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43) Jack
Author
Series
Gilead novels volume 4
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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Description
Marilynne Robinson's mythical world of Gilead, Iowa--the setting of her novels Gilead, Home, and Lila, and now Jack--and its beloved characters have illuminated and interrogated the complexities of American history, the power of our emotions, and the wonders of a sacred world. Jack is Robinson's fourth novel in this now-classic series. In it, Robinson tells the story of John Ames Boughton, the prodigal son of Gilead's Presbyterian minister, and his...
44) The crossover
Author
Series
Crossover (Kwame Alexander) volume 1
Language
English
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Description
Thirteen-year-old twin basketball stars Josh and Jordan wrestle with highs and lows on and off the court as their father ignores his declining health.
46) Calico Joe
Author
Language
English
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In this novel, the careers of a golden boy rookie hitter for the Cubs and a hard-hitting Mets pitcher take very different paths. The baseball is thrilling, but it is what happens off the field that makes this story a classic.
Author
Series
Publisher
New Directions
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
206 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Brick, an alcoholic ex-football player, drinks his days away and resists the affections of his wife, Maggie. His reunion with his father, Big Daddy, who is dying of cancer, jogs a host of memories and revelations for both father and son.
49) The long call
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
In North Devon, where two rivers converge and run into the sea, Detective Matthew Venn stands outside the church as his father's funeral takes place. Once loved and cherished, the day Matthew left the strict evangelical community he grew up in, he lost his family too. Now, as he turns and walks away again, he receives a call from one of his team. A body has been found on the beach nearby: a man with a tattoo of an albatross on his neck, stabbed to...
Author
Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
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Description
Australians Jasper Dean and his father reminisce about their lives, from having a criminal in the family to Jasper's European mother who committed suicide, and the adventures that have taken them to various countries.
51) I hunt killers
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Series
Language
English
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Description
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 wrongs, so he secretly helps the police apprehend the town's newest murderer, "The Impressionist."
52) Poppy and Rye
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Series
Language
English
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Description
When their home next to a brook is destroyed by beavers, a large family of golden mice is aided by Poppy the deer mouse and her grumpy porcupine friend, who in the process forges a relationship with the son he had abandoned.
53) Gilead
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Series
Language
English
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A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Critics Circle Award, GILEAD is a
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"In Aspen, Colorado, in 1941, Rachel Brewster is a slalom skier at the National Downhill and Slalom Championships. Little Ray, as she is called, finishes nowhere near the podium, but she manages to get pregnant. Back home, in New England, Little Ray becomes a ski instructor.
Her son, Adam, grows up in a family that defies conventions and evades questions concerning the eventful past. Years later, looking for answers, Adam will go to Aspen. In the...
Author
Language
English
Description
The novel, published in 1974, uses a long motorcycle trip to frame a prolonged exploration of the world of ideas, about life and how best to live it. It references perspectives from Western and Eastern Civilizations as it explores the central question of the how to pursue technology so that human life is enriched rather than degraded. Narrated in the first person, it incorporates a parallel presentation of trip details and an ongoing retrospective...
56) Conviction
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
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Description
"A small-town boy questions everything he holds to be true when his father is accused of murder"--
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Los Angeles, 3:58 a.m.: Elvis Cole receives the phone call he's been waiting for since childhood. Responding to a gunshot, the LAPD has found an injured man in an alleyway. He has told the officer on the scene that he is looking for his son, Elvis Cole. Minutes later, the man is dead. Haunted throughout his life by a lack of knowledge about his father, Elvis turns to the one person who can help him navigate the minefield of his past--his longtime...
58) Thunder rising
Author
Series
Warriors (Erin Hunter). Dawn of the clans volume 2
Warriors dawn of the clans volume 2
Warriors. Dawn of the clans volume 2
Warriors dawn of the clans volume 2
Warriors. Dawn of the clans volume 2
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
302, 24 pages : maps ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
The mountain cats followed the sun trail to a new territory, convinced that in a land with more prey, their lives would be free from strife. But while no cat has gone hungry, tensions are rising -- and the once firmly united group has split in two. Caught in the middle is a young cat named Thunder. Orphaned after his father, Clear Sky, rejected him, Thunder has thrived under Gray Wing's watchful eye. But Thunder cannot escape the memory or hurt of...
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2004
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
40 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Henry, planning a tasty Mother's Day surprise with the help of his father, must find a way to keep his big dog Mudge from devouring the treat before mom sees it.
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