Jack's Run
When Jack Osborne's father was arrested for drug trafficking, he agreed to tell the authorities everything he knew about his ex-boss, the ruthless drug czar Alonzo Aznar. But betraying a man as powerful as Alonzo has consequences. The Osbornes have spent the last year in hiding, forced to take on new identities and live under the close surveillance of the Witness Security program.

Now, with his trial date fast approaching, Alonzo intensifies his hunt for Jack's family. One slipup, and Alonzo will find them, making sure no Osborne survives to testify against him. Jack has messed up once before, and he won't do it again. Unfortunately, someone else in the family hasn't been as careful...

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Cryptid Hunter
After their parents are lost in an accident, thirteen-year old twins Grace and Marty are whisked away to live with their Uncle Wolfe-an uncle that they didn't even know they had! The intimidating Uncle Wolfe is an anthropologist who has dedicated his life to finding cryptids, mysterious creatures believed to be long extinct.
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Z is for Zookeeper
Since monkeys and elephants and crocodiles don't make good tour guides who better to walk us through the inner workings of a zoo than the zookeeper? Roland Smith, award winning writer and 20-year zookeeper, introduces young readers to little known facts - sometimes in the middle of the night zookeepers do go back to check the locks, giraffes don't know how to duck making it difficult to drive under a bridge when the zookeepers transport them from one location to another, and exactly how much time do zookeepers spend with the pooper-scooper? "Z is for Zookeeper" gives children a front row seat at the zoo - one of the ultimate childhood places.

"Z is for Zookeeper" will keep kids turning the pages as often as they request, "Can we go to the zoo?". Order now at Amazon, Barnes & Noble or Powells.

B is for Beaver
Join authors Roland and Marie Smith and illustrator Michael Roydon as they take you on a journey across the Oregon Trail and through the picturesque Beaver state. In B is for Beaver, the Smith's rhyming verse and sidebar expository text illuminate the wonders of Hell's Canyon, the lush lands of the Willamette Valley, and the surging seas of the neighboring Pacific Ocean. An effective educational tool inside the classroom and out, readers of all ages in the state of Oregon and beyond can embark on this journey any time they wish. Order now at Amazon, Barnes & Noble or Powells.

E is for Evergreen
Readers young and old will be delighted to discover the wonders of Washington State, from its natural beauty (Mount Rainier and evergreen forests), to its famous residents (Jimi Hendrix and Big Foot) and familiar skyline (Seattle's Space Needle). Intriguing facts coupled with beautiful, original artwork make "E is for Evergreen" an exciting journey.
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N is for our Nation's Capital
Museums and monuments define the Washington DC landscape, but the stories behind the majestic capital merely begin here.
Looking beyond the monuments, from Abigail Adams to the National Zoo, to all the cherry blossoms, flags, houses, and presidents in between, "N is for Our Nation's Capital" is like a guided tour along the most interesting routes in our capital. Did you know the cherry trees that are an integral part of DC's scenery were gifts from Japan? Or that Mrs. Taft planted the first two?
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Zach's Lie
When 13-year-old Jack
Osborne's father is arrested for drug trafficking, Jack, his older sister Joanne, and their mother are forced to flee their comfortable home and take on new identities through the Witness Relocation Program.
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The Captain's Dog
As a pup Seaman never imagined that his life would hold much excitement -- beyond chasing down rats on the banks of the Ohio River. But the day he met Captain Meriwether Lewis, his prospects changed forever.

With Captain Lewis, his partner, Captain William Clark, and the men of the Corps of Discover, Seaman found himself on an incredible journey into the American wilderness west of the Mississippi. Charged with charting the best path across America to the Pacific Ocean, Lewis and Clark led the Corps and their devoted Newfoundland dog up rushing rivers, across vast prairies, and over snow-covered mountains. It was a landmark expedition. It was a search that changed a nation. And for Seaman, it was the greatest adventure he'd ever had.
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The Last Lobo
When Jacob travels with his grandfather, Taw, back to the Hopi reservation where he was born, he gets a lot more than a quiet trip to the desert. He quickly discovers that the Hopi on the reservation are divided over a lobo, a Mexican wolf. Some believe the lobo is a spirit of the plains--a ghost wolf. But others want to kill the animal because it is hunting livestock on the reservation, even though it may be the last of its kind.

Jake knows that if the lobo does exist, he must do everything in his power to help it before it is killed or captured. He must figure out a way to trap the wild wolf and let it loose in a place where it can be truly free and untamed. But time is running out--can Jake save the lobo before it is wiped out for good.

