Father Knows Best?

This week I am sharing some teen books featuring fathers.  But do these fathers really know what is best for their children?

12 Things to Do Before You Crash and Burn by  James Proimos
Sixteen-year-old James "Hercules" Martino completes twelve tasks while spending two weeks in Baltimore with his Uncle Anthony, and gains insights into himself, his uncle, and his recently deceased father, a self-help author and daytime talk show host who was beloved by the public but a terrible father.

The Last Exit to Normal by Michael Harmon
Yanked out of his city life and plunked down into a small Montana town with his father and his father's boyfriend, seventeen-year-old Ben, angry and resentful about the changed circumstances of his life, begins to notice that something is not quite right with the little boy next door and determines to do something about it.

Hothouse by Chris Lynch
Teens D.J. and Russell, life-long friends and neighbors, had drifted apart, but when their firefighter fathers are both killed, they try to help one another come to terms with the tragedy and its aftermath.

Eye of the Storm by Kate Messner
Jaden's summer visit with her meteorologist father, who has just returned from spending four years in Russia conducting weather experiments not permitted in the United States, fills her with apprehension and fear as she discovers that living at her father's planned community, Placid Meadows, is anything but placid.

I Hunt Killers by Barry Lyga
Seventeen-year-old Jazz learned all about being a serial killer from his notorious "Dear Old Dad," but believes he has a conscience that will help fight his own urges and right some of his father's wrongs, so he secretly helps the police apprehend the town's newest murderer, "The Impressionist."


More Books --
Breaker by Kat Ellis
Character, Driven by David Lubar
The Compund by S.A. Bodeen
Conviction by Kelly Loy Gilbert
Crazy by Han Nolan
The Demon Trapper's Daughter by Jana Oliver
The Eleventh Plague by Jeff Hirsch
Game Seven by Paul Volponi
Grandmaster by David Klass
Heist Society by Ally Carter
Hunted by Meagan Spooner
The Jumbee by Pamela Keyes
King of Screwups by K.L. Going
Love & Gelato by Jenna Evans Welch
The Obsidian Mirror by Catherine Fisher
She Is Not Invisible by Marcus Sedgwick
Sure Fire by Jack Higgins
Tender by Valerie Hobbs
Things I'm Seeing Without You by Peter Bognanni
The True Tale of the Monster Billy Dean by David Almond
The Unexpected Everything by Morgan Matson

Check these books out on display at the Arnold Branch through January 12, 2018,