Coming Of Age category: 7169 books

This is a young man's journey into higher learning, crime and self-destruction. This coming-of-age story follows Jared as he starts his college education at Wishon University. He quickly finds himself wrapped in his cousin's illegal dealings around campus and becomes caught up in the revelry and indulgence...

A smart and charming romantic comedy about a popstar and the publicist pulling his strings that Kirkus calls a "Cinderella for the modern age." Young PR star Rose Reed is thrown into the big leagues when her boss leaves town the day of the firm's meeting with Archie Fox, a young, hot, internationally...

"Chloe Aridjis’ Sea Monsters is easily her best novel. Strange, lyrical and filled with the dark wonder of youth, it is a sharp and mesmerizing book, with hints of Bolaño and Luiselli. A girl flees her happy Mexico City existence to the surreal beachside hangout of Zipolite, a zone replete...

Julie Barnes quickly draws the reader into this emotionally vivid drama, which is all the more powerful because it's based on a true story. Eight-year-old Andrea is determined to survive in her abusive home. She learns that she was adopted, beginning a journey that leads her into the depths of hell...

A spine-tingling 'coming-of-age' short story. A disfigured orphan finds strength and hope in the arms of her beloved, yet mysterious, Fairy Godmother, a self-admitted witch who uses her powers to aid the young orphan. However, is the Fairy Godmother only working her magic for the orphan girl's good, or are there darker motives at play?

A fictional journey that is truly an American adventure story. Unlikely friends challenged through fate discover personal faith. A romantic coming of age story that reminds us of the lasting value of friendship and our enduring search for grace.

Cordelia Lionheart is a different take on the story of King Lear's youngest daughter. As Cordelia's sisters and the oppressive lords maneuver to depose her father, Cordelia and her childhood friend Garred ally themselves with the farmers, servants and other working people. In this coming-of-age, alternate-history,...

"Black Diamond" is a prize winning short story by award winning writer, David Davis. It is a coming of age story about a Texas boy in the 1950's who learns about beginnings, endings, and the wheel of life at an old farmer's Black Diamond watermelon stand.This story earned a prize from Writer's Digest.

The month after the Cuban missile crisis, a teen ager on a hunting trip in the Black Hills hunts game but also learns skills necessary to deal with heavy drinkers, violent people, and different kinds of women. By turns darkly comic and sweetly tragic, this is a story for readers interested in coming of age stories, hunting stories, and American history in the Kennedy years.

"This is the story of my mother's death, my father's lighthouse, my slutty sister and the dog I betrayed." A heart-felt, at times funny, coming-of-age story set in Nova Scotia about a quirky couple who adopt a 16-year-old girl when their son, the main character, is 14.

As you read these lines, you may perhaps think back to a time when you felt that your world was falling to pieces. A time when your parents made you miserable “for your own good”. Perhaps you ached for somebody and they stood in your way. Would you believe me if I said that I had loved...

Johnny Walton’s brilliantly funny first novel is an artfully written window into 21st Century campus life. It is a coming of age story, an insight into the mind of a young college student ‘on the make’ and his inevitable falling in love.

In 1962, twelve-year-old Ellen Merrill finds herself in the midst of a revelation: the townsfolk of Hayford, Oregon live with two sets of standards--one for the Anglos and one for the Mexicans. "It was the only time I ever heard from God. 'Prejudice demands an age of accountability--how old are...

‘From Lame to Fame’ is a young adult romance/coming of age short story. (8000+ words) Joy has the world at her feet after she wins ‘Got Singing Talent?’. Having already promised her parents she would finish high school before commencing with her music career, Joy decides to keep to her promise....