father-son relationship

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Willie wins

2001
Willie's father tells him there is something special in an old coconut bank brought from the Philippines, but Willie is embarrassed to take it to school for a contest, especially since he knows that one of his classmates will make fun of him.

After the Challenger

a story of the space shuttle disaster
2009
Fifteen-year-old Dustin Martinez, an aspiring astronaut, in Cocoa Beach, Florida, is devastated when the space shuttle "Challenger" explodes shortly after launch, and when he learns his father, a scallop boat captain, is going to help NASA's recovery effort, he makes plans to stow away and join the hunt.

Renoir and the boy with the long hair

a story about Pierre-Auguste Renoir
2007
Painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir wants his young son Jean's hair to stay long and beautiful, but Jean does not like it when other children tease him and adults think he is a pretty girl.

A Father's Day thank you

2007
Harvey the bear searches for the perfect Father's Day present and decides that thanking his dad is the best gift of all.

I remember Papa

2001
After saving to buy a baseball glove, a young farm boy takes a memorable trip to town with his father.

Face-off

1992
Twin brothers, Brad and T.J., compete for stardom--and their father'sapproval--on the high school hockey team.

Grow up, Dad!

2007
When a mysterious email gives eleven-year-old Robbie the ability to make wishes come true just as he is fighting with his father, the two of them get a rare opportunity to relate to one another on the same level and even face up to the school bully.

Diamond dogs

a novel
2000
Seventeen-year-old Neil Garvin blames his abusive father for driving his mother away years earlier, and plans on leaving his small hometown after graduating high school, but when he accidentally commits a terrible crime, which his father, unasked, covers up, he finds himself unwillingly indebted to his father.

Red midnight

2002
Fifteen-year-old Marcus Oday, sentenced to prison after killing his friend Obie's father for desecrating his own father's grave, is rescued by Mims, an inmate who becomes his guardian, counselor, and friend even after they are released.

Blood of the prodigal

an Ohio Amish mystery
1999
Professor Michael Branden, Pastor Caleb Troyer, and Sheriff Bruce Robertson attempt to penetrate the secrecy of the Old Order Amish of Holmes County, Ohio, in order to recover a ten-year-old boy who has been kidnapped by his outcast father.

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