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1) Be mine
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Language
English
Description
"From Pulitzer Prize winner Richard Ford: the final novel in the world of Frank Bascombe, one of the most indelible characters in American literature Over the course of four celebrated works of fiction and almost forty years, Richard Ford has crafted an ambitious, incisive, and singular view of American life as lived. Unconstrained, astute, provocative, often laugh-out-loud funny, Frank Bascombe is once more our guide to the great American midway....
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Series
North Bath trilogy volume 3
Language
English
Description
"The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Empire Falls returns to North Bath, in upstate New York, and to the characters that captured the hearts and imaginations of millions of readers in his beloved best sellers Nobody's Fool and Everybody's Fool. Ten years after the death of the magnetic Donald "Sully" Sullivan, the town of North Bath is going through a major transition as it is annexed by its much wealthier neighbor, Schuyler Springs. Peter, Sully's...
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Series
Tennessee Russo volume 1
Publisher
Union Square and Co
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Tennessee Russo's life is imploding. His boyfriend has been cheating on him, and all his friends know about it. Worse, they expect him to just accept his ex's new relationship and make nice. So when his father, a famous archaeologist and reality show celebrity whom he hasn't seen in two years, shows up unexpectedly and offers to take him on an adventure, Tennessee only has a few choices: 1. Stay, mope, regret it forever. 2. Go,...
7) Mixed up
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Language
English
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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
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Lito Macaraeg, a former chauffeur for Philippine president Corazon Aquino, reaches out to his estranged journalist son from his nursing home in Manila, offering him a scoop about a secret meeting between Imelda Marcos and Aquino, whose husband was allegedly murdered by Marcos and her husband.
9) Boy dad
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Celebrating fathers who raise, love, and uplift little men, this picture book shows how there's nothing a dad won't do for his favorite boy.
Author
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Isaac wants to grow a beard, just like his dad, who always seems to be the coolest person in the barbershop, but after trying for weeks with no success, he discovers there are other ways to emulate his father's coolness.
11) Call me Calvin
Author
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Calvin is frustrated that he is not growing big, tall, or strong like his dad and wonders if there is more to being a man than just size and strength.
12) Extra innings
Author
Series
Publisher
Peachtree Publishing Company Inc
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Mike's passion for baseball clashes with his father's concerns about his responsibilities, so Mike must find a balance between his passion for the game and his after-school work.
Author
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Language
English
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Description
An enthralling debut, Above the Fire crystallizes the relationship between a father and son as they survive a winter of isolation. Perfect for fans of The Dog Stars by Peter Heller and The Road by Cormac McCarthy.
Laboring under a shared loss, Doug and his young son, Tim, set out on a late-season backpacking trip through the White Mountains of New Hampshire. They find beauty and solidarity in the outdoors, making friends along the trail and
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Romancing the Clarksons volume 4
Publisher
Forever
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Leaving Belmont Clarkson is the hardest thing Sage Alexander has ever done. From the moment they met, she knew Belmont was the one, and getting up close and personal with him on his family's epic road trip has taken her desire to a new, even hotter level. But there's no way she can go there--not without revealing secrets that could devastate them both. Losing Sage is not an option. Belmont's heart is hers, has always been hers. He knows she's hiding...
18) Dracula's son
Author
Publisher
[Independently published]
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Dracula’s Son is the story of Mihnea, the son of Dracula, Prince of Wallachia in Transylvania. Because of the actions of his cruel father, Mihnea is injured, abandoned, and left to die in the Carpathian Mountains. Some mountain people find and bring him back to health. He is adopted by the family and, to protect himself, he takes on the identity and name of a boyhood friend Voicu. As he grows to adulthood and finds his true father is back in power,...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Joe is starstruck, determined to find his way up, up, up to the magical lights in the night sky. "In your dreams!" his pals say. But when Joe and his dad put their heads and hearts together, there's no stopping them. Together they climb ladders, construct towers, and launch rockets in a tireless quest to reach the unreachable. Airy and playful, Gill Smith's dynamic illustrations perfectly complement David Almond's ebullient tale of sky-high courage--and...
20) Leo on a hike
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Series
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Leo and his father go on a hike and discover many interesting things along the way.