Cryptid Hunters
{{Short description|2005 novel by Roland Smith}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox book
| name = Cryptid Hunters
| author = Roland Smith
| language = English
| country = United States
| genre = Fantasy, Adventure, Science Fiction
| publisher = Hyperion Books
| isbn = 978-0786851614
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| title_orig =
| translator =
| image = Cryptid Hunters.jpg| caption =
| illustrator =
| cover_artist = Gail Doobinin
| series = Marty and Grace
| publisher2 = Scholastic
| release_date = {{Start date|2005|2}}
| english_release_date =
| awards = see Accolades
| media_type = Print
| pages = 352
| congress = PZ7.S65766 Cr 2005
| oclc= 61772218
| preceded_by =
| followed_by = Tentacles
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}}
Cryptid Hunters is a 2005 young adult science fiction novel by Roland Smith; it follows the adventures of thirteen-year-old siblings Grace and Marty O'Hara, who are sent to live with their Uncle Wolfe after their parents are lost in an accident. He is an anthropologist on a remote island, searching for cryptids, which are animals thought to be extinct or not to exist. His rival Noah Blackwood, a popular animal collector, tries to acquire an alleged dinosaur egg from Wolfe, and the twins get involved in the conflict which reveals a convoluted family history.{{cite web
| url = http://www.powells.com/biblio/1-9780786851614-6
| title=Cryptid Hunters
| work = Powell's Books
}} - contains review from {{cite magazine
| url = http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/book-reviews/15566618/cryptid-hunters
| title = Cryptid Hunter
| magazine = Publishers Weekly
| date = February 14, 2005
| volume = 252
| issue = 7
| page = 77
}} The novel was nominated for several library awards and book lists, which include Hawaii's 2008 Nene Recommended Book List, the Texas Library Association's 2007-2008 Lone Star Reading List,{{cite web|url=http://www.austinlibrary.com/reading/youth_lone_2006.cfm|title=Lone Star Reading List|work=City of Austin - APL|publisher=austinlibrary.com|accessdate=15 June 2010}} and Third Place for the Missouri Association of School Librarians' Mark Twain Readers Award.{{cite web|url=http://www.maslonline.org/?page=MT_200708_winners|title=2007-2008 Mark Twain Readers Award Winners|work=Missouri Association of School Librarians|publisher=maslonline.org|accessdate=15 June 2010}} Smith has written three sequels called Tentacles, Chupacabra, and Mutation.{{cite web|url=http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/s/roland-smith |title=Roland Smith |work=Fantastic Fiction |date= |accessdate=2015-04-11}}
Reception
A Kirkus magazine review described the story as "a B-movie with email". The "enjoyably rollicking adventures are appropriately cheesy; the stereotypes, though equally fitting, are a bit much."{{cite magazine
| url = https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/roland-smith/cryptid-hunters/
| title = Cryptid Hunters by Roland Smith
| magazine = Kirkus Reviews
| date = December 15, 2004
| volume = 72
| issue = 24
| page = 1208
}} Author Wendy Sparrow wrote that "the book was like the Magic Treehouse kids all grown up and taking on Jurassic Park or Journey to the Center of the Earth." She enjoyed Grace and Marty's "fun and real" personalities. The five-year-old technology was not dated, and the book was surprisingly audience-friendly that she could read it to her seven-year-old son.{{cite web
| url = http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/541000047
| title = Wendy Sparrow's reviews - Cryptid Hunters (Marty and Grace, #1)
| work = goodreads.com
| last = Sparrow | first = Wendy
| accessdate = May 5, 2013
}} A review in Publishers Weekly read, "This unsatisfying journey is less about cryptids than it is about soap opera–esque family intrigue".{{Cite web|title=Children's Book Review: Cryptid Hunter|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-7868-5161-4|url-status=live|access-date=2021-04-17|website=PublishersWeekly.com|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417134125/https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-7868-5161-4 |archive-date=2021-04-17 }}
Publication
A list of notable formats is as follows:
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| style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0f0;" | Release Date | Publisher | format | pages | ISBN |
| February 2005Original publishing month is as referenced by published reviews. Some of the distributor websites such as Amazon, Barnes&Noble have posted a release date as early as December 27, 2004. | Hyperion BooksThe publisher, Hyperion Books, has also been referred to as Disney-Hyperion, and Hyperion Books for Children. | hardcover | 352pp | {{ISBNT|978-0786851614 }} | |
| 2005Worldcat.org has listed a publish date of January 1, 2005, but this may be a filler for any unknown dates in 2005. | Scholastic | paperback | 348pp | {{ISBNT|978-0439799232 }} {{ISBNT|978-0439798112}} | |
