# Roland Smith — books assigned in US schools

**4** books by Roland Smith appear in the US-school assigned-reading canon. Sourced from state ELA standards, AP/IB syllabi, and Common Core exemplar lists.

**Grade span:** 3–8
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/author/roland-smith
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## Recurring themes

- adventure and adventurers
- drug dealers
- escapes
- family
- jaguar
- kidnapping
- mystery
- rain forests
- rain forests, fiction
- survival

## Genres

- Adventure (2)
- Realistic Fiction

## Every Roland Smith title on file

- [Jaguar](https://readinglist.school/book/jaguar) _(Grades 3–5 · 1997)_
- [Zach's Lie](https://readinglist.school/book/zachs-lie) _(Grades 3–8 · 1999)_
- [Cryptid Hunters](https://readinglist.school/book/cryptid-hunters) _(Grades 5–8 · 2005)_
- [Elephant Run](https://readinglist.school/book/elephant-run) _(Grades 4–8)_

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