action Adventure
    • Buy Buy
    Jack - 1

Award-Winning Books by Roland Smith

The Captain's Dog
2000 Parents Choice Award (Spring) (1998-2007) -- Approved
Cryptid Hunters
2007 Sunshine State Young Reader's Award -- Grades 3-5
Jaguar
2000 Golden Sower Award -- Grades 4-6
2000 Sunshine State Young Reader's Award -- Grades 6-8
Peak
2007 National Outdoor Book Award -- Children's
2009 Nevada Young Readers' Award -- Young Adult
Zach's Lie
2005 Flicker Tale Children's Book Award -- Juvenile
2005 Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award -- Grades 6-8


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Roland Smith has published 32 books.

Roland Smith does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Captivity, was published in July 2024.

The first book by Roland Smith, Amy's Missing, was published in May 1996.

Yes. Roland Smith has 5 series.
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