Alana Terry loves homeschooling. She loves it so much that in addition to teaching her three boys at home, she also leads clubs and day camps for homeschoolers in her community. An eclectic homeschooler at heart, Alana enjoys the freedom of family-directed learning and also plans interdisciplinary unit studies for homeschoolers of various ages.

In addition to the My Solar-Powered History series, Alana has published A Boy Named Silas: The First Five Years, the true story of her tube-fed son's complicated medical history. She also writes Christian fiction. Her debut novel, The Beloved Daughter, won second place in the 2012 Women of Faith's writing contest.

Like Lake, Benson, and O'Malley's mother, Alana is half-Japanese. She can't make sushi as well as her grandmother, but she sure loves to eat it!

Check out www.AlanaTerry.com for the What, No Sushi? unit study, character snapshots, behind-the-scenes questions and answers, and news about upcoming My Solar-Powered History books.