Tentacles (novel)

Tentacles is a 2009 young adult science fiction novel by Roland Smith and the sequel to Cryptid Hunters. School Library Journal describes it as "a high-octane page-turner".

Plot
Tentacles begins as the protagonists from Cryptid Hunters board the Coelacanth, a presumably haunted ship, on a voyage led by Dr. Wolfe to capture a giant squid alive. During the voyage, there are Mokele-mbembe eggs (which Marty and Grace had found in the Congo in Cryptid Hunters) incubating in a laboratory restricted to most of the crew. Unbeknownst to Wolfe, Blackwood's thug, Butch is on board stealing the Mokele Mbembe eggs and Grace for his boss. The book culminates in a showdown/feud between Blackwood and Wolfe, ending in Ted Bronson, Wolfe's partner's, successful capture of a squid, though Blackwood, thinking Wolfe and the rest of the crew to be dead, escapes with the hatchlings, and Grace. Unbeknownst to Wolfe, Grace tricked Blackwood into taking her, with the dragonspy hidden on her, allowing her to be one step ahead of Blackwood.

Reading lists

 * 2010 - Montana State University Kids on Campus
 * 2010 - Donoho School Summer Reading List – Grade 8
 * 2010 - Doral Academy Charter School Incoming Fourth/Fifth Grade Student's Summer Reading List
 * 2010 - Holy Name of Jesus Fifth Grade Summer Reading List
 * 2010 - Jackson Middle School 7th Grade Language Arts/ Reading List
 * 2010 - Nauset Regional Middle School Summer Reading
 * 2010 - Pennington School Rising Sixth Grade Summer Reading List
 * 2010 - Roanoke County Public Schools Accelerated Reader Quiz List

Sequels
In September 2013 Roland Smith released the third Marty and Grace book, Chupacabra, and in September 2014, the fourth book, Mutation.