Coming Of Age category: 7169 books

In a few hours, Millie will say “I do” to Bump Anderson, a man who loves her through and through. But would he love her if he knew the secret she keeps? Millie’s mind is racing and there seems to be no clear line between right and wrong. Either path leads to pain, and she’ll do anything...

Speakeasies!  Gangsters!  Flappers! In 1918, Kansas City is Sin City. Forced to leave home at age fourteen, beautiful Hannah Glidden struggles to survive but with help from her childhood friend, Meg, mistress to a wealthy man and the irrepressible, flapper extraordinaire, Rosie, she thrives as a...

A surfing, boy-crazy teenager comes of age in the summer of 1957 in this classic novel that inspired both movies and television and created an American pop culture icon. “My English comp teacher Mr. Glicksberg says if you want to be a writer you have to—quote—sit on a window sill and...

Broken Angels Collection of Very Short Stories It's a collection of flash fictions. Part experimental, part interior monologue, part meditation on society, part curated from news - online and in print, sprinkled with non-fiction and scientific seasoning, this collection uncovers fear,...

He shouldn't feel anything for her. He shouldn't have let them get so close. He shouldn't have kissed her and made any sort of admission. He shouldn't call her or text her or make promises. He shouldn't want to feel her all around him either. Spiritually, mentally, morally, he was wrong. When...

Two dudes walk into a bookstore… Tristan knows he's got issues. His latest ex-girlfriend knows it too. He can't blame her for dumping him—even though she gets her brother to do it for her. Since he can't stop staring at said brother's package, he figures it's about time to put a label on...

Inspired by the real-life experiences of his grandfather, J. R. R. Tolkien, during World War I, Simon Tolkien delivers a perfectly rendered novel rife with class tension, period detail, and stirring action, ranging from the sharply divided society of northern England to the trenches of the Somme. Adam...

Sharply observed, bitter and humorous, The Long Prospect is a story of life in an Australian industrial town. Growing up neglected in a seedy boarding house, twelve-year-old Emily Lawrence befriends Max, a middle-aged scientist who encourages her to pursue her intellectual interests. Innocent...

Jim, a young British seaman, becomes first mate on the Patna, a ship full of pilgrims travelling to Mecca for the hajj. When the ship starts rapidly taking on water and disaster seems imminent, Jim joins his captain and other crew members in abandoning the ship and its passengers. A few days later,...

“GIRLS” explores the complexities of being a girl in the 1950's. The setting is a small town in Northern Maine. Fields describes the typical girls dress code, hairstyle and choice of jewelry. However, it is girl behavior that has several adolescent boys baffled. They share their theories...

Dreaming of escape from his remote village in the Himalayan foothills, Rabindra entreats the gods to send him an English bride. When a saucy English dance troupe arrives on the run from a Bombay crime boss, Rabindra believes that his prayers have been answered. Except that they have no interest in...

Jesse Austin has led a troubled life. Abandoned by his parents at a young age, Jesse chose to run with the wrong crowd and found trouble with the law.  Summer Jacobs is stuck living her mother’s dream of becoming an Olympic Figure Skater. An avid reader, Summer prefers visiting her grandfather’s...

Meet Ivan Rastofsky. Ivan wants what most boys his age want – to go to college, get a good job, marry and have kids. But in October, 1962, as the uncertainty of the Cuban Missile Crisis holds America in its grip, anti-Russian sentiment runs high at Ivan’s school. Faced with his mother’s shame...

There’s real despair in Bennett’s Corners, Ohio. It’s 1934, and The Great Depression is dragging on. That’s not to say young people don’t have their big burning ambitions, their uncontrollable urges. They do.   Will Randall’s dream is to go to the Chicago World’s Fair, to see the technological...