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	Phoenix and Raven Explorer Troops Where I play.
	Tracker Trail Site Where I learn.
	The TRACKER School Where I also learn
	Ballantrae Public School Where I work.
	Book Links For Boys See below...

Orson Scott Card: http://www.hatrack.com/
Writer of all of the Ender and Ender's Shadow books, this author writes about kids in extreme situations doing some extreme things. It's exciting, fast paced and smooth to read. Check out Ender's Shadow first, which is in the process of being made into a movie. His new one, Magic Street, is pretty good as well. This web site has a huge amount of stuff on it, including short stories and sample chapters from his books.

Christopher Moore: http://www.chrismoore.com/index.htm
My favorite part of this web site is the list of suggested books to check out "while waiting for the next Christopher Moore book". My two favorite Moore books would easily be Lamb and Fluke, although there are lots of others. Chris is a very funny guy, ...and he is not opposed to answering e-mails if you send him a question or comment.

C. D. Payne: http://www.nicktwisp.com/
Youth in Revolt is a very popular cult book for teenage boys. The antics of Nick Twisp, 14 year old aspiring writer, are a little off color, but hilarious. The book has a very advanced vocabulary, but is definitely worth struggling with. This web site has a lot of interviews, articles, comments about Payne's books, and an interesting history of how hard it was to get Youth In Revolt published.

Eoin Colfer: http://www.artemisfowl.com/
                     http://homepage.eircom.net/~eoincolfer65/home.htm?main=sitemap.htm
            I was pleasantly surprised at the Artemis Fowl series of books. I actually didn't expect much, but found a well written and interesting story in the first book and was not disappointed by the sequels. Artemis is one of the most endearing criminal minds around! I think a movie is in the works.
Colfer's homepage is very slow to load if you don't have high Speed, and the index page seems to be seriously flawed. The link above skips it and goes right to the sitemap, although it seems to have some flaws as well. Colfer needs a new web site designer. Some interesting stuff, though, including sample chapters from books.

Garth Nix: http://members.ozemail.com.au/~garthnix/
The publisher site is slick but doesn't contain a lot of info. The one above is the author's own site, which is a work in progress, but at least has some interesting stuff on it. Check out "My New Really Epic Fantasy Series". Nix's Keys To The Kingdom series is the one that I recommend (although I haven't read the others). It's typically Arthurian, but has decent characters and a fast moving plot. Not really radical, but still entertaining.

Robert Rankin: http://www.sproutlore.com/
A so-so web site. But the sheer volume of Rankin's insane books is amazing. I would recommend Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse as an introduction to Rankin. Definitely radical! You will never be able to read nursery rhymes the same way again. He has a very "British" style, kind of like Douglas Adams.

Douglas Adams: http://www.douglasadams.com/
The late Douglas Adams penned the masterpiece A Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy. It was probably one of the first novels to venture "way out there", being both random and bizarre. I found that the books get a little less exciting as you go through the series (there are 5), but the first two are excellent.