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1) Hike
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A father and child head out on a hike, keeping a cherished family tradition alive.
2) Squirm
Author
Language
English
Description
Billy Dickens discovers that his mysterious father lives in Montana, so this summer Billy will fly across the country, hike a mountain, float a river, dodge a grizzly bear, shoot down a spy drone, and save his own father.
5) Travel team
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
After he is cut from his travel basketball team--the very same team that his father once led to national prominence--twelve-year-old Danny Walker forms his own team of cast-offs that might have a shot at victory.
Author
Publisher
Catalyst Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Walking to school with Mama, Gogo or Tata is fun. But riding high on Papa's shoulders is the BEST! On my Papa's Shoulders invites young readers along on a little boy and his Papa's walk to school, where they have their own special way of saying goodbye.
7) Almost time
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Ethan eagerly anticipates making maple syrup with his father, but it will not be time until the days are warmer, the nights shorter, and Ethan's loose tooth falls out.
8) Solo
Author
Publisher
Blink
Language
English
Formats
Description
Seventeen-year-old Blade endeavors to resolve painful issues from his past and navigate the challenges of his former rockstar father's addictions, scathing tabloid rumors, and a protected secret that threatens his own identity.
10) A different pond
Author
Language
English
Description
"As a young boy, Bao Phi awoke early, hours before his father's long workday began, to fish on the shores of a small pond in Minneapolis. Unlike many other anglers, Bao and his father fished for food, not recreation. Between hope-filled casts, Bao's father told him about a different pond in their homeland of Vietnam." -- Provided by publisher.
11) The storm runner
Author
Series
Storm runner volume 1
Publisher
Disney/Hyperion
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
To prevent the Mayan gods from battling each other and destroying the world, thirteen-year-old Zane must unravel an ancient prophecy, stop an evil god, and discover how the physical disability that makes him reliant on a cane also connects him to his father and his ancestry.
Author
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Lenny loves baseball. And not just playing baseball -- he loves reading about it, too. Lenny thinks the more he knows, the better he'll play ... and he needs all the help he can get! But it's not until he comes across some interesting information in his Big Book of Baseball Facts -- Babe Ruth and Hank Aaron, two of the best hitters in baseball history, failed most of the time! -- that Lenny realizes his odds are pretty good! With renewed determination...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Jeremy is not excited about the prospect of spending the summer with his dad and his uncle in a seaside cabin in Oregon. It's the first summer after his parents' divorce, and he hasn't exactly been seeking alone time with his dad. He doesn't have a choice, though, so he goes...and on his first day takes a walk on the beach and finds himself intrigued by a boy his age running by. Eventually, he and Runner Boy (Evan) meet -- and what starts out as...
16) The courage test
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Will has no choice. His father drags him along on a wilderness adventure in the footsteps of legendary explorers Lewis and Clark--whether he likes it or not. All the while, Will senses that something about this trip isn't quite right. Along the journey, Will meets fascinating strangers and experiences new thrills, including mountain cliffs, whitewater rapids, and a heart-hammering bear encounter. It is a journey into the soul of America's past, and...
19) Ghost
Author
Series
Track volume 1
Publisher
Atheneum Books For Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Ghost, a naturally talented runner and troublemaker, is recruited for an elite middle school track team. He must stay on track, literally and figuratively, to reach his full potential"--
20) Hot hand
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
In the wake of his parents' separation, ten-year-old Billy seems to have continual conflicts with his father, who is also his basketball coach, but his quiet, younger brother Ben, a piano prodigy, is having even more trouble adjusting, and only Billy seems to notice.
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