Author : Amy J. Tyler
Publisher :
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 14,59 MB
Release : 2003-04
Category : Fathers and sons
ISBN : 9781536436037
Young readers watch how Marlin, father of Nemo, gains courage as he searches the ocean for his son--and they see how Nemo learns that he's capable of great things, just like his dad.
Author : Daniel Hays
Publisher : Algonquin Books
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 38,58 MB
Release : 1995-01-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1565121023
Traces a father and son journey around South America in a tiny boat they built together
Author : Joanne Schwartz
Publisher : Groundwood Books Ltd
Page : 29 pages
File Size : 30,86 MB
Release : 2017-04-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1554988721
Winner of CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal Winner of the TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award A young boy wakes up to the sound of the sea, visits his grandfather’s grave after lunch and comes home to a simple family dinner with his family, but all the while his mind strays to his father digging for coal deep down under the sea. Stunning illustrations by Sydney Smith, the award-winning illustrator of Sidewalk Flowers, show the striking contrast between a sparkling seaside day and the darkness underground where the miners dig. With curriculum connections to communities and the history of mining, this beautifully understated and haunting story brings a piece of Canadian history to life. The ever-present ocean and inevitable pattern of life in a Cape Breton mining town will enthrall children and move adult readers.
Author : Peter Geye
Publisher : Unbridled Books
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 49,65 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1609530578
"Against the dramatic Northern Minnesota lakeshore, a son and his father reconnect thirty-five years after the father has survived the tragic wreck of a Great Lakes ore boat."--Back cover.
Author : Sarah Driver
Publisher : Huntress Trilogy
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,27 MB
Release : 2017-04-06
Category : Children's stories
ISBN : 9781405284677
In a moment of desperation, Donny Taylor accepts an offer from a demon who will save his life if he works for her, and soon he finds himself in Hell but a new, kinder, gentler Hell where not everyone is happy about the changes and some will do anything to bring back traditional ways
Author : Yukio Mishima
Publisher : ببلومانيا للنشر والتوزيع
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 50,6 MB
Release : 2024-10-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
"It was the sea that made me begin thinking secretly about love more than anything else; you know, a love worth dying for, or a love that consumes you. To a man locked up in a steel ship all the time, the sea is too much like a woman... Things like her lulls and storms, or her caprice... are all obvious." The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea tells the tale of a band of savage thirteen-year-old boys who reject the adult world as illusory, hypocritical and sentimental, and train themselves in a brutal callousness they call "objectivity." When the mother of one of them begins an affair with a ship's officer, he and his friends idealize the man at first; but it is not long before they conclude that he is in fact soft and romantic. They regard their disappointment in him as an act of betrayal on his part, and react violently.
Author : Shakirah Bourne
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 44,10 MB
Release : 2021-07-06
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1338642111
Meet Josephine, the most loveable mischief-maker in Barbados, in a magical, heartfelt adventure inspired by Caribbean mythology. * “A heart-wrenching adventure with big laughs and well-earned surprises.” –Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review Eleven-year-old Josephine knows that no one is good enough for her daddy. That's why she makes a habit of scaring his new girlfriends away. She's desperate to make it onto her school's cricket team because she'll get to play her favorite sport AND use the cricket matches to distract Daddy from dating. But when Coach Broomes announces that girls can't try out for the team, the frustrated Josephine cuts into a powerful silk cotton tree and accidentally summons a bigger problem into her life . . . The next day, Daddy brings home a new catch, a beautiful woman named Mariss. And unlike the other girlfriends, this one doesn't scare easily. Josephine knows there's something fishy about Mariss but she never expected her to be a vengeful sea creature eager to take her place as her father's first love! Can Josephine convince her friends to help her and use her cricket skills to save Daddy from Mariss's clutches before it's too late?
Author : Brian Harvey
Publisher : ECW Press
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 14,18 MB
Release : 2019-05-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1773053388
An adventure story set against the backdrop of a son trying to understand his father After a 25-year break from boating, Brian Harvey circumnavigates Vancouver Island with his wife, his dog, and a box of documents that surfaced after his father’s death. John Harvey was a neurosurgeon, violinist, and photographer who answered his door a decade into retirement to find a sheriff with a summons. It was a malpractice suit, and it did not go well. Dr. Harvey never got over it. The box contained every nurse’s record, doctor’s report, trial transcript, and expert testimony related to the case. Only Brian’s father had read it all — until now. In this beautifully written memoir, Brian Harvey shares how after two months of voyaging with his father’s ghost, he finally finds out what happened in the O.R. that crucial night and why Dr. Harvey felt compelled to fight the excruciating accusations.
Author : Elizabeth Goudge
Publisher : Hendrickson Publishers
Page : 708 pages
File Size : 35,94 MB
Release : 2022-05-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 161970837X
Against the pomp and pageantry of turbulent seventeenth century England, Elizabeth Goudge weaves the poignant tale of Lucy Walter, the proud and beautiful secret wife of Charles II. From her early childhood in a castle by the sea in Wales and the joys and pangs of childhood, to her tragic estrangement from the king and her death in Paris at the age of twenty-eight, Lucy Walter lived to the full a life of intense joy and equally intense drama. Miss Goudge portrays brilliantly a young love almost too ecstatic to bear. Equally moving is her characterization of Lucy—a spirited woman caught up in the cataclysmic wars and disruptive revolution of a tumultuous era. From London at the time of the Great Fire, to Paris when British royalty fled to the sanctuary of the Louvre, to Brussels and The Hague and a rich panoramic background—a master storyteller traces the life and loves of an extraordinary woman. The Child from the Sea is a superbly colorful and romantic historical novel alive with brilliant cameos and infused with a spiritual essence rare in our times.
Author : Eve Bunting
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 37 pages
File Size : 30,66 MB
Release : 2009-06-29
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0547531788
Laura Iwasaki and her family are paying what may be their last visit to Laura's grandfather's grave. The grave is at Manzanar, where thousands of Americans of Japanese heritage were interned during World War II. Among those rounded up and taken to the internment camp were Laura's father, then a small boy, and his parents. Now Laura says goodbye to Grandfather in her own special way, with a gesture that crosses generational lines and bears witness to the patriotism that survived a shameful episode in America's history. Eve Bunting's poignant text and Chris K. Soentpiet's detailed, evocative paintings make the story of this family's visit to Manzanar, and of the memories stirred by the experience, one that will linger in readers' minds and hearts. Afterword.
