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Heart of a shepherd

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.

Main Author: Parry, Rosanne.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Random House Children's Books, 2009.
Edition: 1st ed.
Subjects:
Ranch life > Juvenile fiction.
Responsibility > Juvenile fiction.
Family life > Oregon > Juvenile fiction.
Christian life > Juvenile fiction.
Iraq War, 2003- > Juvenile fiction.
War > Juvenile fiction.
Oregon > Juvenile fiction.
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.
Physical Description: 161 p. ; 22 cm.
ISBN: 9780375848025 (trade)
0375848029 (trade)
9780375948022 (lib. bdg.)
0375948023 (lib. bdg.)
9780375848032 (pbk.)
0375848037 (pbk.)
Author Notes: The stark beauty of eastern Oregon and the shared purpose of the ranching community made a lasting impression on Rosanne Parry. She found a similar rapport among the military families she knew when her husband was deployed to Iraq. She now lives in an old farmhouse in Portland, Oregon, with bunnies and chickens and her husband and four kids.

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