Coming Of Age category: 7169 books

In this coming-of-age story, Benjie Gabai is convinced he’s been the victim of a terrible cosmic hoax. Instead of being born in the 18th century as a French-Canadian voyageur, God has plunked him down in present-day Montreal, into a family that views his fur trade obsession as proof that their Benjie,...

For Teens, Young Adults, and Baby Boomers alike...   Set amidst the backdrop of the turbulent 1960s, “Looking for Davy Jones,” is a coming-of-age tale about five teenage girls growing up during the time of the Vietnam War, flower children, sexual awakening, and rock ‘n roll, as well as the...

Three freshmen must join forces to survive at a troubled, working-class Catholic high school with a student body full of bullies and zealots, and a faculty that's even worse in Anthony Breznican's Brutal Youth With a plunging reputation and enrollment rate, Saint Michael's has become a crumbling...

It was a memorable summer: with the broken-down old road that suddenly turned into a strip of gleaming asphalt, and the abandoned motorbike the three boys found as a rusty heap and built into a racer. But it was also more than that, more than a distraction from the boredom of their small Tuscan town,...

2015 Indie B.R.A.G. Medallion HonoreeThe Wichita Kid is a coming-of-age novel about golf, friendship, and family. It centers on a fatherless 12 year-old boy named Kevin, who has just moved from Kansas to the "big city" of Cleveland, Ohio, and who suffers from anxieties that he struggles to control....

An irresistibly witty and charming comedy of manners examining the effect of long-ago events on one woman's search for a fairytale ending in the present   Meet Dora Jerusalem, features assistant to the assistant features editor of Modern Woman, a glossy magazine whose employees are...

"Did you come here to die too?" When disgraced reporter Adachi Tsuguru travels to the famed Aokigahara Forest, he stumbles on a young woman just as she is preparing to end her life. After initially rebuffing his clumsy attempts at changing her mind, she offers him a strange proposal:...

Marc Larue published a collection of short stories ranging from contemporary adventure to fantasy. In the first story, a contemporary action/comedy called "Green, Purple, and Orange" follow Ms. Hernandez as her trip to an art museum goes terribly wrong. Then in this fantasy story, join the...

First published in 1930, this is a tale of Adrian Glynde, a thirteen year old boy who has lost his father in WWI and has a troubled relationship with his mother. He struggles with loneliness, complicated family ties and the difficult reality around him as he attempts to grow up and figure out what...

Vincent the Artist is a beautiful children's picture book with lovable characters that jump off the page and tug at your heart. Vincent Van Raatt lives with his family in an upscale underground part of the world where his father is a professor at Harvard Ground School. The professor believes that...

Vincent the Artist is a beautiful children's picture book with lovable characters that jump off the page and tug at your heart. Vincent Van Raatt lives with his family in an upscale underground part of the world where his father is a professor at Harvard Ground School. The professor believes that Vincent...

From the author of Live from Medicine Park, a powerful coming-of-age novel. Set against the closing years of the Cold War, Constance Squires's debut novel introduces the family of Army Major Collins, as told through the eyes of Lucinda Collins-the vibrant, headstrong eldest daughter. Living...

During a stormy night, Paolo is housed in a solitary hostel, a place at the edge of the surreal where social conventions are bizarre, if not improbable, and from which escape is an impossible task… The threats are not physical, but rather psychological and emotional. Sexuality and love, along with...

When Henry Roth published his debut novel Call It Sleep in 1934, it was greeted with considerable critical acclaim though, in those troubled times, lackluster sales. Only with its paperback publication thirty years later did this novel receive the recognition it deserves—--and still enjoys. Having...