I'm an author with several exciting books for teens. http://www.rolandsmith.com I,Q is on the 2009 Texas Lone Star List http://www.txla.org/groups/yart/lonestarlists.html I,Q. nominated as finalist in the National Best Books 2008 Awards. http://www.usabooknews.com/ Suspense draws readers in http://www.theleafchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080902/COLUMNISTS06/809020327 A half-dozen new PDF documents for Elephant Run are available. http://rolandsmith.com/index.php?page=curriculum Watch for my new series, IQ coming out on September 1st! Book One is called: Independence Hall. http://www.rolandsmith.com/ Student pack, teacher pack, appendix http://rolandsmith.com/index.php?page=curriculum In 1941, bombs drop from the night skies of London, demolishing the apartment Nick Freestone lives in with his mother. Deciding the situation in England is too unstable, Nick's mother sends him to live with his father in Burma, hoping he will be safer living on the family's teak plantation. http://www.rolandsmith.com/ Here’s a wonderful review from my friend Jonathan Downes—fearless leader of the Centre For Fortean Zoology in the latest edition of The Journal of the Centre for Fortean Zoology. http://www.rolandsmith.com/ Take an A to Z tour of the ocean's depths and meet the creatures that live there. From the mythological undewater city of Atlantis to the amount of water that covers Earth's surface, the oceanic world has challenged and intrigued man since recorded time. http://www.rolandsmith.com/ In 1941, bombs drop from the night skies of London, demolishing the apartment Nick Freestone lives in with his mother. Deciding the situation in England is too unstable, Nick's mother sends him to live with his father in Burma, hoping he will be safer living on the family's teak plantation. http://www.rolandsmith.com/ Good news. Our picture book B is for Beaver: An Oregon Alphabet has been nominated for an Oregon Book Award. http://rolandsmith.com/index.php?page=blog