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61) Night job
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
On Friday night, a boy accompanies his father to his night job as the school custodian.
64) Pony
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"A modern classic about a boy on a quest to rescue his father, with only a ghost as his companion and a mysterious pony as his guide"--
66) Onion John
Author
Pub. Date
1984, c1959
Language
English
Description
His friendship with the town odd-jobs man, Onion John, causes a conflict between Andy and his father.
67) Gilead
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Nearly 25 years after Housekeeping, Marilynne Robinson returns with an intimate tale of three generations, from the Civil War to the 20th century: a story about fathers and sons and the spiritual battles that still rage at America's heart. GILEAD tells the story of America and will break your heart.
68) The bear's song
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Papa Bear wakes up to find his son missing, and his search leads him to an opera house and a command performance.
70) Lost boy
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
After a near-fatal car accident, twelve-year-old Ryder's mother needs an operation they cannot afford and while a new friend tries to raise funds, Ryder travels with a grouchy, disabled neighbor, from Yankee Stadium to Turner Field seeking the major league baseball player who might be Ryder's father.
71) East of Eden
Author
Pub. Date
1992
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
The biblical account of Cain and Abel is echoed in the history of two generations of the Trask family in California
73) Census
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Learning that he does not have long to live and will need to figure out how to provide for his developmentally disabled adult son, a widower signs up as a census taker for a mysterious government bureau and leaves town with his son on a cross-country journey.
74) Poppy and Rye
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
When their home next to a brook is destroyed by beavers, a large family of golden mice is aided by Poppy the deer mouse and her grumpy porcupine friend, who in the process forges a relationship with the son he had abandoned.
79) Beard in a Box
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Wanting to be more like his father, a young boy spends all of his money on a product that will supposedly let him grow a beard almost instantly.
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