Best Coming Of Age Novels - April 2024

Ask Again, Yes: A Novel

• ASIN: 1982106980
• ASIN: 1982106980
• ISBN: 1982106980
• Brand: Scribner
• Manufacturer: Scribner

The Way We Were Before: A Coming of Age Novel

It takes only one second for his life to change from top to bottom.In a small immigrant town in the 1950’s, Rico, an only child, grows up in a dysfunctional family; a mother who is always busy playing cards and a father who spends weeks at sea only to come home once or twice a month, angry and impatient. Rico feels like an orphan with parents.One day, during one of his father’s stints at home, he takes Rico to an unknown place. Rico has no clue where they are going and why, and is astonished when he is faced with another abandoned child who turns out to be his older brother. Rico finds ou... [Read More]

• ASIN: B07ST1WSLT
• ASIN: B07ST1WSLT

The Goldfinch: A Novel (Pulitzer Prize for Fiction)

A young New Yorker grieving his mother's death is pulled into a gritty underworld of art and wealth in this "extraordinary" and beloved Pulitzer Prize winner that "connects with the heart as well as the mind" (Stephen King, New York Times Book Review).Theo Decker, a 13-year-old New Yorker, miraculously survives an accident that kills his mother. Abandoned by his father, Theo is taken in by the family of a wealthy friend. Bewildered by his strange new home on Park Avenue, disturbed by schoolmates who don't know how to talk to him, and tormented above all by a longing for his mother, he clings t... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0316055441
• ASIN: 0316055441
• ISBN: 0316055441
• Brand: Back Bay Books
• Manufacturer: Back Bay Books

City of Girls: A Novel

• ASIN: 1594634734
• ASIN: 1594634734
• ISBN: 1594634734
• Brand: PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE
• Manufacturer: Riverhead Books

Coming of Age in Mississippi: The Classic Autobiography of Growing Up Poor and Black in the Rural South

The unforgettable memoir of a woman at the front lines of the civil rights movement—a harrowing account of black life in the rural South and a powerful affirmation of one person’s ability to affect change. “Anne Moody’s autobiography is an eloquent, moving testimonial to her courage.”—Chicago Tribune Born to a poor couple who were tenant farmers on a plantation in Mississippi, Anne Moody lived through some of the most dangerous days of the pre-civil rights era in the South. The week before she began high school came the news of Emmet Till’s lynching. Before then, she had “kno... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0440314887
• ASIN: 0440314887
• ISBN: 0440314887
• Manufacturer: Dell

The Girl Who Lived: A Thrilling Suspense Novel

Ten years ago, four people were brutally murdered—one girl lived. No one believes her story. The police think she's crazy. Her therapist thinks she's suicidal. Everyone else thinks she's a dangerous drunk. They're all right—but did she see the killer? Best Mystery/Thriller eBook of the Year — Independent Publisher Book Awards 2018 Winner Best Thriller — National Indie Excellence Awards 2018 Winner Best Thriller — Silver Falchion Award 2018 Finalist eBook Fiction — Indie Book Awards 2018 Silver Medal Suspense — Reader’s Favorite Book Awards 2018 Voted Most Loved Cover — ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1683993039
• ASIN: 1683993039
• ISBN: 1683993039
• Manufacturer: Greyson Media Associates

Educated: A Memoir

• ASIN: B072BLVM83
• ASIN: B072BLVM83
• Manufacturer: Random House

The Tattooist of Auschwitz: A Novel

• ASIN: 0062797158
• ASIN: 0062797158
• ISBN: 0062797158
• Manufacturer: Harper Paperbacks

It: A Novel

It: Chapter Two—now a major motion picture! Stephen King’s terrifying, classic #1 New York Times bestseller, “a landmark in American literature” (Chicago Sun-Times)—about seven adults who return to their hometown to confront a nightmare they had first stumbled on as teenagers…an evil without a name: It.Welcome to Derry, Maine. It’s a small city, a place as hauntingly familiar as your own hometown. Only in Derry the haunting is real. They were seven teenagers when they first stumbled upon the horror. Now they are grown-up men and women who have gone out into the big world to gain... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1982127791
• ASIN: 1982127791
• ISBN: 1982127791
• Brand: Scribner
• Manufacturer: Scribner

Ordinary Grace

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE 2014 EDGAR AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL WINNER OF THE 2014 DILYS AWARD A SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL BEST BOOK OF 2013 From New York Times bestselling author William Kent Krueger, a brilliant new novel about a young man, a small town, and murder in the summer of 1961.“That was it. That was all of it. A grace so ordinary there was no reason at all to remember it. Yet I have never across the forty years since it was spoken forgotten a single word.” New Bremen, Minnesota, 1961. The Twins were playing their debut season, ice-cold root beers were selling out at the so... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1451645856
• UPC: 884740901625
• ASIN: 1451645856
• ISBN: 1451645856
• Brand: Atria Books
• Manufacturer: Atria Books

Camp (A Click Graphic Novel)

