Books with author C.C. Carlson

Summer Baseball Car Baseball Sock Ball Wall Ball The Time Tower: can you get older faster? The speed of light: can it be measured? A carp, washed up in the riberbank: what's inside? Larry, Witt, and Rafferty have a whole summer to play all the different kinds of baseball, to build structures in the backyard, to find out what makes the world tick. "We've got to keep busy," says Witt. I want to know everything. Not just part." Larry doesn't want to know what keeps him heading for Witt's backyard, rich with weeds and rotting appliances, whenever he's not at baseball practice. All he knows is that there's no one he'd rather be with than these two friends, that the chaos of Witt's universe offers refuge from his own orderly home and an entrance into a world of change, growth, and unpredictability. THE HOTEL EDEN author Ron Carlson's first novel for young readers is a heady immersion in the first moments of adolescence, when nothing is as it ever was before.

A Colorado mountaintop has been transformed into a self-sustaining utopia by a man who claims to be the second son of God. He has built a perfect city—a sanctuary for his most devoted followers. Heaven on earth. Holy Mountain.But the children trapped inside the high walls of Holy Mountain know the truth: this isn’t heaven, it’s hell. Cameron Rollins, a fourteen-year-old boy who grew up in the arms of the cult, sneaks out at night, climbs the wall, and calls for help. When he is captured, he knows the punishment will be severe. It wasn’t his first offense, and it won’t be his last. But this time, someone has heard his cry.Eric Larson has been tasked with retrieving a young girl trapped inside Holy Mountain. And when he records a video of Cameron crying for help, he plans to use the evidence to stop the depraved cultists once and for all. But Holy Mountain’s dark influence extends farther than he thought possible, and his hopes are dashed by a corrupt judicial system. The law has failed to protect the children trapped inside Holy Mountain, so Eric decides to take matters into his own hands. He will enter the city and gather undeniable proof of the wickedness inside. And if he fails, he will call upon the most dangerous vigilante the world has ever seen—a genetically enhanced assassin known as “The Nightmare.”

Understand Your Self is a teen/young adult manual for the understanding of oneself. Self-knowledge is the basis for all good relationships, and the end of human loneliness. Learn to understand yourself on your own”not according to someone else's authority and rules. Self-understanding techniques help you to understand others and improve your relationships: lovers, friends, parents, community, the world.

Aldric is content working in his family’s apple orchard—or as content as a fourteen-year-old-boy can be doing chores and dreaming up new magic—when he digs up an antique ring and releases a rude spell-bound unicorn. She claims she belongs to the king, but after her long imprisonment, she can’t tell Aldric which king that might be. Aldric promises to take her to the capital, and suddenly a simple three-day trip becomes an adventure. War is building on his country’s borders, and even with the help of Aldric’s new friend Iggy, and Gwen, the general’s daughter, it’s going to take all the military sword training, courage, and magic Aldric has to find the unicorn’s rightful king. Promises will be made, the bonds of family and friendship will be tested, with a war which changes everything. Can an apple farmer and one rude war unicorn save the country from the approaching enemy?

In a Pet for Pete, a young boy and his friend go throughout their neighborhood to decide which animal would be best for Pete to give his mom as a gift. Unfortunately, it seems that every animal that Pete and Sam consider has some sort of drawback that won’t let him take them home. The cat for example, is adorable, but his mom is allergic to cats, and the horse, while awesome, simply is far too big to comfortably fit into the house. And absolutely everyone loves dolphins, but it requires simply far too much water to keep in the house. Pre-readers will enjoy listening to the adventure. Young readers eight and under will love this book for, not only the brilliant pictures contained within, but for the format of the book, which makes it a relatively easy read for any children that would prefer to read independently. It’s a fun read that, aside from entertaining children with its pictures and story, will help them discover several new animals (although hopefully, they won’t be interested in getting most of them as a pet). They may even catch the humor in Pete looking for a pet for his mom, but really looking for a pet that he would like.