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The story of your life never starts at the beginning. Don't they teach you anything at school?
So says 104-year-old Ona to the 11-year-old boy who's been sent to help her out every Saturday morning. As he refills the bird feeders and tidies the garden shed, Ona tells him about her long life, from first love to second chances. Soon she's confessing secrets she has kept hidden for decades.
One Saturday, the boy doesn't show up. Ona starts to think...
Publisher
Big Pieces
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
A heartwarming story about a deceased Sicilian father trying to negotiate his way into heaven. But the only way in is to first go back and repair his relationship with his reluctant son, reunite his feuding family back in Sicily, and help all find love in places they never imagined.
3) At any price
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"In the competitive world of modern agriculture, ambitious Henry Whipple ... wants his rebellious son Dean ... to help expand his family's farming empire. However, Dean has his sights set on becoming a professional racecar driver. When a high-stakes investigation into their business is exposed, father and son are pushed into an unexpected crisis that threatens the family's entire livelihood"--Container.
4) The son
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
A cautionary tale that follows a family as it struggles to reunite after falling apart. Centers on Peter, whose hectic life with his infant and new partner Beth is upended when his ex-wife Kate appears at his door to discuss their son Nicholas, who is now a teenager. The young man has been missing school for months and is deeply troubled. Peter strives to take care of Nicholas as he would have wanted his father to have taken care of him while juggling...
5) Flying
Author
Publisher
Peachtree
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
A boy's simple questions about why he cannot fly lead to an imaginative journey with his father.
Author
Series
Westcott novels volume 10
Language
English
Description
"The latest novel in the enchanting Westcott series from New York Times bestselling author Mary Balogh. As a young man, Justin Wiley was banished by his father for mysterious reasons, but now his father is dead, and Justin has been Earl of Brandon for six years. A dark, dour man, he nonetheless takes it as his responsibility to care for his half-sister Maria when her mother dies. He travels to her home to fetch her back to the family seat at Everleigh...
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Flicka trilogy volume 1
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English
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Through his intense devotion to the colt Flicka, a young boy living on a Wyoming ranch begins to learn about responsibility and gain a better understanding of his brusque father.
Author
Publisher
Conundrum Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Nine years ago, Jack Erikson was in China to protecting the United States from a cyberattack. Now he is suffering from a drug-induced amnesia, and knows for sure is he is a target of an elite group of operators who are determined to kill him. If Jack lives long enough to understand his mission and his identity, he will be forced to choose between the fate of humankind and that of his own family.
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Publisher
Marvel Studios
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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Shang-Chi is forced to confront the past he thought he left behind when he's drawn into the web of the mysterious Ten Rings organization controlled by his father, a man who gained immortality and a desire for unlimited power when he acquired an ancient artifact centuries before.
11) I want my daddy
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Publisher
Tiger Tales
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Arthur needs help building a castle and seeks out his daddy.
Series
The Brady Bunch volume season 2
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
©2005
Language
English
Description
Includes all 24 funny and memorable episodes from the second season including fan favorites.
14) The bench
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Evoking a deep sense of warmth, connection, and compassion, The Bench gives readers a window into shared and enduring moments between a diverse group of fathers and sons--moments of peace and reflection, trust and belief, discovery and learning, and lasting comfort"--
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The Venture Bros volume season 4
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Questions are answered and truths are revealed. Learn how Henchman 21 copes with life without 24. See what happens when Brock and the Venture family are forced to part ways. Discover the final fate of H.E.L.P.eR. And all the while, the balance of the free world hangs in the hands of Dean Venture, who must kill Hitler.
16) Double scribble
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English
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Diego "Clutch" Rivera was the hero of his school's basketball team last year, but this season things have not started well, and Diego is losing his confidence--but with some help from his dad, and a friend who gives him a sketchbook and suggests that he draw his feelings, he starts to rediscover the fun in basketball.
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Publisher
Hachette Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"In February 2015, Ivan Maisel received a call that would alter his life forever: his son Max's car was found abandoned in a parking next to Lake Ontario. Two months later, Max's body would be found in the lake. I Keep Trying to Catch His Eye is the story of Maisel's love for a son who was so different from him, but who he loved so deeply, and how he came to learn that grief for Max was nothing more than a last, ultimate expression of love. Navigating...
Series
Prodigal son volume 2
Publisher
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Malcolm Bright is a criminal profiler who gets inside the minds of killers because his father, Dr. Martin Whitly, was a notorious serial killer. Now he's using his twisted genius to help the NYPD solve murders. Season 2 picks up with Bright "taking care" of his sister after her shocking actions and protecting his mother from a secret that could tear the family apart.
19) Big sky
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Series
Jackson Brodie mysteries volume 5
Language
English
Description
"Jackson Brodie has relocated to a quiet seaside village, in the occasional company of his recalcitrant teenage son and an aging Labrador, both at the discretion of his ex-partner Julia. It's picturesque, but there's something darker lurking behind the scenes. Jackson's current job, gathering proof of an unfaithful husband for his suspicious wife, is fairly standard-issue, but a chance encounter with a desperate man on a crumbling cliff leads him...
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Publisher
Minerva
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
Español
Description
Little Jesús is excited to spend a Saturday with his landscaper Papá at the family business. He loves Papá's cool truck and all the tools he gets to use. Papá even puts him in charge of the magical water jug, which is also a clock! When it's empty, Papá explains, the workday will be done. It s a big job, and Jesús wants to do it right. But he just can't help giving water to an array of thirsty animals a dog in a sweater, some very old cats,...
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