In this thrilling action filled environmental adventure, Jacob Lansa from THUNDER CAVE and JAGUAR is back once again this time Jake must help save an endangered animal before it is killed off by its most dangerous enemy.
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Sasquatch
(Hyperion 1998)
Dylan's father has always been a little strange -- he spends most of his time making notes on odd topics and storing them away in boxes. But when Dylan's mother leaves for Egypt, his father seems to get out of control. He joins a Sasquatch-hunting team led by top-bigfoot researcher, Theodore Flagg. The team's mission is to find a Sasquatch and kill it - but Dylan's father is determined to stop them. To make matters worse, the team has headed up to Mount St. Helens, an active volcano that could erupt any day. Without Dylan's mother to look out for his father, Dylan feels he has to try to keep him in line. So he joins aging field biologist, Samuel Johnson, on the mountain, shadowing the hunting party through their walkie-talkies. But Dylan may be in even more trouble than he thought-- Mr. Johnson is not the man he seems to be. Even as they are following Dr. Flagg's team, somebody is following Mr. Johnson. And on top of it all, Dylan is beginning to realize that his father may not be so crazy after all - maybe the Sasquatch does exist, and it's closer than Dylan ever guessed.
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Jaguar
(Hyperion, 1997)
"I heard a noise behind me. Before I could turn around, someone shoved me into the bookshelves. Then grabbed me and slammed me down on the floor... "

When Jacob Lansa joined his father in Brazil, his biggest worry was whether Doc would let him stay or send him back to Poughkeepsie. But his father's expedition to create a jaguar preserve is beset with violence--a massive explosion destroys their boat and Jake is viciously attacked before their journey even begins.

More danger is ahead. Before the voyage upriver is over, Jacob will witness first-hand the havoc man has wrought on a fragile environment, and come face-to-face with those who will stop at nothing to gain what they want.
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Thunder Cave
(Hyperion, 1995)

Jacob Lansa watches in horror as the poachers carve up elephant
carcasses.

He wants to stop them, but he is far outnumbered, and the poachers
have guns. Was it only last week that Jacob traveled to Kenya in
search of his father, who had gone there to study elephants? In that short time, Jacob crossed miles of Kenyan bush, came face-to-face with a lion, and nearly died of dehydration. Then he met Supeet, a Masai with a quest of his own -- to bring the rains and end the drought that is devastating his country. Can Jacob and Supeet find Jacob's father, end the drought, and save the great elephants before the last one has been slaughtered?
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Amy's Missing
(YS PRESS, April, 1996)
ISBN 0-9651052-0-2

When Pete Sanford first meets his new neighbor Theodore McGee, he can't imagine what they might have in common. Pete's main ambition in life is to dazzle the freshman football coach as soon as he enters high school. Theodore's got a killer arm when it comes to passing a ball, but the fact that he's confined to a wheelchair rules out any possibility of playing backyard tackle. They soon enter into a relationship that sends Pete on the adventure of his life.
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Non-Fiction:

Journey
of the Red Wolf
(Cobblehill, April 1996)

Follow the magnificent and rare red wolf from the brink of extinction, to captivity, then back into wild. For many years Roland was the Red Wolf Species coordinator. An insider's look at how animals are reintroduced into the wild.
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In the Forest with the Elephants
coauthor
Dr. Michael J. Schmidt, DVM
(Harcourt Brace)

Deep in the Myanmar Forest, Won Lin spots his elephant, Toe Lai, and calls, "La, la, la." Toe Lai fans out his ears, takes a last bite of grass, then lumbers toward Won Lin. It's time to go to work.

A century ago there were more than a hundred thousand elephants in Asia; today there are just thirty-five thousand. Only Myanmar--where nearly one-third of Asia's remaining elephants live-- can boast a healthy elephant population. Thousands of elephants roam in the wild there, and thousands more work with humans to harvest valuable wood. As Won Lin and Toe Lai's story reveals, this working partnership between elephants and humans may be the key to preserving the elephants themselves as well as their forest home.
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Sea Otter Rescue
(Cobblehill, 1990)

In 1989 a supertanker named the Exxon Valdez ran into Bligh Reef spilling 6 million gallons of oil into the pristine waters of Alaska's Prince William Sound. This books recounts the heroic efforts to save Alaska's sea otters from this terrible disaster.

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Inside the Zoo Nursery
(Cobblehill, 1993)

In this book Roland takes you behind the scenes at a zoo nursery. Why are baby animals taken from their mothers? What are lion cubs fed? How do zoos reintroduce these human-raised babies back to their own kind?

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African Elephants
(Lerner, 1995) For younger readers.

Part of Lerner's "Early Bird Nature Books" series. Go to Africa with Roland and learn all about the largest land mammal on earth. Why do elephants have trunks instead of noses? How long is a female pregnant? What do elephants use their trunks for?
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Vultures
(Lerner, 1997)

Part of the Lerner "Early Bird Nature Books" series. Describes the life cycle, behavior, eating habits, and endangered status of vultures.
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Millbrook Books:
Go behind the scenes at the zoo and find out how primates are kept and how poisonous snakes are handled. Learn how whales are trained and what happens when a big cat escapes. Purchase at Amazon.

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