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p2002., Adults, Random House Audio Call No: AUD CAR Edition: Abridged. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: The emperor of the title, Judge Oliver Garland, has just died, suddenly. A brilliant legal mind, conservative and famously controversial, Judge Garland made more enemies than friends. Many years before, he'd earned a judge's highest prize: a Supreme Court nomination. But in a scene of bitter humiliation, his nomination collapsed in scandal. The humbling defeat became a private agony, one from which he never recovered. But now the Judge's death raises even more questions -- and it seems to be leading to a second, even more terrible scandal. Could Oliver Garland have been murdered? He has left a strange message for his son Talcott, entrusting him with "the arrangements" -- a mysterious puzzle that only Tal can unlock. Talcott must risk his career, his marriage, and even his life, following the clues his father left him. .
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c2006., Adult, Hyperion Call No: FIC ALB Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: After years of drinking, being rejected by his wife and daughter, and a suicide attempt, ex-baseball star Charley Benetto returns to his childhood home where he encounters the ghost of his mother, who tells him family secrets and guides him in making his life better.
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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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-- If you are reading thisBy Reedy, Trent2014., Young Adult, Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. Call No: YA REE Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: For a responsible sixteen-year-old, Michael Wilson has a lot of problems--his father was killed in Afghanistan in 2005, his overworked and overprotective mother will not talk about their situation, and does not want him playing football, and he has suddenly started to receive letters that his father wrote before his death.
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By Lupica, Mike[2016], Ages 9-13, Philomel Books Call No: Y LUP Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Twelve-year-old Tommy Gallagher, the bravest and toughest football player on the field, faces his biggest battle ever when his father, a Boston firefighter, is fatally injured while rescuing a child.
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c2004., Adult, Zondervan Call No: FIC KIN Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Connor Evans, an airline pilot, tries to decide whether or not to accept into his family his young son from a previous affair with a stewardess.
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By Bowen, Rhys[2023]., Adult, Lake Union Publishing Call No: FIC BOW Edition: First edition. Availability:0 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: After the death of her son, Madeleine accepts a request from the ministry to aid in the war effort and, returning to France, confronts the devastation of World War II as she fights to take down the Nazis, find her husband and ultimately survive against inconceivable odds.
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Ã2014., Adults, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. Call No: FIC SMI Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "James McConnell's one wish is that his nine year old son will finally be healthy enough to play a game of catch. Then he and his wife, EMily, receive news they've dreaded: Aaron's cancer has relapsed. As the family steels themselves for a draining treatment regimen in yet another hospital, Aaron receives the gift of a lifetime-- a personal visit from one of his favorite professional baseball players and teh chance to make a bold request, his wish: to see his dad play in a major league game. A former college standout, James fears he doesn't have the talent it takes, even for one game, and that he'll miss what could be Aaron's precious last weeks. Yet how can he refuse his dying son's wish?" --from front cover.
