brothers

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Wild river

Considered lazy and unathletic, twelve-year-old Ryan discovers a heroic side of himself when a kayak trip with his older brother goes horribly awry.
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Shut up!

When seventeen-year-old Mario and ten-year-old Eddie's mother is sent to Iraq with her National Guard unit, the boys move in with their aunt, whose boyfriend, Denton, sexually abuses Eddie, which may lead to the boys being split up in different foster homes while Mario tries to keep his brother safe.
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After ever after

Although Jeff and Tad, encouraged by a new friend, Lindsey, make a deal to help one another overcome aftereffects of their cancer treatments in preparation for eighth-grade graduation, Jeff still craves advice from his older brother Stephen, who is studying drums in Africa.
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Double Fudge

His younger brother's obsession with money and the discovery of long-lost cousins Flora and Fauna provide many embarrassing moments for twelve-year-old Peter.
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Hopping mad

Young Frank and Joe Hardy enlist the help of their friends to solve a mysterious case involving a large number of frogs.

Good brother, bad brother

the story of Edwin Booth and John Wilkes Booth
Biography of Edwin and John Wilkes Booth, two brothers and accomplished actors, who held opposing views politically and one of who shot Abraham Lincoln.

Tikki Tikki Tembo

When the eldest son fell in the well and most of the time getting help was spent pronouncing the name of the one in trouble, the Chinese, according to legend, decided to give all their children short names.

Pumpkin town!, (or, Nothing is better and worse than pumpkins)

Jose and his family, after a bountiful pumpkin harvest, throw their unneeded seeds over a hill, and when they awake to find vines and pumpkins all over the homes below, they feel responsible and try to make things right.

Cockroach cooties

Teddy and his little brother Bobby devise strategies using bugs to defeat the school bully.

Shadow boxer

After their father dies of boxing injuries, George is determined to prevent his younger brother, who sees boxing as his legacy, from pursuing a career in the sport.

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