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[2016], Young Adult, Dial Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC Call No: YA NEL Availability:1 of 1 At Your LibraryClick here to watch Summary Note: Sixteen-year-old Connor tries to help his severely depressed father, who learned upon his mother's death that Nonno was not his biological father, by doing research that reveals Dad's father was probably a Tuskegee Airman.
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-- new nation is born2000., Ages 3-6, Chelsea House Publishers Call No: Y GRO Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: American adventureSummary Note: In 1781, with the surrender of Cornwallis signaling the end of the war, eight-year-old Paul Lankford is apprehensive about the return of his long-absent father and the nature of their relationship.
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-- Arctic incidentBy Colfer, Eoin2004, c2002., 5.8; 5-8, Hyperion Paperbacks for Children Call No: Y COL Edition: 1st mass market pbk Availability:2 of 2 At Your Library Summary Note: Thirteen-year-old criminal mastermind Artemis Fowl must join forces with his nemesis, Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon fairy police, in order to save his father--one of the few people in the world Artemis loves--who has been kidnapped by the Russian Mafiya.
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c2009., 5.6; Ages 3-6, HarperCollinsPublishers Call No: Y GRE Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: All twelve-year-old Josh wants to do is play baseball but when his father, a minor league pitcher, signs him up for a youth championship team, Josh finds himself embroiled in a situation with potentially illegal consequences.
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c2011., Ages 4-8, Simon Spotlight/Nickelodeon Call No: E LEW Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: SpongeBob SquarePantsSummary Note: Remembering happy days playing T-ball, SpongeBob is eager to join his dad's team--until he finds out they're playing real baseball.
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By Lupica, Mikec2008., 5-8, Scholastic Call No: Y LUP Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: When fourteen-year-old baseball player Hutch feels threatened by the arrival of a new teammate named Darryl, he tries to work through his insecurities about both Darryl and his remote and silent father, who was once a great ballplayer too.
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[2018], Ages 10-15, Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers Call No: YA GRE Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your LibraryClick here to watch Summary Note: Danny Owens is dedicating his seventh-grade football season to his recently-deceased father, an NFL legend, but the pressure to succeed is magnified by his inability to read.
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1998, c1997., 10 and up; Ages 10 up, Bantam Doubleday Dell Books for Young Readers Call No: Y DUR Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Pierre La Page Volume: #1Summary Note: When Pierre LaPage's father has an accident, thirteen-year-old Pierre must quit school and paddle a canoe 2400 miles as a voyageur for the North West Company in order to earn money for his family.
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[2018]., Ages 10-14, Atheneum Books for Young Readers Call No: YA KAD Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: To help his dog through cancer treatment, Conor gives up hockey and finds himself considering who he is without the sport that has defined him, and connecting more with his family and best friend.
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-- Dog daysc2012., Family, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Call No: DVD VID Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: When Greg Heffley's dad threatens to send him to military school if he doesn't stay out of trouble, Greg finds all-new ways to land himself in the doghouse! For starters, Greg's in over his head when he pretends to work at the swanky country club where Rowley's family has a membership. Things don't go much better on a father-son camping trip with the Wilderness Explorers, and then there's the Heffley's new dog, Sweetie, who fetches even more trouble for Greg.
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-- VOX A different pond.2019., 2-3; K-4, 000729., [Library Ideas, LLC] Call No: VOX PHI Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Vox books.Summary Note: As a young boy, Bao and his father awoke early, hours before his father's long workday began, to fish on the shores of a small pond in Minneapolis. Unlike many other anglers, Bao and his father fished for food, not recreation. A successful catch meant a fed family. Between hope-filled casts, Bao's father told him about a different pond in their homeland of Vietnam.
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-- Grime & punishment.2020., Age 7-10, Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic Call No: GN PIL Edition: First edition. Availability:0 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Dog Man Volume: #9.Summary Note: "The Supa Buddies bamboozled the baddies, but all's not right in the world. Dog Man has a new problem to pound, and he's going to need his entire pack to help him. Will he go barking up the wrong tree?" --
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-- Do not worry, Douglas!2011., Ages 4-8, Tiger Tales Call No: PB MEL Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Rating:
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2012., 4.0; 5-8, Scholastic Press Call No: Y SMI Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Storm runnersSummary Note: Chase, heading south of the border with Nicole Rossi, faces a threat to his survival while searching for the Rossi Brothers' Circus after an earthquake in Mexico.
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By Lupica, Mike[2016], Age: 8-14, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Call No: Y LUP Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Home teamSummary Note: "Teddy has been training all summer with his new friends Jack and Gus to make the new travel football team in Walton, but when his long-absent dad comes back to town and into his life he is faced with a much bigger challenge"--
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[2021]., Young Adult, Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Call No: YA GRE Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: From New York Times bestselling author and former NFL player Tim Green comes a gripping, deeply personal standalone football novel about a star middle school quarterback faced with a life-changing decision after his dad is diagnosed with ALS. Perfect for fans of Mike Lupica! With two all-star college football players for brothers and a former Atlanta Falcons defensive lineman for a father, it is only natural for sixth-grade quarterback Benjamin Redd to follow in their footsteps. However, after his dad receives a heartbreaking ALS diagnosis--connected to all those hard hits and tackles he took on the field--Ben's mom becomes more determined than ever to get Ben to quit football. Ben isn't playing just for himself though. This might be his dad's last chance to coach. And his teammates need a quarterback that can lead them to the championships. But as Ben watches the heavy toll ALS takes on his dad's body, he begins to question if this should be his final season after all.
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-- 1st team[2014]., 4.4; 5-8, Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers Call No: Y GRE Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "The companion novel to New Kid, where Brock is in another new town after being on the run with his dad again, and this time, he joins the football team"--Provided by publisher.
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By Lupica, Mike2012., Ages 3-6, Scholastic Press Call No: Y LUP Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: When the coach's son, Shawn O'Brien, is chosen to play quarterback, eleven-year-old Ben McBain is not surprised--but when he tries to be a good teammate and help the inconsistent Shawn, he is startled to learn that his new friend does not really want the position.
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By Lupica, Mike2011, c2010., 4.6; 5-8, Puffin Books Call No: Y LUP Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Fourteen-year-old Zach learns he has the same special abilities as his father, who was the president's globe-trotting troubleshooter until "the Bads" killed him, and now Zach must decide whether to use his powers in the same way at the risk of his own life.
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By Lupica, Mikec2007., 5.0; Ages 3-6, Scholastic Call No: Y LUP Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: In the wake of his parents' separation, ten-year-old Billy seems to have continual conflicts with his father, who is also his basketball coach, but his quiet, younger brother Ben, a piano prodigy, is having even more trouble adjusting, and only Billy seems to notice.