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Independence Hall
Contributor(s): Smith, Roland (Author)

ISBN: 1585363251 ISBN-13: 9781585363254
Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press

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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: August 2008
Annotation: Fame has arrived for rockers Blaze and Roger! Just married, leaving Los Angeles, and touring the United States with teenagers Q (Quest) and Angela in tow, the excitement heightens in Philadelphia when Angela realizes she's being followed. Q soon learns the secret about Angela's real mother--a former Secret Service agent. Readers are thrust into current issues affecting the world in this edge-of-your-seat, modern-day mystery adventure. I, Q readers will be immersed in the work of U.S. Secret Service, the Mossad, and the M15. But who are the good guys and who are the bad guys? What happens to this newly formed family if Angela's mom is not dead?

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Additional Information

BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Mysteries, Espionage, & Detective Stories

Dewey: FIC

LCCN: 2008049002

Age Level: 11-13

Grade Level: 6-8

Lexile Measure: 660 HL (High-Low)

Series: I, Q (Paperback)

Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.47" W x 8.48" L (0.96 lbs) 312 pages

Features: Ikids, Illustrated, Maps, Price on Product

Awards: NAPPA Gold Awards, Winner, Ages 9 & Up, 2009
Oregon Book Awards, Winner, Young Adult, 2009
Texas Lone Star Reading List, Commended, Young Adult, 2009

Review Citations: Kirkus Review - Children 07/01/2008 pg. 708
Booklist 10/15/2008 pg. 39
School Library Journal 12/01/2008 pg. 138

Accelerated Reader Info

Quiz #: 126884
Reading Level: 4.5 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 9.0

Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.

Publisher Description:
Thirteen-year-old Quest (Q) isn't sure he's ready for a new family. For a long time it's just been him and his mom, Blaze. But everything changes when Blaze falls in love with Roger and they start a new rock band called Match. Now they're married, have a hit record, and Match is going out on a year-long driving tour across the country. Q, along with new stepsister Angela, will take a year off from school and travel with the band. For now, home will be a luxury motor coach and homework will be a Web site diary of their travels. Perfect-Q can practice his magic tricks and Angela can read her spy novels. What can go wrong? As Q and Angela settle into their new life and new relationship as siblings, they start to notice that certain coincidences don't seem coincidental. For example, how does a band roadie named Boone find them in the middle of a desert where their coach just happens to break down? Why does a man from their parents' wedding keep showing up in the same cities they stop at? When they reach Philadelphia, Q and Angela realize this tour is definitely not the trip their parents had planned and that the "City of Brotherly Love" is full of mysteries and secrets that could threaten their new life together. In addition to his action adventure books, Roland is the author of many award-winning books for children including Journey of the Red Wolf; The Captain's Dog: My Journey with the Lewis and Clark Tribe; and Thunder Cave, which was a 1996 Notable Children's Trade Book in the field of Social Studies. His books with Sleeping Bear Press include W is for Waves: An Ocean Alphabet; Z is for Zookeeper: A Zoo Alphabet; and N is for our Nation's Capital: A Washington, DC Alphabet. Roland lives near Portland, Oregon.

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