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Language
English
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After his son dies, guitarist Quinn Porter, who has been largely absent from his son's life, seeks forgiveness for his paternal shortcomings by completing the requirements for his son's unfinished Boy Scout badge, an act of devotion that brings about unexpected discoveries, friendships and salvation.
2) Calico Joe
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Follows the divergent paths of a rookie hitter for the Chicago Cubs and a hard-hitting Mets pitcher.
3) Every breath
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
A chance encounter becomes a transcendent turning point for two very different people -- the conflicted surgeon daughter of an ALS patient and a Sunset Beach newcomer from Zimbabwe who aims to meet his birth father.
4) The road
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
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Description
WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A searing, post-apocalyptic novel about a father and son's fight to survive, this "tale of survival and the miracle of goodness only adds to McCarthy's stature as a living master. It's gripping, frightening and, ultimately, beautiful" (San Francisco Chronicle). • From the bestselling author of The Passenger
A father and his son...
A father and his son...
5) Girl, stolen
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
When an impulsive carjacking turns into a kidnapping, Griffin, a high school dropout, finds himself more in sympathy with his wealthy, blind victim, sixteen-year-old Cheyenne, than with his greedy father.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Growing up in a family that defies conventions and evades questions concerning the eventful past, Adam goes to Aspen, where he was conceived, to learn the truth about his mother, a former slalom skier and ski instructor, and meets some ghosts, which are not the first or the last ones he sees.
Author
Language
English
Description
Her life upended when her husband revealed a darker side, Olivia MacAfee and her teenage son Asher move back to her New Hampshire hometown for a new beginning until Asher is implicated in the death of his girlfriend and she realizes he’s hidden more than he’s shared with her.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
After learning that he is the son of a mortal woman and Poseidon, god of the sea, twelve-year-old Percy is sent to a summer camp for demigods like himself, and joins his new friends on a quest to prevent a war between the gods.
11) The big kahuna
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
When unlikely partners FBI agent Kate O'Hare and con man Nicholas Fox investigate a missing Silicon Valley billionaire known as the Big Kahuna, they go undercover as a married couple in Paia, Maui, to find the man's son.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Description
After her husband dies, widow Tova Sullivan starts working at the Sowell Bay Aquarium, where she forms a special bond with a giant Pacific octopus who holds the key to solving the mysterious disappearance of her 18-year-old son, Erik, over thirty years ago on the Puget Sound.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
Twelve-year-old Casey lives with his father and grandfather at their family-run umpire school, and as he deals with middle school and his mother's unwelcome return, he stumbles on a sensational story that has him questioning his dream of becoming a journalist.
15) Oceans apart
Author
Language
English
Description
Conner Evans and his wife Michele seem to enjoy a perfect life, until a seven-year-old son Conner never knew existed comes to live with them after the death of his mother, forcing them all to confront hidden truths before healing can begin.
16) Razorblade tears
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
When his son Isiah and his white husband, Derek, are murdered, ex-con Ike Randolph bands together with Derek’s father, another ex-con, to rain down vengeance upon those who hurt their boys while confronting their own prejudices about each other and their own sons.
18) Sh*t my dad says
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Collects straightforward, amusing quotes from the author's father on such topics as cheating, relationships, religion, and family.
Author
Language
English
Description
Best-selling novelist Octavia prepares to submit her remarkable latest manuscript that rewrites final chapters from her earlier works only to learn that her estranged rock-star son has been arrested for murder, an event that compels Olivia to examine their shared past for answers.
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