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Bud, Not Buddy Bud, Not Buddy Christopher Paul Curtis,Alberto Jimenez Rioja,aa,Reginald André Jackson It's 1936, in Flint, Michigan. Times may be hard, and ten-year-old Bud may be a motherless boy on the run, but Bud's got a few things going for him: 1. He has his own suitcase filled with his own i… OL115602W
Samantha Hansen has rocks in her head Samantha Hansen has rocks in her head Nancy Viau Ten-year-old Samantha Hanson must try to control her temper and get along with her older sister if she wants to go on a vacation to the Grand Canyon, but she has some bigger problems too, like figuri… OL13267996W
Else-Marie and her seven little daddies Else-Marie and her seven little daddies Gabrielle Charbonnet Else-Marie has seven little daddies instead of one big one, and she worries how the other children will react when her daddies come to pick her up at afternoon playgroup. OL14959918W
Keeping daddy awake on the way home from the beach Keeping daddy awake on the way home from the beach Harriet Ziefert Hot and tired, a family drives home from the beach and tries to keep Dad from falling asleep at the wheel. Book unfolds into a frieze allowing the reader to participate in the family's journey home. OL14968693W
Giving thanks Giving thanks Jonathan London A boy's father celebrates the interconnectedness of the natural world through his daily words of thanks and assures his son, who finds it a little embarrassing to thank trees and such, that it become… OL15286886W
The house of sixty fathers The house of sixty fathers Meindert DeJong Alone in a sampan with his pig and three ducklings, a little Chinese boy is whirled down a raging river, back to the town from which he and his parents had escaped the invading Japanese, and spends l… OL15398041W
Five minutes more Five minutes more Darlene Ryan D'Arcy's dad is dead. She desperately wants it to have been an accident, but she is not sure. And then she meets Seth. When will things get back to normal? OL15973645W
The trouble with Dad The trouble with Dad Babette Cole Dad's fantastic robot creations cause the family to have incredible adventures. OL1640827W
Calvin Coconut Calvin Coconut Graham Salisbury New fears for fourth-grader Calvin include a school bully named Tito and the return of his estranged father, rock star Little Johnny Coconut. OL16415326W
A big boy now A big boy now Eileen Spinelli When a young rabbit takes the training wheels off his bike, he learns something surprising about his dad. OL16560401W
We are all made of molecules We are all made of molecules Susin Nielsen Thirteen-year-old brilliant but socially challenged Stewart and mean-girl Ashley must find common ground when, two years after Stewart's mother dies, his father moves in with his new girlfriend--Ashl… OL17295057W
The two o'clock secret The two o'clock secret Bethany Roberts Little Michael has a hard time keeping his father's wonderful birthday secret. OL17866879W
The cloud chamber The cloud chamber Joyce Maynard In 1966, when his father's attempted suicide causes the ostracism of the family in their small Montana community, fourteen-year-old Nate copes with his sadness and anger by trying to win the school s… OL1918153W
Troublemakers Troublemakers Catherine Barter When she was three, Alena's mother died. Her half-brother raised her in East London, which is being targeted by a lone bomber. What sort of trouble is Alena willing to get into to find out the truth … OL19740605W
Orbiting Jupiter Orbiting Jupiter Gary D. Schmidt Jack, 12, tells the gripping story of Joseph, 14, who joins his family as a foster child. Damaged in prison, Joseph wants nothing more than to find his baby daughter, Jupiter, whom he has never seen.… OL20009051W
Dad School Dad School Rebecca Van Slyke A child imagines what lessons are taught at Dad School, from learning how to give piggy-backs to singing along to the radio. OL20056408W
My Dad is brilliant My Dad is brilliant Nick Butterworth A young boy describes the virtues of his father. Suggested level: junior. OL20823587W
Tell the Moon to Come Out Tell the Moon to Come Out Joan Lingard It's 1939, and Spain is a country shattered by brutal conflict. The civil war has ended - but the hatred that caused it hasn't.Nick's father left Scotland to fight on the losing Republican side three… OL2405146W
My ol' man My ol' man Patricia Polacco Drawing on the author's memories of her youth, a girl recalls the special summer spent in Michigan with her yarn-spinning father and a magic rock. OL25563W
Daniel and his walking stick Daniel and his walking stick Wendy McCormick Jesse does not remember either of her grandfathers, but misses them anyway until her family visits the countryside to see where Jesse's mother grew up, and they meet a very special man with a very sp… OL2739149W
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