Frank Carlson Library

The life of a ten-year-old boy in rural Virginia expands when he becomes friends with a newcomer who subsequently meets an untimely death trying to reach their hideaway, Terabithia, during a storm. All summer, Jess pushed himself to be the fastest boy in the fifth grade, and when the year's first school-yard race was run, he was going to win. But his victory was stolen by a newcomer, by a girl, one who didn't even know enough to stay on the girls'...

After the loss of her mother, a young girl and her dad find a new way to live with grief with the help of her mom's sweater.

A young girl misses her deceased brother and wants to talk about him, and she does not understand why her parents do not even want to mention his name.

Following a family tradition, Grandpa gives Emilia a walnut and together they plant and care for it, but as her little nut grows into a tree, Grandpa begins to slow down until one sad day Emilia has to say goodbye.

After a tragedy a young boy discovers a connection between music and colors that helps guide him and gives him comfort in times of darkness.