| March/April 2006Amazon posted a release date of March 21, 2006, while Barnes&Noble and Goodreads.com posted a release date of April 1, 2006. | Hyperion Books | trade paperback | 352pp | {{ISBNT|978-0786851621}} | |
| April 2006 | Turtleback Books | library binding | 348pp | {{ISBNT|978-1417732395}} |
Accolades
The following states and organizations have placed Cryptid Hunters on their suggested reading lists:
- 2009-2010 Young Hoosier Book Award, Middle School category, Indiana Library Federation.{{cite web|url=http://www.ilfonline.org/yhba/yhba-past-winners/|title=YHBA Past Winners|work=Indiana Library Federation|publisher=ilfonline.org|accessdate=15 June 2010}}{{cite web
| url = http://www.ilfonline.org/clientuploads/YHBA/1974-2010YHBANomineeList.pdf
| title = YHBA Past Nominees
| work = Indiana Library Federation
| publisher = ilfonline.org
| accessdate = May 4, 2010
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110819122423/http://www.ilfonline.org/clientuploads/YHBA/1974-2010YHBANomineeList.pdf
| archive-date = August 19, 2011
| url-status = dead
}}
- 2008 Nene Recommended Book List, Hawaii.{{cite web|url=http://nene.k12.hi.us/booklist/booklist08.html|title=2008 Recommended Book List|work=Nēnē|publisher=nene.k12.hi.us|accessdate=15 June 2010}}
- 2007-2008 Mark Twain Readers Award - 3rd Place, Missouri Association of School Librarians.{{cite web|url=http://www.maslonline.org/?page=MT_200708_winners |title=2007-2008 Mark Twain Readers Award Winners - Missouri Association of School Librarians |publisher=Maslonline.org |date=2013-02-07 |accessdate=2013-05-05}}
- 2007-2008 South Carolina Junior Book Award nominee, 6th-8th Grade, South Carolina Association of School Librarians.{{cite web |url=http://www.scasl.net/bookawards/jbanominees0708.pdf |title=South Carolina Book Award Committee 2006-2007 |date= |work=South Carolina Association of School Libraries |accessdate=2013-05-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080827184628/http://www.scasl.net/bookawards/jbanominees0708.pdf |archive-date=2008-08-27 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://scasl.net/awards/book-awards/junior/ |title=Junior Book Award « SCASL |work=South Carolina Association of School Libraries |date=2012-04-01 |accessdate=2013-05-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130410021210/http://scasl.net/awards/book-awards/junior/ |archive-date=2013-04-10 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=http://www.greenville.k12.sc.us/hughes/depts/jnrbkawd.asp|title=Hughes Academy Media Center|work=Greenville County Schools|publisher=greenville.k12.sc.us|accessdate=15 June 2010}}
- 2007 Colorado Children's Book Award nominee, Junior Book, Colorado Council International Reading Association.{{cite web|url=http://clcd.odyssi.com/cgi-bin/sirsi/search/r?dbs+child:@term+@isbn+0786851619|title=Children's Literature Reviews|work=Children's Literature Comprehensive Database|publisher=clcd.odyssi.com|accessdate=15 June 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718205555/http://clcd.odyssi.com/cgi-bin/sirsi/search/r?dbs+child:@term+@isbn+0786851619|archive-date=18 July 2011|url-status=dead}}
- 2007 Nevada Young Readers Award winner, Intermediate Category, Nevada Library Association.{{cite web
| url = http://www.nevadalibraries.org/awards/nyra_winners.html
| title = Nevada Young Readers' Award - Past Winners
| work = Nevada Library Association
| accessdate = May 6, 2013
- 2006-2007 Black-Eyed Susan Award nominee, Maryland.{{cite web|url=http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/slm/student/griebenowt/TGportfolio/documents/BES%2520Samples.pdf|title=2007 Black-Eyed Susan Books Packet|work=McDaniel College|publisher=mcdaniel.edu|accessdate=15 June 2010}}{{cite web|url=http://schools.fcps.org/WKMS/libmedia/reading/reading0607.htm|title=WKMS Suggested 2006-2007 Reading Page|work=Frederick County Public Schools|publisher=fcps.org|accessdate=15 June 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721070417/http://schools.fcps.org/WKMS/libmedia/reading/reading0607.htm|archive-date=21 July 2011|url-status=dead}}
- 2006-2007 Lone Star Reading List, Grades 6-8, Texas Library Association.{{cite web
| url = http://www.txla.org/groups/lone-star
| title = Lone Star Reading List
| work = Texas Library Association
| accessdate = 2013-05-04
}} - select All Lists, then Master List, which is in Excel format
- 2006-2007 Sunshine State Young Readers Award winner, grades 3-5, Florida Association for Media in Education.{{cite web|url=http://www.floridamedia.org/?page=SSYRA_Gen_Info&hhSearchTerms=cryptid+and+hunters |title=SSYRA General Information/Links - Florida Association for Media in Education (FAME) |publisher=Floridamedia.org |date=2013-04-25 |accessdate=2013-05-05}}
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Notes
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References
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External links
- [https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/book/cryptid-hunters Cryptid Hunters on Scholastic]
Category:2005 science fiction novels
Category:American science fiction novels
Category:Children's science fiction novels