fathers

"Brothers Hunter and Lawton Loggins set off to kayak the Altamaha River, bearing their father's ashes toward the sea. Hunter is a college student, Lawton a Navy SEAL on leave; both young men were raised by an angry, enigmatic shrimper who loved the river, and whose death remains a mystery that his sons hope to resolve. As the brothers proceed downriver, their story is interwoven with that of Jacques Le Moyne, an artist who accompanied the 1564 expedition to found a French settlement at the river's mouth, which began as a search for riches and ended in a bloody confrontation with Spanish conquistadors and native tribes."--Provided by publisher.

Nathalia Buttface must deal with her name, a new school and a town, and the world most embarrassing dad.

"With a little exaggerated bragging, Charlie convinces his classmates that his accountant dad would be the greatest Career Week speaker ever, and, using his friend Tommy's 'Parent Persuasion Strategy,' he finally talks his dad into coming. What could possibly go wrong with Charlie's plan?"--.

Rosie's led a charmed life with her loving dad. But now that her father's had a stroke, Rosie lives with her tough-as-nails grandfather. And her beloved dog, Gloaty Gus, has just gone missing.

After eleven-year-old Zitlally's father is deported to Mexico, she takes refuge in her trailer park's forest of rusted car parts, where she befriends a spunky neighbor and finds a stray dog that she nurses back to health and believes she must keep safe so that her father will return.

"Eleven-year-old Grady is dealing with the pain and grief of his father's death the summer that extraterrestrial Ralwil comes into his life. When disaster strikes, Grady must find the courage to help his family, and save the life of his new friend. Can two strangers from such different worlds come together as a single force for good in each others lives and those around them?"--Inside dust jacket.

After his father's murder, fifteen-year-old Cal becomes a fugitive and must find a way to survive the next 365 days, solve his father's murder, and uncover a history-changing secret.

Baby Bear likes to do everything his Daddy does. But then Mommy surprises Baby Bear with a talent all her own!.

After his father dies, a son finds a diary of a Japanese soldier stranded on a small Pacific island in World War II, but he's confused as to why his father was reading it.

A young boy tries to imagine his dad as the cool guy who once played in a band, rode a motorcycle, and got tattoos before he became a father.