father-son relationship

When his older brother leaves the family farm in order to join the army in 1943, ten-year-old Maury remains behind to deal with his angry father and to care for Ben's injured puppy.

A hero of the French and Indian conflict, Benjamin Martin had renounced fighting forever to raise his family in peace, but when British troops arrive at his South Carolina home and endanger his family, he takes up arms alongside his idealistic patriot son, Gabriel.

The four sons of Fyodor Karamazov, a man of immoral character, must contend with a criminal investigation and with their own inner questions about justice and the existence of God after they are involved in their father's murder.

After Po learns that his parents did not abandon him but saved him in a radish basket, he finds Inner Peace and takes on Shen and his army.

Rich Cohen chronicles the experiences he had while growing up in the suburbs of Chicago, focusing on how the friendships he had during that time impacted his life both then and now.

Sixteen-year-old Andrew has never taken his father's advice to focus seriously, and as he prepares to enter the real world, he finds himself wishing he has had more direction in his life.

When Fyodor Karamazov, a man of immoral character, is murdered one night, his four sons must contend with the criminal investigation and with their own inner questions about justice and the existence of God.

An account of the voyage by a father and son from Winnipeg, Canada to Brazil and then down the Amazon to the Atlantic by canoe.

Twelve-year-old Littlejim, a bookish boy living in a rural North Carolina community in the early years of the twentieth century, hopes to win a newspaper essay contest and thus gain the respect of his stern father.

A lion cub wants to emulate his father, the king of the pride.