Roland Smith, Author . Hyperion $15.99 (224p) ISBN 978-0-7868-0617-1
Zach Granger has to tell many lies; for one, his name is really Jack Osborne, and for another his parents aren't divorced—rather, his father, a pilot, is in prison for transporting drugs for a ruthless cartel. When his father agrees to...
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Roland Smith, Author . Hyperion $15.99 (348p) ISBN 978-0-7868-5161-4
Readers expecting Jurassic Park–
style adventures may be frustrated by the small role exotic creatures play in Smith's (Zach's Lie
) farfetched story. As the novel opens, 13-year-old twins Grace and Marty meet the uncle they never knew
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Roland Smith, Author . Harcourt $17 (246p) ISBN 978-0-15-202417-8
Here's the perfect antidote for a kid who thinks books are boring. In his latest, Smith (Cryptid Hunters
) introduces 14-year-old Peak Marcello (named by his mountaineering parents) as he's arrested for scaling Manhattan's Woolworth...
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Roland Smith, Author Harcourt Children's Books $17 (296p) ISBN 978-0-15-201989-1
In addition to Girl of the Shining Mountains (reviewed above), which gives Sacagawea's perspective on Lewis and Clark's exploration, Smith's (Thunder Cave; Jaguar) historical novel imagines the duo's epic 1804-1806 journey through the eyes of...
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Roland Smith. Scholastic Press, $16.99 (272p) ISBN 978-0-545-56486-1
Smith (Mutation) delivers a tightly plotted mystery that incorporates themes of nonconformity and social rebellion. Pat O'Toole, 13, is not surprised when his 18-year-old brother, Coop, disappears. Coop has always been quirky: he is an avid tap...
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Roland Smith. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $17.99 (240p) ISBN 978-0-544-34122-7
Eight years have passed since readers met Peak Marcello, the 15-year-old son of famous mountaineers, in Peak, about the Manhattan teen's quest to become the youngest person to scale Mount Everest. In this equally action-packed (but more violent)...
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Roland Smith. Scholastic Press, $17.99 (304p) ISBN 978-0-545-80350-2
When the power abruptly goes out globally due to a mysterious electromagnetic pulse known as “the switch,” 13-year-old Henry Carter’s maternal relatives, the self-sufficient, technology-averse Ludds, are uniquely situated to cope with the emergency.
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Roland Smith. Sleeping Bear, $17.95 (240p) ISBN 978-1-534111-94-3
When their mother disappears in the Amazon rainforest while researching golden lion tamarins, two siblings leave base camp to seek her in this uneven, environmentally conscious mystery. Resourceful, fact-savvy Asia Wilde, 13, and fearless Ring, 11,...
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