I,Q

By Roland Smith

Book Overview

Book One of this thrilling middle-grade spy series finds Q and his new step-sister, Angela, traveling to Philadelphia as the first stop of the year-long concert tour for their parents' band, and Q discovers that not only is life with Anglea going to be better than he imagined, but also much, much more dangerous.

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1585363251
• ISBN13: 9781585363254
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.4"
• Age Range: 11 to 13 years
• Grade Range: Grades 6 to 8

Customer Reviews

I,Q Independence hall

I,Q was a fantastic book. Once I started reading it, I couldn't put it down. It was action packed and full of adventure. I can't wait for the second book.

i q compliment

this is a sensational book that you should definitely read. i could not put it down until i finished it. if you want a good mystery/thriller read iq

Fantastic Series Opener

One of my students brought this to my attention--being she did not enjoy reading on her own, I decided to see for myself what had excited her so much. After only finishing the first couple of chapters, I could understand--this book is great. It certainly has started to circulate around my classroom! There's quite of few of us in Missouri waiting for the second installation of this story line!

Alex Rider, look out!

Young teens, male and female, will enjoy the first book in this new series by Roland Smith. Anthony Horowitz's Alex Rider series has created fans for the young spy genre, Charlie Higson has a slightly more believable young James Bond thing going, but Smith has created a pair of protagonists that will please both boys and girls. He's also set a scene that is more accurately tied to current events and is more realistic than the antics of Alex Rider. As an adult, I appreciated the humor of the SOS group of aging, yet quite competent spooks who pair up with the teen-aged protagonists in what turns out to be a test of their loyalty and ability before, I assume, embarking on a quest to save the world from "ghost" terrorist cells in volume two of the series, due out in April. I'll be buying the second book just as soon as it comes out; you'll want it, too, when you've finished reading the first. Well done, Mr. Smith!

A deeply engaging thriller

When picking a setting for adventure, what better place is there than the modern world? "I, Q" follows step siblings Angela and Quest, who goes by the shorted name of Q. The two find themselves spiraling in over their heads into a conspiracy where no one is what they seem, not even their own parents. A deeply engaging thriller, "I, Q" is highly recommended reading for any looking for a tale of intrigue.