Coming Of Age category: 7169 books

True Love, True Art, True Inspiration: What does it take to find them?1968 was a time of Coming of Age for the world, and for a young man awakening to his Life and to his Art.Poised on the cusp of adulthood, DH feels that his life until now has been one of formless existence and vague desires—a...

**"A woman's heart-breaking journey to find dignity." ** More than a love story . . . more than a coming-of-age novel . . . Behind the Closed House chronicles the journey of a young woman whose struggles mirror those of her beloved country, Afghanistan. Zulaikha finds post-9/11...

Long-listed, Miles Franklin Literary Award, 2015, Australia. Sylvie is five. It's the 1950s and she lives in Burley Point, a fishing village south of the Coorong on Australia's wild southern coast. She worships her older brother Dunc. She tries to make sense of her brooding mother, and her...

Coming of age is difficult at any time but for young men in the late 60s it was particularly stressful. The military draft was going to be implemented by President Nixon while the Vietnam War raged on. The country had been in turmoil the past few years with events occurring that impacted the direction...

“Tilly and Elmer FlashbackX - Coming of Age in South Branch” includes the eleven short stories in the original Tilly and Elmer FlashbackX series, completely rewritten in book form. Here, Tilly and Elmer, an Iowa married couple in their 60’s, reminisce about their passionate but awkward high...

This carefully crafted ebook: “COMING OF AGE COLLECTION – Timeless Children Classics For Young Girls: Complete Elsie Dinsmore & Mildred Keith Series” is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents: Elsie Dinsmore Series Elsie Dinsmore Elsie's Holidays at Roselands...

The Warrior Trilogy takes place in a setting known as the Clan Home. It is a civilization similar to first century Rome. The story revolves around a warrior named Axiós. He grew up without his parents as they went missing when he was nine months old. Axiós is a dedicated follower of the Ancient...

"The best coming-of-age novel since 'Catcher In the Rye'..." (Literary Review Journal) HONORS *Voted to top ten list of greatest coming-of-age novels of all time. *Recommended Reading list for high school and college literature students. Stick Man is a coming-of-age story about...

"Skipped Parts is somewhere between The Catcher in the Rye and Even Cowgirls Get the Blues."-Los Angeles Times Book Review The novel that inspired the movie starring Mischa Barton and Drew Barrymore Banished to the hinterlands of Wyoming, rebellious Lydia Callahan and her thirteen-year-old...

Includes an interview featuring Dagmara Dominczyk and Adriana Trigiani A vibrant, engaging debut novel that follows the friendship of three women from their youthful days in Poland to their complicated, not-quite-successful adult lives Because of her father’s role in the Solidarity...

The children of Tigris have extraordinary telekinetic gifts—but are these special powers a blessing or a curse? On Tigris, children develop telekinesis beginning at the age of five. By the time they’re pre-teens, though, their special abilities peak, then slip away as they reach maturity....

The worlds of medicine and music collide in NOCTURNE, a novella which tells the recollections of a girl’s coming of age during the Victorian era of 1888-89 in Georgetown, Washington, D.C. The remembrances of operatic singer Amelia Prescott are heightened by a sharp wit and telling details that chronicle...

From the bestselling author of the coming of age novel, Her Teen Dream, is an exciting and powerful new young adult novel, His Teen Dream. First in a series, it explores such contemporary issues as teen romance, friendship, relocation, and dating violence. Lex Haskell, sixteen, moves to Lake...

A coming-of-age novel about race, privilege, and the struggle to rise in America, written by a former Obama campaign staffer and propelled by an exuberant, unforgettable narrator. **  “A riot of language that’s part hip-hop, part nerd boy, and part pure imagination.”—The Boston Globe** Boston,...