Determined, after his mother's accidental death, to foil his stepfather's plans for his future, fourteen-year-old Jacob travels alone to Africa in search of his father, a biologist studying elephants in a remote area of Kenya.

Roland Smith is the author of Zach's Lie, an ALA Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers Cryptid HuntersThunderCave JaguarThe Last Lobo and Sasquatch. He lives outside of Portland, Oregon, with his wife Marie, who also writes children's books.