Frank Carlson Library

On a hot summer afternoon in 1972, three teenagers drove into an unfamiliar neighborhood and six lives were altered forever. Thirty five years later, one survivor of that day reaches out to another, opening a door that could lead to salvation. But another survivor is now out of prison, looking for reparation in any form he can find it. THE TURNAROUND takes us on a journey from the rock-and-soul streets of the '70s to the changing neighborhoods of...

While leading a team of young engineers designing Starfire, the world's first orbiting solar power plant, James McLanahan Bradley is caught in the middle of a battle that threatens to become an all-out global war for control of space after the U.S. President ignites an arms race. "With the death of his heroic father, bomber and space warfare veteran Patrick McLanahan, Bradley McLanahan must now fly solo, leading a team of young engineers designing...

"Told from alternating perspectives, an evocative and riveting novel about the lifelong bond between two women, one Black and one white, whose friendship is indelibly altered by a tragic event--a powerful and poignant exploration of race in America today and its devastating impact on ordinary lives. Jen and Riley have been best friends since kindergarten. As adults, they remain as close as sisters, though their lives have taken different directions....

Two kings, a fox and a raccoon, become embroiled in a race to build the highest stockpile of weapons until a strong wind threatens to topple the piles and makes them both fearful of the consequences.

When Rhodes Delaney challenged James Alderston Whitbury III to a grudge match she chose the most grueling of all tests-- the Iditarod: a lethal dogsled race across the perilous wastelands of barren Alaska.

While Liz is reading a book about Alaska to her twin brother, Matt, a large oval mirror in the room begins glowing and twinkling. It goes crazy, shooting rainbows of light everywhere. Suddenly, they hear a loud whoosh and realize that they are being transported somewhere. They land with a big thud in a snowbank. Includes facts about Alaska.

Tengo and Frikkie are childhood friends-one is black, one is white; Tengo, a "boy" on Oom Koos's farm on the South African veld, and Frikkie, the farmer's nephew, who one day will inherit the family's land. Though they live in different worlds, their friendship is forged when they are too young to know that there are lines that must not be crossed. But as the tension mounts in South Africa, the boys find their relationship in crisis when they realize...

"Ayo looks around his kindergarten class and doesn't see anyone with skin that looks dark brown like his. Does this mean there is something wrong with the way he is? When Ayo asks, he learns there is nothing wrong with his skin color, and that no one color is better or worse than any other. We are all beautiful!"--