Frank Carlson Library

At the end of World War II, Jack Baker, a landlocked Kansas boy, is suddenly uprooted after his mother's death and placed in a boy's boarding school in Maine. There, Jack encounters Early Auden, the strangest of boys, who reads the number pi as a story and collects clippings about the sightings of a great black bear in the nearby mountains. Newcomer Jack feels lost yet can't help being drawn to Early, who won't believe what everyone accepts to be...

Zara is dertermined to find out who or what is causing a terrible heatwave on Unicorn Island, but when her search puts her in danger Moonbeam uses her newly discovered magic to try and save her friend.

Many surprises await twelve-year-old Edwy Watanaboneset when the Freds return him to Cursed Town, including that he has siblings in Refuge City who he will join in boarding school.

Isabel is having trouble getting along with other students, her teacher, and even her unicorn, Cloud, but another threat to Unicorn Academy brings them back together.

Isla and her unicorn, Buttercup, have not yet bonded so they cannot graduate with their friends, but everything could change after they use Buttercup's newly-discovered finding magic to locate the evil Ms. Willow.

"Ariana loves her unicorn, Whisper. But Whisper loves the outdoors--where there are bugs and dirt and wild animals! Yikes! When the animals start acting strangely, Ariana knows there's something wrong with the magic on the island. Can she face her fears and lead a mission to protect the animals?"--Back cover.

"Magical Sparkle Lake is starting to freeze, and Unicorn Academy might have to close. Can ten-year-old Scarlett and her unicorn Blaze find out who's freezing the lake and save the school?"--

"What if young Arthur Conan Doyle really went to a secret school for extraordinarily gifted children called Baskerville Hall? When a mysterious man with a pipe notices young Arthur's incredible deductive skills, Arthur's offered a spot at the esteemed Baskerville Hall and a chance to lift his family out of poverty. There Arthur makes quick friends with Irene Eagle, a girl who boldly strides into any adventure, and Jimmie Moriarty, a boy whose brilliance...

When twelve-year-old Onyeka discovers that she has psychokinetic powers, her mother reveals that she is Solari, part of a secret group of Nigerian mutants that trains at the Academy of the Sun.

Olivia hopes to bond with her unicorn, Snowflake, before graduation day, but someone has set out to ruin the graduation ball and a secret Olivia has been keeping may be revealed.