OPRAH BOOK CLUB PICK 2021 SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2021 BOOKER PRIZE - A heartrending new novel from the Pulitzer Prize-winning and #1 New York Times and internationally bestselling author of The Overstory. Named one of the Most Anticipated...
Fathers and sons
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Author:Powers, RichardSummary: -
Author:Kerz, AnnaSummary:In this stand-alone sequel to The Mealworm Diaries, Aaron is anxiously waiting for his father to return for the first time since Aaron's mother's death eight years earlier. Aaron works hard with a counselor at school, but he still has...
- Author:Woodson, JacquelineSummary:
National Book Award winner Jacqueline Woodson''s stirring novel-in-verse explores how a family moves forward when their glory days have passed and the cost of professional sports on Black bodies. For as long as ZJ can remember...
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Author:Sandborn, CalvinSummary:The macho society that held John Wayne as a role model has created an emotional wasteland where eighty percent of men are unable to accurately express their feelings, and where that same percentage feel estranged from their fathers. The...
- Author:McNamara, CraigSummary:
Craig McNamara came of age in the political tumult and upheaval of the late 60s. While Craig McNamara would grow up to take part in anti-war demonstrations, his father, Robert McNamara, served as John F. Kennedy's Secretary of...
- Author:Hughes, ViSummary:
Long ago, in the East, an old storyteller rose with the sun, gathered his small faded carpet, and set out for the marketplace. There he waited for the day to begin and the one he was waiting for to appear. In this enchanting story set...
- Author:Kleinhuis, HarrySummary:
Jack is 14 going on 15. For the past seven years, he and his younger brother and sister, and his mother and father, have lived in a remote cabin on the Athabasca River west of Edmonton. It's the late 1930s, and the river is almost...
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Author:Hill, LawrenceSummary:Canadian Langston Cane V finds his writing career (and, indeed, his life) in stasis until inspired by his mentor to write about an ancestor who purportedly died fighting alongside John Brown at Harpers Ferry. Traveling to Baltimore, the...
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Author:Harkaway, NickSummary:Joe Spork repairs clocks, a far cry from his late father, a flashy London gangster. But when Joe fixes one particularly unusual device, his life is suddenly upended. Joe's client, Edie Banister, is more than just a kindly old lady...
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Author:Thibeault Jr, NormandSummary:Si, dans la grande cité des Anges, la situation semblait hors de contrôle, Chantilly n’était pas en reste. Des créatures sanguinaires hantaient la vallée et menaçaient la paisible communauté. Les gens commençaient à se rassembler. On...
- Author:Thibeault Jr, NormandSummary:
Quelques heures seulement s’étaient écoulées depuis l’intervention des mystérieux « Anges Gardiens » à la Tour Premium. Les plans du colonel Falcon mis en déroute, Jordan et ses compagnons venaient de réaliser l’impensable. De retour au...
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Author:Marchwell, D. W.Summary:Sequel to Good to Know It's been almost a year since William lost his parents and left the only life he knew for a new home in Canada. But now there's nothing William loves more than being with his two new dads. His uncle Jerry McKenzie...
- Author:McIsaac, M. J.Summary:
In this high-interest accessible novel for middle readers, thirteen-year-old Ridge goes on a boat trip through the legendary Bermuda Triangle.
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Author:Rotondo, JonathanSummary:A magical, airborne story of father and son.Jonathan Rotondo was 28 when his father, Antonio, died. Numb with grief, Rotondo decided to track down the object that had once given his father so much joy: a tiny single-seat biplane called...
- Author:Collodi, CarloSummary:
Pinocchio is a puppet made from a piece of wood that curiously could talk even before being carved. A wooden-head he starts and a wooden-head he stays - until after years of misadventures caused by his laziness and failure to keep...
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Author:Johnston, WayneSummary:A World Elsewhere has all the hallmarks of Wayne Johnston's most beloved and acclaimed novels: outsiders yearning for acceptance, dreams that threaten to overpower their makers, and unlikely romance. It is an astounding work of...
- Author:Béchard, Deni EllisSummary:
A time warp into the strange and painful life of men past, present, and future. The second time Andrew sees his half-brother, Hugh, is at their father's funeral. Andrew has little interest in the father with whom he grew up, but...
- Author:Wade, DwyaneSummary:
"NBA star Dwyane Wade discusses the rewarding responsibilities of being a single dad to his two sons, Zaire and Zion and highlights of his basketball career"--
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Author:Bengtsson, Jonas T., Barslund, CharlotteSummary:From one of Denmark’s rising stars, a powerful and profound novel about a young boy and his father who live at the margins of society, until one day their adventure takes an unpredictable turn.1986. Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme has...
- Author:Kincaid, Gregory D.Summary:
Summary: Discovering that a local shelter is looking for temporary homes for their dogs over the Christmas holidays, Todd, a developmentally challenged young man, persuades his reluctant family to take in a special canine named...
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