Books with author J. Carpenter

When Charles and Charlotte's cousin Eva asks them to help solve a mystery, Charlotte is anything but thrilled. The mystery takes them to the seashore and to a lighthouse that had been abandoned for years. Now, a mysterious person has been seen at the building, and the light has been shining. While Charles tries to solve the mystery, Charlotte finds herself captured and forced to confront her past.

This is a story based off four real ferrets and the real house that they live in. Two of them are older and are sisters, two who are younger and two of the four cannot hear. They had a good life with their people who would often leave the home that they lived but they always came back. The four ferrets each knew their patterns and could always count on them to return at the right time. Yet, one day their people did not return when they should have. That was the day the house shook and the wind screamed. What was going on and where were their people?

Using a bow and arrow to hunt wild game adds numerous challenges that hunters must overcome to be successful. Learn what it takes to effectively bowhunt with this title. This book includes sidebars, a photo diagram, an infographic, a map, and a glossary. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. SportsZone is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

Ordinary Beauty is the first published short story by 16 year-old author Cameron Carpenter. It is the heartfelt tale of a young man trying to find his place in life.The story follows Walter, an introverted, socially disconnected high school student. Walter spends his days bored and alone, until his fun-loving best friend Marv shows him that there is beauty to be found, even in everyday life.Author Carpenter conveys the feeling of being young and lost with such genuine emotion that readers will laugh and cry along with the characters.

When Finn, a sixteen year-old Enforcer-In-Training, learns that The Wall built to keep citizens safe from The Wild is really a cage, he starts questioning all he’s been taught. Maybe animals aren’t as dangerous as he’s been conditioned to believe. Maybe his rebel parents aren’t the bad guys. Maybe he’s playing for the wrong team. Finn must choose a side, either way it will cost him. His family, or his future…but neither are as terrifying as what may lurk beyond The Wall.

It’s the week before Christmas and there is a lot of activity at the North Pole. Three of the Elves, Charlie, Ted and Henry, are in the barn working on the sleigh. Santa has been spending too much time in the kitchen, eating warm cookies from the oven. With Mrs. Claus’s help, he realizes he’s gained weight. Santa can’t understand why children are bullied for looking different or why children bully others. He looks for the answer and finds it in the star-filled night that he has become so familiar with on his travels on Christmas Eve. He realizes material gifts may not be the ones most appreciated, or the ones he’d like to deliver. The author was raised in North Eastern Pennsylvania by a grandmother who was “the world’s best story teller.” Warm memories inspired the author to write Grandma’s Mountain, a work that was previously published. Two great-grandchildren are the inspiration for Santa’s Favorite Gift. It’s an all-inclusive message, one the author hopes will comfort and inspire.