Frank Carlson Library

"The essential book from online tennis coaching sensation Ian Westermann, founder of EssentialTennis.com."--

In a world where tennis can unlock ancient magic, Legacy enters a tennis tournament organized by Queen Silla in order to raise enough money to save her father's orphanage. From the mind of basketball legend and Academy Award-winning storyteller Kobe Bryant comes a new tale of finding your inner magic against all odds. GAME. SET. MAGIC. Game - Tennis means life and death for the residents of the magical kingdom of Nova, and for twelve-year-old Legacy,...

"Emma Rosenblum's Bad Summer People is a whip-smart, propulsive debut about infidelity, backstabbing, and murderous intrigue, set against an exclusive summer haven on Fire Island. None of them would claim to be a particularly good person. But who among them is actually capable of murder? Jen Weinstein and Lauren Parker rule the town of Salcombe, Fire Island every summer. They hold sway on the beach and the tennis court, and are adept at manipulating...

When Dara finds her birth certificate, she is puzzled to find two strange names on it, but when her mother, Mellie, reveals that she is transgender and transitioned when Dara's biological mother died soon after Dara's birth, Dara is stunned and angry--and she sets off with her friend Sam, in search of the grandparents she never knew existed (and who may be able to fund her tennis career), and the family secrets she can only guess at.

For twelve-year-old Neve, it's always been her and her older sister against the world, their lives entwined just like sisters in a fairy tale. If Rose loves tennis, Neve will play it too--even if secretly she'd rather be home turning cardboard boxes into offbeat art projects. Not even being moved to the piney woods outside Etters, South Carolina, can change what they are to each other--until a mysterious fog seems to swallow up Rose before Neve's...

"Reporter-turned-mixologist Samantha Warren has already thwarted one murder. Now, her world is shaken--definitely not stirred--once again as another killing throws her world into chaos. Samantha is mixing up traditional cocktails at the German Texan Lodge's Fourth of July festival--a gig she was roped into by her mother. But amidst the bratwurst and brass bands, trouble is brewing. Lodge loyalties are divided over a proposal to build a private, country-club-style...

"Mourning the loss of his wife, Rita, former NYPD homicide detective Nico Doyle moves to her hometown of Gravigna in the wine-soaked region of Chianti. Half-Italian and half-Irish, Nico finds himself able to get by in the region with the help of Rita's relatives, but he still feels alone and out of place. He isn't sure if it's peace he's seeking, but it isn't what he finds. Early one morning, he hears a gunshot near his cabin and walks out to discover...

With the help of his grandfather, underachieving fifth-grader Hank Zipzer finally discovers that he is good at ping-pong, but he is afraid to tell his classmates for fear of being ridiculed.

The private and public life of the top tennis player in the world, who used to dream of living in America and of being Centre Court at Wimbledon when she was a young child in Czechoslovakia.

A dual biography of the African American teenaged sisters who are revolutionizing the world of professional tennis with their colorful hair beads, fresh personalities, and growing talent for the game.