fathers

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Slalom

2004
Sandro Birch has a good chance of making the ski team and having a real family with his girlfriend, but first he must deal with his anger against his father, especially after the man returns after a seventeen-year absence.

Academy 7

2009
Aerin Renning and Dane Madousin struggle as incoming students at the most exclusive academy in the Universe, both hiding secrets that are too painful to reveal, not realizing that those very secrets link them together.

Pretty bad things

2011
When they were six years old, twins Beau and Paisley were famous for surviving on their own after their mother died of a drug overdose, and now, at sixteen, they escape from their abusive grandmother to look for their father, who is out of prison and, unbeknownst to them, has been writing them letters since he was put away.

High heat

2003
When sophomore Shane Hunter's father is arrested for money laundering at his Lexus dealership, the star pitcher's life of affluence and private school begins to fall apart.

A swift pure cry

2007
Coolbar, Ireland, is a village of secrets and Shell, caretaker to her younger brother and sister after the death of their mother and with the absence of their father, is not about to reveal hers until suspicion falls on the wrong person.

Olivia Bean, trivia queen

2013
After overcoming a number of obstacles, especially in the subject of geography, Olivia is on her way to Hollywood to appear on Jeopardy! and, she hopes, to reunite with her father who left the family two years ago.

The rabbit who couldn't find his daddy

2006
Rabbit wakes up in the middle of the night to discover that his father is not around and seaches for him with his sister.

Throw a hungry loop

1992
A thirteen-year-old with a talent for throwing loops and who lives on a ranch with his father and grandfather yearns for a roping horse.

True grit

a novel
2003
In 1870s Arkansas, fourteen-year-old Mattie Ross persuades U.S. Marshal "Rooster" Cogburn to ride into Indian Territory and help her capture the gang of outlaws who murdered her father.

Fifty grand

a novel of suspense
2009
After her father is killed in a hit-and-run, Detective Mercado escapes from Cuba in order to search for her father's killer and bring them to justice, even if it means risking her own life.

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