num_pages: 208
description: After his mother dies, 17-year-old Jim realizes he must raise his younger brother, Byron, alone. But when their father shows up with plans to take them to Florida, Jim wonders if the reunion will last.An ALA Best Book for Young Adults. 
language: English
title: Father Figure
titlecomplete: Father Figure
genres: Childrens, Fiction, Young Adult
ratings_count: 99
awards: awardedAt: 631180800000
name: Margaret A. Edwards Award
publisher: Puffin