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Author:

Parry, Rosanne.

Title:

Heart of a shepherd / Rosanne Parry.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Random House Children's Books,

Copyright Date:

2009

Description:

161 p. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Ranch life--Oregon--Fiction.
Responsibility--Fiction.
Family life--Oregon--Fiction.
Christian life--Fiction.
Iraq War, 2003---Fiction.
War--Fiction.
Oregon--Fiction.
Ranch life--Oregon--Juvenile fiction.
Responsibility--Juvenile fiction.
Families--Oregon--Juvenile fiction.
Christian life--Juvenile fiction.
Iraq War, 2003---Juvenile fiction.
War--Juvenile fiction.
Oregon--Juvenile fiction.
Young adult fiction.

Contents:

July. The chess men -- August. Cow camp -- October. First flock -- December. Man of the house -- February. Serving the altar -- April. Promises made -- May. Boots on the ground -- June. The veterans -- August. Waiting for Beautiful -- August. Coming home.

Summary:

Ignatius "Brother" Alderman, nearly twelve, promises to help his grandparents keep the family's Oregon ranch the same while his brothers are away and his father is deployed to Iraq, but as he comes to accept the inevitability of change, he also sees the man he is meant to be.

ISBN:

0375848037 (pbk.)
9780375848032 (pbk.)
0375948023 (lib. bdg.)
9780375948022 (lib. bdg.)
0375848029 (trade)
9780375848025 (trade)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)191023755

LCCN:

2007048094

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