{"id":1861,"date":"2019-10-31T13:01:30","date_gmt":"2019-10-31T17:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/?p=1861"},"modified":"2019-09-13T13:05:25","modified_gmt":"2019-09-13T17:05:25","slug":"book-review-cryptid-hunters-by-roland-smith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/ReadingBites\/?p=1861","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: Cryptid Hunters by Roland Smith"},"content":{"rendered":"

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**This review is from the Monster Librarian archives.**<\/em><\/p>\n

Authorhouse, 2007<\/p>\n

Hyperion Books for Children,2006<\/p>\n

ISBN: 0786851627
\nAvailable: New<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Marty and Grace O\u2019Hara are bright and resourceful twins, opposite in temperament and interest.\u00a0 When their parents go missing after a terrible accident, the twins are plucked from their Swiss boarding school to live with their mysterious uncle, Travis, whose mission is to find and preserve cryptids, creatures such as Bigfoot that science has been unable to prove exist, before his adversary, Noah Blackwood, can trap them and use them for his personal profit. When the twins accidentally fall from Travis\u2019 plane into the African rainforest, they confound Blackwood\u2019s obsessive hunt for the last remaining dinosaur, and are forced to take action against him.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 While the book stands on its own, Smith leaves enough loose ends to set it up as the first of a series. However, although\u00a0Cryptid Hunters<\/em>\u00a0has characteristics of series books, it also shows originality. The twins are engaging characters, each contributing to their survival both independently and as a team. They grow and change throughout the story, unusual to this genre.\u00a0 Smith also uses technology as an unobtrusive method for exposition as well as for opportunities to connect the twins with the outside world and to complicate the plot while they search for the mysterious dinosaur. The plot moves slowly at first, but once the action gets going, it is nonstop. Although long at 348 pages,\u00a0Cryptid Hunters<\/em>\u00a0should appeal to reluctant readers of both genders looking for a gripping adventure. While not true horror, the mysterious cryptids, remorseless hunters, and cliffhanger action will satisfy many readers who enjoy the horror genre. Highly recommended for public and middle school libraries. Contains: some gore, kidnapping.\u00a0 Review by Francesca the Librarian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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