father-son relationship

In his last year of high school, seventeen-year-old virgin Cliff Sparks has to figure out what to do with his life, including how to meet new girl Jillian and how to deal with old issues with his unemployed father.

"Life in Sunrise Valley is tranquil, but beyond its borders lies certain death. A dangerous black fog looms outside the village, but its inhabitants are kept safe by an ingenious machine known as the dam. Pig's father built the dam and taught him how to maintain it. And then this brilliant inventor did the unthinkable: he walked into the fog and was never seen again. Now Pig is the dam keeper. Except for his best friend, Fox, and the town bully, Hippo, few are aware of his tireless efforts. But a new threat is on the horizon--a tidal wave of black fog is descending on Sunrise Valley. Now Pig, Fox, and Hippo must face the greatest danger imaginable: the world on the other side of the dam"--Dust jacket flap.

Murray Howe, the son of hockey player Gordie Howe, shares nine pieces of wisdom he learned from his relationship with his father and his father's life.

"Eight-year-old Archie Morningstar, his father, and the talking cat Pockets travel to Akbar's Floating Rest Stop, where Pockets is going to receive an award for bravery. But when all the tuna fish (Pockets's favorite food) goes missing, they must discover who is behind the nefarious plot"--Provided by publisher.

Greg, a young boy with Asperger's syndrome, shares what it is like to be him. He talks about things he loves, such as routines and numbers, and the things that are challenging for him and how they make him feel. Includes information for parents and professionals on understanding and increasing awareness of Asperger's syndrome.

"In a world where past, present, and future have collided, Diego and his friends must rescue Diego's father from an evil group of renegades, otherwise their whole existence is threatened"--.

A small-town boy questions everything he holds to be true when his father is accused of murder.

Manolo Olivar has to make a decision: to follow in his famous father's shadow and become a bullfighter, or to follow his heart and become a doctor.

Demi-god Percy Jackson and his friends must journey into the Sea of Monsters to save their camp.

Twelve-year-old Percy Jackson learns he is a demigod, the son of a mortal woman and Poseidon, god of the sea, and his mother sends him to a summer camp for demigods where he and his new friends set out on a quest to prevent a war between the gods.