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Lord of the Nutcracker men Lord of the Nutcracker men Iain Lawrence Ten-year-old Johnny eagerly plays at war with the army of nutcracker soldiers his toymaker father whittles for him. He demolishes imaginary foes. But in 1914 Germany looms as the real enemy of Europe… OL116319W
Hero Hero Mike Lupica Fourteen-year-old Billy learns he has the same special abilities as his father, who was the President's globe-trotting troubleshooter until "the Bads" killed him, and now Billy must decide whether to… OL15046710W
My father is taller than a tree My father is taller than a tree Joseph Bruchac Describes, in rhyming text and illustrations, the many different ways fathers and sons interact with one another. OL15069271W
Novels 1942-1952 (Cannery Row / East of Eden / Moon is Down / Pearl) Novels 1942-1952 (Cannery Row / East of Eden / Moon is Down / Pearl) John Steinbeck John Steinbeck has earned a place as one of America's most enduringly popular writers. Here, in the third volume of The Library of America's authoritative edition of his writings, are four novels tha… OL15334093W
Joey Pigza loses control Joey Pigza loses control Jack Gantos When Joey Pigza meets his dad, Carter, for the first time in years, he meets a grownup version of his old hyperactive self -- the way he was before his stint in special ed, the way he was before he g… OL15826977W
Skate Skate Michael B. Harmon Facing a disintegrating home life and trouble at school, teenager Ian McDermott runs away with his younger brother to Washington State in search of safety, justice, and their long-absent father. OL15839896W
Too many secrets Too many secrets Betty Ren Wright Nine-year-old Chad and his friend Jeannie try to discover who is breaking into their neighbor's house, while Chad also deals with his suspicions about why is father has been spending so much time awa… OL16058716W
What is real What is real Karen Rivers When Dex Pratt returns to his small-town life to care for his wheelchair-bound father, he finds his world turned upside down and goes to extreme measures in order to cope. OL16125892W
I hunt killers I hunt killers Barry Lyga Seventeen-year-old Jazz learned all about being a serial killer from his notorious "Dear Old Dad," but believes he has a conscience that will help fight his own urges and right some of his father's w… OL16134419W
Back of beyond Back of beyond C. J. Box Cody Hoyt, while a brilliant cop, is an alcoholic struggling with two months of sobriety when his mentor and AA sponsor Hank Winters is found burned to death in a remote mountain cabin. At first it … OL16151742W
War & watermelon War & watermelon Rich Wallace As the summer of 1969 turns to fall in their New Jersey town, twelve-year-old Brody plays football in his first year at junior high while his older brother's protest of the war in Vietnam causes tens… OL16261056W
Batter up, SpongeBob! Batter up, SpongeBob! David Lewman Remembering happy days playing T-ball, SpongeBob is eager to join his dad's team--until he finds out they're playing real baseball! Can he hit a home run and make his dad proud? OL16552272W
The summer son The summer son Craig Lancaster As he life begins to unravel as both is marriage and career begin to fail, forty-year-old Mitch Quillen receives a call from his estranged father, and urged by his wife he travels to Montana to meet … OL17665631W
Homesick Homesick Kate Klise Benny's parents are getting divorced, his mom left and his father has become a hoarder, to make matters worse his hometown has been entered into a contest, and now the pressure is on to get the house… OL17913433W
Out of the tunnel Out of the tunnel Patrick Jones When Brian attains his goal of being a starter on the Troy, Ohio, Central High Trojan football team, as was his father, he enjoys new privileges but is exposed to terrible behavior that adults tolera… OL17924969W
Onion John Onion John Joseph Krumgold His friendship with the town odd-jobs man, Onion John, causes a conflict between Andy and his father. OL184430W
Firewing Firewing Kenneth Oppel Griffin, a young bat, is sucked into the "Underworld," and his father follows to rescue him. OL19333W
Mississippi morning Mississippi morning Ruth Vander Zee Amidst the economic depression and the racial tension of the 1930s, a boy discovers a horrible secret of his father's involvement in the Ku Klux Klan. OL1966196W
Wintering Wintering Peter Geye The Eide family finds themselves changed forever after their elderly, demented patriarch runs into the wilderness of northern Minnesota in an attempt to reenact a similar adventure sixty years earlie… OL20031327W
Sprout Sprout Dale Peck Moving from Long Island to Kansas after his mother dies, a teenaged boy nicknamed Sprout is surprised to find new friends, a fascinating landscape, and romantic love. OL2007305W
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