Frank Carlson Library

"Lions and tigers and boars, oh my! "Stop the fighting--in the name of Christ--stop!" Cousins Patrick and Beth are off on their second Imagination Station adventure. Mr. Whittaker?s mysterious invention takes them to ancient Rome, where they must find a special silver cup. Near the city gate, the cousins are separated when Beth is enslaved to the emperor and Patrick meets a wise monk named Telemachus. All three end up in the famous Roman arena. Telemachus...

Top surgeon Mitch Baker is a catch. Just not for a woman like Jacqui Handy, who wants a real home, a place to belong. Sexy workaholics like Mitch have never been her type. Then she and Mitch become temporary housemates... and the spark between them blazes into a full-on inferno. Despite his strong roots in his Little Rock community, Mitch isn't looking to settle down. Until he becomes captivated by the intriguing beauty who keeps his sister's house...

Its 1852 and cousins Patrick and Beth sail to Fiji on the HMS Calliope under the command of Captain James E. Home. They arrive at the islands to find that the Christian Fijians are at war with the non-Christian Fijians. Missionary James Calvert is trying to make peace and suggests that the captain allow peace negotiations on board the British vessel. Patrick and Beth learn about sacrificial living when they observe Calverts determination to live on...

Out-of-town bridesmaid Madison Baker was looking forward to a fun wedding of one of her oldest friends. She never thought she'd meet a groomsman that made even her measured mind-of-a-psychiatrist spin. Of course, he was the one guy who was off-limits. Steadfast Dr. Jason D'Alessandro was wedded to his work and his patients. Why, even the bride's beautiful sister couldn't turn his head! Still, stunning Madison stirred his impulsive, romantic side,...

Patrick and Beth travel to northern Africa where Beth tries to prevent a girl her own age avoid becoming a sacrifice to a vicious dragon killing the local town's livestock and Patrick joins a Roman knight on a quest to kill the dragon.

Can She Overcome The Fear Factor? Gina Angelini never wants to see Josh Corbett again, and everyone knows why. Two years ago, he romanced her in front of millions of TV viewers then surprised the world by picking another contestant to share his life. She's still smarting from his public rejection when he tracks her down to the Napa Valley in California and tries to rewrite their unhappy ending. But a little voice in her head keeps whispering, Fool...

A Bridesmaid Thirteen Times Over. But Never a Bride?A painful betrayal drove wedding dress designer Sylvie Shea out of New York City to her North Carolina hometown. Now she outfits the town's brides and secretly works on her own wedding dress-one Sylvie thinks she'll never wear.Her family-and practically all the citizens of Briarwood-have made it their mission to find Sylvie a husband. And when Joel Mercer and his six-year-old daughter, Rianne, move...

"Patrick and Beth have escaped from volcano lava only to be separated again, and no one knows exactly where Beth has gone. Eugene and Patrick frantically try to fix the Imagination Station so they can find Beth, who unbeknownst to them has landed in the Amazon jungle. Will Patrick find Beth? Will Eugene be able to fix the broken Imagination Station? What will happen to the strange man with the spear in his side?"--Publisher's website.

A scuba-diving adventure leads to an unlikely investigation as Wooton and Penny try to find the owner of a camera they discovered at the bottom of Trickle Lake. And that's not the only long-hidden secret being uncovered in Odyssey! In these six thrilling adventures, discover the reason millions of people can't wait to hear another exciting adventure in Odyssey!

"This Odyssey book series explores the history of the much-loved character John Avery Whittaker. The series introduces newcomers to the larger world of Odyssey. For readers who are already Odyssey-philes, the novels provide the history of the franchise's most important character. Whit and his family (father, Harold; stepmother, Fiona; half-sister, Charlie) have just moved to Provenance, NC, in the middle of the Great Depression. Harold will be teaching...