Frank Carlson Library

The life stories of the five Marines and one Naval officer that were forever immortalized as a symbol of WWII by raising the American flag at the battle of Iwo Jima.

Seven years after Morgan and Madison₂s plans to rescue Mo from PADRE end in failure, the people they brought to the island are forced to toil under PADRE₂s cynical rule. But the promise of a better world remains, resting with the only person able to reignite everyone₂s belief in it: a now eight-year-old Mo.

The story of the five Marines and one Navy corpsman that were forever immortalized as a symbol of WWII by raising the American flag at the battle of Iwo Jima. When Joe Rosenthal's photograph of the event becomes a symbol of hope for the families at home, the three surviving men are pulled from combat and sent on a tour across America to raise desperately-needed bond money. It is a trip that brings out the truths of both that symbolic act, and their...

McHale's navy: Retired naval commander Quinton McHale's days are dashed when his former nemesis threatens his beloved island base. Thunderbirds: The Thunderbirds are under threat. Their arch enemy The Hood has trapped them in space and taken over their hi-tech crafts and technology for his own evil purposes. Unbeknown to The Hood though, Alan, the youngest Tracy boy, is still on their secret island. But does he have what it takes to save his family--...

When Pi, an orphaned fish, escapes the fisherman's net to move in with his aunt on an exotic coral reef, he meets his true love, Cordelia. But before Pi can start his life with Cordelia, he must outsmart the bully tiger shark also determined to win her heart.

Journey to the center of the earth: Science professor Trevor Anderson's radical theories have tarnished his reputation. While backpacking across Iceland with his nephew Sean, the two find a cave that leads them deep down into the bowels of the planet. They go on a quest to find out what has happened to Trevor's missing brother, also a scientist. Trevor, Sean and their mountain guide discover a fantastic and dangerous lost world in the center of the...

Recalling the story of shipwreck survivor Robinson Crusoe while on an ocean voyage, wealthy yacht owner Steve Drexel bets his friends that he can survive for a year on a remote South Seas island without modern conveniences. Drexel and his dog soon set up an impressive home through the use of various hand-made devices and the training of local animals. When a local woman fleeing an arranged marriage lands on his island, danger is introduced to the...

The new journey begins when young adventurer Sean receives a coded distress signal from a mysterious island where no island should exist, a place of strange life forms, mountains of gold, deadly volcanoes, and more than one astonishing secret. Unable to stop him from going, Sean's new stepfather joins the quest. Together with a helicopter pilot and his beautiful, strong-willed daughter, they set out to find the island.

Cara Rutledge thought she had left her Southern roots and troubled family far behind. But an unusual request from her mother, coming just as her own life is spinning out of control, has Cara heading back to the scenic Low country of her childhood summers. Before long, the rhythms of the island open her heart in wonderful ways as she repairs the family beach house, becomes a bona fide 'turtle lady' and renews old acquaintances long thought lost.

Spy kids: When their international spy parents are kidnapped by children's TV program host Fegan Floop, Carmen and Juni Cortez must criss-cross the globe in a quest to save their parents. Spy kids 2: Now Carmen and Juni Cortez are full-fledged Spykid operatives with the OSS. Together they embark on a mission to a mysterious island to retrieve a valuable device which in the wrong hands could jeopardize the world. Spy kids 3: Secret agents Juni and...