Smith, Roland

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.

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.

Here, in Peak's own words, is the exhilarating, gutwrenching story of what happend on the climb to the of the world --a climb that changed everything.

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.

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.

Describes the rescue of the sea otters following the 1989 oil spill in Valdez, Alaska.

An A to Z picture book about zookeepers and the jobs they do to care for the animals, along with an expository text providing detailed information about specific animals.

Describes snakes and their care in the zoo, discussing their diet, artificial habitats, breeding, and general behavior.