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Author
Publisher
Warner Books
Pub. Date
2002.
Physical Desc
305 pages ; 24 cm
Description
Beginning in Ireland in the early years of the 19th century, the four Foley brothers flee across the country with their father and the large telescope he has stolen. Soon forced apart by the violence of the Irish wilderness, the potato famine, and the promise of America, the brothers find themselves scattered across the world. Their separate adventures unfold in passionate and vivid scenes with gypsies, horse races, sea voyages, and beautiful women....
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Description
A young boy accompanies his father on a woodland tour in the hope of spotting a deer, a shared quest that takes them over dunes and through a marsh into a wooded area filled with captivating wildlife.
Author
Series
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
296 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Description
After the overnight mega success of his dad's cookie store, twelve-year-old Ellis Johnson is on top of the world. He’s met celebrities, strangers stop (3z(Bthe Cookie Kid(3y(B on the street, and he’s even headed to NYC to be in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade with his dad. Ellis is ready for his star turn, playing harmonica on national television—until his big break turns into the most embarrassing moment of his life. Ellis’s...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Description
Connecting with his busy dad over their love of nature, Tim goes through his dad's old nature journals, which inspire him to go on adventures of his own and record all the things he finds to share with his dad.
9) Baby be
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Description
As they dance, wiggle, and boogie together, fathers assure their sons that they can become anything they want and that they will always have their fathers' support.
Author
Description
In this twisty, fast-paced thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of Find You First and Take Your Breath Away, a man desperately tries to track down his father--who was taken into witness protection years ago--before his enemies can get to him. Your dad's not a good person. Your dad killed people, son. These are some of the last words Jack Givins' father spoke to him before he was whisked away by witness protection, leaving Jack and his...
Author
Description
"Two years after the death of his mother, Ewan's father was swept away by a magical cloud. Now Ewan lives with his little sister, Flora, his Grumple and his mischievous cat, Kipper. But something about his father's disappearance has never felt right to Ewan. He is certain his father wouldn't leave willingly. When he meets Mr. So-and-So, the owner of the mysterious Notion Shop, he is inspired to take destiny into his own hands. With his grandfather’s...
Author
Publisher
Minerva
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Description
"Today, little Jess has a big job to do. He's helping Pap at work, and he's in charge of the water jug -- which is also a magical clock! When it's empty, Pap explains, the workday is done. But what about all these thirsty animals? Soon, the water is gone, but the day is not over yet. Will Jess be fired?! Or is the jug not really magical after all." -- page [2] of cover.
Author
Publisher
Wordsong, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
144 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 23 cm
Description
"Award-winning author Nikki Grimes's beloved novel in verse Garvey's Choice is now a graphic novel, imaginatively and dramatically illustrated by Little Shaq artist Theodore Taylor III"--
Author
Publisher
Scribner Paperback Fiction
Pub. Date
1984.
Physical Desc
184 pages ; 21 cm
Description
Two years after I killed Blyth I murdered my young brother Paul, for quite different and more fundamental reasons than I'd disposed of Blyth, and then a year after that I did for my young cousin Esmerelda, more or less on a whim. That's my score to date. Three. I haven't killed anybody for years, and don't intend to ever again. It was just a stage I was going through.
Author
Publisher
Harper Horizon
Description
Eight years after his news legend father died unexpectedly, the Emmy Award-winning journalist embarked on a three-plus-year odyssey across six continents to discover the world and, ultimately, find himself, providing a narrative of that journey and the emotional story of a young man taking charge of his life and finally grieving his larger-than-life father.
17) Eli over easy
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
280 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Description
"The last few months have been pretty tough for Eli. He moved to New York City and left his small town in Minnesota with his extended family and everyone he knows. He hasn't made any new friends. And his mom died unexpectedly, shattering his whole world. He misses Mom more and more every day, but Dad refuses to talk about her, leaving Eli alone in his grief. Then Eli finds a stash of instructional cooking videos his mom made, revealing her dream of...
18) Spy x family: 7
Author
Series
Spy X Family volume 7
Publisher
Viz media, LLC
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly illustrations ; 19 cm
Description
"As Donovan Desmond is about to share a rare family moment with his son Damian, Twilight cuts in to meet his target face-to-face for the first time. Can Twilight find some way to endear himself to the inscrutable Donovan?"--
19) Mixed up
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
241 pages ; 22 cm
Description
Twelve-year-olds Reef and Theo have a mutual problem: their memories are getting mixed up, and that means that Reef is losing his memory of his mother, recently dead of COVID, which terrifies him--but for Theo his new memories are helping him deal with his domineering father.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
267 pages : black and white photographs ; 23 cm
Description
"�Hasta d�onde podemos recuperar una memoria ajena? �Es posible entender lo que un padre ha sido sin nosotros? Ser hijo significa descender, alterar el tiempo, crear un desarreglo, un desajuste que se subsana con pedagog�ia, a veces con afecto o transmisi�on de conocimientos. Juan Villoro relata en La figura del mundo, el orden secreto de las cosas, algunos pasajes memoriosos en torno a su padre, el pensador mexicano-catal�an, Luis Villoro....
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