Frank Carlson Library

"'I've come on orders from Berlin to fetch the three children.' --Gestapo agent, August 24, 1944. With those chilling words, Christa von Hofacker and her younger siblings found themselves ensnared in a web of family punishment designed to please one man--Adolf Hitler. The furious dictator sought merciless revenge against not only Christa's father and the other Germans who had just tried to overthrow his government. He wanted to torment their relatives,...

Antonio Willie Giroux lived in a hotel his mother ran on the edge of a lake. He loved to explore the woods and look for animals, but they always remained hidden away. One hot, dry summer, when Antonio was almost five, disaster struck: a fire rushed through the forest. Everyone ran to the lake-the only safe place in town-and stood knee-deep in water as they watched the fire. Then, slowly, animals emerged from their forest home and joined the people...

Story of Harriet Beecher Stowe, who opposed slavery so passionately, that she decided to write novels about it, and became the most famous of a renowned family.

A look at the life of Michelle Obama, First Lady of the United States.

An account of the Tombstone, Arizona, shootout in which Wyatt Earp and his supporters ended their feud with a group of cattle rustlers.

Tells how the author's family left difficult conditions in Poland to make a better life for themselves in America early in the twentieth century.

Discusses ways that teenagers can improve their relationship with their parents and help each other develop mutual trust and respect.