| 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 note | Little-351864--305131037874% |
| Local note | Little-351864--305131037874% |
| LCCN | 2007048094 |
| ISBN | 9780375848025 (trade) |
| ISBN | 0375848029 (trade) |
| ISBN | 9780375948022 (lib. bdg.) |
| ISBN | 0375948023 (lib. bdg.) |
| ISBN | 9780375848032 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 0375848037 (pbk.) |
