Nine years after their bewildering breakup, aspiring poet Gonzalo reunites with his high school girlfriend, Carla, now the mother of a six-year-old son, Vicente. Soon the three form a happy sort-of family--a stepfamily, though no such...
Fathers and sons
- Author:Zambra, AlejandroSummary:
- Author:Scarsbrook, RichardSummary:
This compelling coming of age story will leave older teenage boys alternatively snorting with laughter and silently shivering in recognition at the strength and power of bullies. Dak Sifter grows from a bright, 12-year-old beginning to...
- Author:Kadohata, CynthiaSummary:
From Newbery Medalist Cynthia Kadohata comes a brilliantly realized sports novel about a hockey player who must discover who he is without the sport that defines him. Hockey is Conor's life. His whole life. He'll say it himself, he's a...
- Author:Campbell, L. A.Summary:
Sixth-grader Hal gets a year-long journal-keeping assignment in his least favorite class, history, much to the delight of his history buff father.
- Author:Dufour-Labbé, Marc-AndréSummary:
Carreauté Kid détonne avec les autres élèves de secondaire quatre : élevé par son père, il est fan de musique grunge, dont il incarne l'esprit jusque dans son style vestimentaire. Solitaire et introverti, il est secrètement...
- Author:Goldman, MattSummary:
Joey Green returns home to care for his ailing father, who is succumbing to dementia. Although his fathers short-term memory is fading, his oldest memories begin to reveal secrets and scandals long forgotten.
- Author:Grisham, JohnSummary:
The careers of a golden boy rookie hitter for the Cubs and a hard-hitting Mets pitcher take very different paths.
- Author:L'Heureux, Christine, Brignaud, PierreSummary:
Caillou veut ressembler à papa. Il cherche à l'imiter. Les livres de la collection Pas à Pas accompagnent les jeunes enfants dans les étapes clés de leur développement. Une collection conçue en collaboration avec des psychologues pour...
- Author:Sanschagrin, Joceline, Brignaud, PierreSummary:
Caillou grimpe au grenier et en redescend en vitesse: il y a un loup dans le grenier. Papa monte avec lui et le sécurise. Dans chaque album de cette collection, Caillou reçoit une leçon d'apprentissage. L'auteure lui suggère la...
- Author:Abrahams, PeterSummary:
The only thing seventeen-year-old Wyatt knew about his biological father was that he was serving a life sentence, but circumstances and a new girlfriend bring them together and soon Wyatt is working to prove his father's innocence.
- Author:Jury, Walter, Fine, SarahSummary:
Lors de la palpitante conclusion de Scanner, dans le combat de leur vie, Tate et Christina faisaient face à une race extra-terrestre impitoyable; et c’est à peine s’ils avaient survécu. Maintenant en fuite, après avoir perdu la...
- Author:St. Pierre, Paul H.Summary:
Delore, a fifteen year old boy, has to lead the cattle drive to Williams Lake, British Columbia, from his home ranch, a distance of 200 miles. Delore's father is injured and cannot lead the drive and puts Delore in charge.
- Author:Grippando, JamesSummary:
Bestselling author James Grippando is back with another innovative and action-packed thriller featuring the ever-popular Jack Swyteck. Miami criminal defense lawyer Jack Swyteck guards his own family secrets as closely as anyone, and...
- Author:Omotoso, YewandeSummary:
Leke is a troubled young man living in the suburbs of Cape Town. He develops strange habits of stalking people, stealing small objects and going from doctor to doctor in search of companionship rather than cure. Through a series of...
- Author:Bala, Sharon, Charron, Marc, Lessard, VéroniqueSummary:
Traduit de l'anglais par Véronique Lessard et Marc Charron Résumé Mahindan et son fils de six ans accostent en Colombie-Britannique avec cinq cents compatriotes réfugiés, portés par le rêve de laisser derrière eux la...
- Author:Sindu, Sj.Summary:
From the award-winning author of Marriage of a Thousand Lies comes a brilliantly written, globe-spanning novel about identity, faith, family, and sexuality. In Tamil Nadu, India, a boy is born with blue skin. His father sets up an...
- Author:THIELE, ColinSummary:
This story of adventure, centres around a tuna fishing boat, and a young boy's attempts to prove himself to his father.
- Author:Sinclair, ShaunSummary:
Strong, loving father. Hard-working loyal son. They are the best hit men in the business. But one woman's revenge will put the ultimate target on their backs ... Trained to be a Special Forces killer, Leader came back from his...
- Author:De Bernir̈es, LouisSummary:
During the finals days of the Ottoman Empire, the young men of the village are instructed to battle the invading forces during the Great War and destroy the peace.
- Author:Wallace, DanielSummary:
Sitting by his father's deathbed, William Bloom tries to understand the man quickly slipping away, who is more interested in evading his son's questions than answering them. So William reconstructs his father's life through a series of...