Frank Carlson Library

Visiting his dad's hometown in Japan four months after his father's death would be hard enough for Ben. But one morning the pain turns to fear: first, a massive earthquake rocks the quiet coastal village, nearly toppling his uncle's house. Then the ocean waters rise and Ben and his family are swept away -- and pulled apart -- by a terrible tsunami. Now Ben is alone, stranded in a strange country a million miles from home. Can he fight hard enough...

A little cat comes to the home of a poor Japanese artist and, by humility and devotion, brings him good fortune.

"Sometimes, home isn't where you expect to find it. After losing his mom in a fatal car crash, Kaede Hirano--now living with a grandfather who is more stranger than family--developed anger issues and spent his last year of middle school acting out. Best-friendless and critically in danger repeating the seventh grade, Kaede is given a summer assignment: write an essay about what home means to him, which will be even tougher now that he's on his way...

X, Y and friends arrive in the nick of time just as journalist Alexa is attacked by her editor-in-chief and his Pangoro! Then, together with a new ally named Clemont, our friends come to the aid of an unhappy Electrike in search of a Mega Stone. Will Team Flare find the Mega Stone before the good guys?