Coming Of Age category: 7169 books

If youve ever used the phrase rags to riches, you owe that to Horatio Alger, Jr. (1832-1899), who popularized the idea through his fictional writings that also served as a theme for the way America viewed itself as a country. Algers works about poor boys rising to better living conditions through hard...

Voice Lessons is the story of Phoebe Hirsch, an aimless young woman who comes of age in the turbulent nineteen sixties, pursues art, music, and communal life in the seventies, and finally finds her voice as a writer as the eighties begin. Along the way, she falls in and out of love, discovers...

During Rail McClain's four carefree years in high school he majored in sports and minored in classwork. Now, as an eighteen year old he is leaving the comforts of home and venturing into college life. To say that Rail is like most other boys his age is like saying lemons and watermellons taste the...

**Age is just a number… Lolito is an unconventional love story about a fifteen-year-old boy who finds solace in the arms of a middle-aged woman on the Internet.** Fifteen-year-old Etgar Allison is spending spring break alone in an empty house, when he inadvertently learns that his...

If youve ever used the phrase rags to riches, you owe that to Horatio Alger, Jr. (1832-1899), who popularized the idea through his fictional writings that also served as a theme for the way America viewed itself as a country. Algers works about poor boys rising to better living conditions through hard...

Get ready for a wild, sexy ride! Follow along 13 arduous, confusing, wonderful years of Phillip's life as he tries to decide on his love for two men. Phillip is socially awkward, depressed, a big guy for his age, and finds making friends difficult.  Luckily, he meets Andy, who is two years younger...

Frankie’s cousin wants her to do three things this year: Lose her inhibitions Do something spectacularly stupid Fall madly in love Travelling was Frankie’s life. As the daughter of a big-name evangelist, she’s been able to feed her hunger for new sights throughout most of her teenage...

Beguiled is about every person who ever had dreams that were interrupted by cultural mores, by discrimination, or by their own shortcomings. Miriam Levine, born in 1900, dreamed of going on stage, until an almost fatal mis-step forced her to postpone her “real life.” A serendipitous offer compelled...

Can a rebellious 15-year-old girl and her 60-something strict aunt learn from each other—and learn to at least respect each other in the process? The struggle of wills between a young girl and an elderly woman is the story of Running Over Rainbows, set in 5th-century Britannia. Caylith is...

If youve ever used the phrase rags to riches, you owe that to Horatio Alger, Jr. (1832-1899), who popularized the idea through his fictional writings that also served as a theme for the way America viewed itself as a country. Algers works about poor boys rising to better living conditions through hard...

Raymond DeCapite’s second published novel, A Lost King, has been described by Kirkus Reviews as a “small masterpiece, so unique in spirit and style.” If the mood of The Coming of Fabrizze is joyous, that of A Lost King is somber. Each of DeCapite’s novels is original in its own way, perhaps...

Boredom consumes Psaras’ day to day life, despite being charged with the honor of providing for his family. When a warship crests the waters of his small isolated Greek island, he’s entranced by soldiers of Alexander the Great. Their red and brass uniforms—and especially their swords—feed...

If youve ever used the phrase rags to riches, you owe that to Horatio Alger, Jr. (1832-1899), who popularized the idea through his fictional writings that also served as a theme for the way America viewed itself as a country. Algers works about poor boys rising to better living conditions through hard...

The continuation of the Trilogy story of young Edward’s journey; the second book of the Ed’s Mono-myth Trilogy, as well as the intensive amount of events that's coming later on in the storyline… The team takes a long-winded break after the battles they’d had in the quarter-finals, but now...