father-son relationship

When seventeen-year-old Silas Umber's father disappears, Silas is sure it is connected to the powerful artifact he discovers, combined with his father's hidden hometown history, which compels Silas to pursue the path leading to his destiny and ultimately, to the discovery of his father, dead or alive.

After Arkady returns home with his cynical friend Bazarov, Arkady's father and uncle, already angry over the peasant uprising, become more and more angry at Bazarov's outspoken nihilism.

The Council of Elders, having been informed that Tomas still lives, puts off Vlad's execution, providing Vlad the opportunity to try to set some things right.

Frank Bascombe, having lost his career and his family, is selling real estate in Haddam, New Jersey, and is settling for a life of mere existence until the events of one Fourth of July weekend shock him into real contact with life.

After the death of his mother, 13-year-old Salty goes to take her place working for the Buckley Arms Hotel where he begins to learn about the complexities of love and family.

In love with the woman his father also loves, a sixteen-year-old has trouble accepting their impending marriage.

Twelve-year-old Sam, who has a magnetic attraction for trouble, finds it increasingly difficult to attend the school where his father is headmaster.

Fifteen-year-old Tink's friendship with a writer temporarily staying in a house on the beach contributes to anguishing problems at home and at school, but also gives him the sustenance for surmounting them.

Three men from three generations of the same family deal with their relationships with women, including Oliver's widowed father who is involved with the woman next door, Oliver who has recently been divorced, and Oliver's teenage son who just had a child with his girlfriend.

A trapper's son and a champion Irish Setter roam wilderness areas and grow to maturity together.