Heart of a shepherd / Rosanne Parry.

Author/creator Parry, Rosanne
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoNew York : Random House Children's Books, ©2009.
Description161 pages ; 22 cm
Subjects
Ranch life--Oregon. --Juvenile fiction.
Responsibility--Juvenile fiction.
Families--Oregon. --Juvenile fiction.
Christian life--Juvenile fiction.
Iraq War, 2003-2011--Juvenile fiction.
War stories.
Young adult fiction.
Oregon--Juvenile 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.
Abstract 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.
Local noteLittle-351864--305131037874%
LCCN 2007048094
ISBN9780375848025 (trade)
ISBN0375848029 (trade)
ISBN9780375948022 (lib. bdg.)
ISBN0375948023 (lib. bdg.)
ISBN9780375848032 (pbk.)
ISBN0375848037 (pbk.)