Raina Telgemeier and Frazzled fans, rejoice! Author-illustrator Kayla Miller is back with Olive in this emotional and honest story about navigating new experiences, learning to step outside one’s comfort zone, and the satisfaction of blazing your own trails.Olive and Willow are happy campers!Or are they?   Olive is sure she’ll have the best time at summer camp with her friend Willow – but while Olive makes quick friends with the other campers, Willow struggles to form connections and latches on to the only person she knows – Olive. It’s s’more than Olive can handle! The stress o... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1328530825
• ASIN: 1328530825
• ISBN: 1328530825
• Manufacturer: HMH Books for Young Readers

Legend of the Star Runner: A Timmi Tobbson Adventure (Solve-Them-Yourself Mysteries for Kids 8-12)

Ages 8-12 | Chapter Book | Short Attention Spans | Video Preview Below"With the exuberance of a caper, determined protagonists, and a message steeped in family legacy, this is a splendid homage to adventure." - FOREWORD MAGAZINE - 5 out of 5 Unravel 'solve-them-yourself picture mysteries' and uncover the Legend of the Star Runner! Following the clues concealed within a centuries-old family legacy, Timmi Tobbson and his friends hope to save a dear friend. But only twenty-four hours remain to unravel the legend of a long-lost pirate ship, buried somewhere deep beneath the city streets. Unbeknown... [Read More]

• ASIN: 3963267771
• ASIN: 3963267771
• ISBN: 3963267771
• Brand: freshabooks
• Manufacturer: freshabooks

Coming of Age in America: A Multicultural Anthology

By turns touching and hilarious, Coming of Age in America gathers together writers from fifteen different ethnic groups who, through their fiction, explore the terrain we all traverse as we come of age, no matter our race, ethnicity, gender, or class.With over twenty short stories and fiction excerpts by noted authors such as Julia Alvarez and Frank Chin, Dorothy Allison and Adam Schwartz, Reginald McNight and Tobias Wolff, Coming of Age in America shows that our common experiences are more binding than our differences are divisive. Since its initial publication in 1994, Coming of Age in Ameri... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1565841476
• ASIN: 1565841476
• ISBN: 9781565841475
• Brand: New Press, The
• Manufacturer: The New Press

The Great Alone: A Novel

• ASIN: 0312577230
• ASIN: 0312577230
• ISBN: 0312577230
• Brand: St. Martin's Press
• Manufacturer: St. Martin's Press

The Girl in the Box Series, Books 1-3: Alone, Untouched and Soulless

From Million-Selling Author Robert J. Crane...Her mother is missing. A psychotic beast is stalking her. How will she escape?AloneSienna Nealon was a 17 year-old girl who had been held prisoner in her own house by her mother for twelve years. Then one day her mother vanished, and Sienna woke up to find two strange men in her home. On the run, unsure of who to turn to and discovering she possesses mysterious powers, Sienna finds herself pursued by a shadowy agency known as the Directorate and hunted by a vicious, bloodthirsty psychopath named Wolfe, each of which is determined to capture her for... [Read More]

• ASIN: B00IJYII4E
• ASIN: B00IJYII4E
• Manufacturer: Ostiagard Press

Coming of Age - eBook

Akiyoshi ‘Aero’ Kurokuma, author of the wildly popular manga, Ecos, lost his assistant when his best friend retired. After Aero collapses from exhaustion four years later, he is forced to run a contest for an

• UPC: 868214428
• Rating: 4.0

Jasmine Nights : The Classic Coming of Age Novel of Thailand in the 1960s

At twelve years old, Little Frog has a richly fantastic and sustaining innerlife. It is 1963, his parents have disappeared, and he lives with his maiden aunts, known affectionately as the Three Fates, on the

• UPC: 53386621
• Rating: 4.4

Coming of Age at the End of Days - eBook

A girl is lured into fanaticism in this psychological thriller with “stunning twists”—by the New York Times–bestselling author of Turn of Mind (San Francisco Chronicle). Never one to conform, Anna always had trouble fitting in. Earnest

• UPC: 398926233
• Rating: 2.8

The Dancers Dancing: A powerful coming-of-age novel - eBook

‘Four girls sit on rocks in the middle of the stream: a dark plump girl; a girl whose hair burgeons from her head in a mane of light; another with long white legs and short

• UPC: 444899099
• Rating: 3.8

A Coming of Age

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

• UPC: 26643499
• Rating: 3.0

Submissive to my boss 1 - eBook

Gay romance: Submissive to my boss:An exciting gay short story that will make you horny!!Carlo is a 35 years old accountant and has a wife, but one day he meets Roberto, a very tall bartender

• UPC: 461988507

Coming of Age at the End of Days

From New York Times bestselling author Alice LaPlante comes a mesmerizing novel of destruction and renewal as a headstrong young woman joins a doomsday cult only to find salvation on an unexpected journey. LaPlante's acclaimed

• UPC: 52099800
• Rating: 2.8

The Boy Who Fell to Earth: A Novel About Coming of Age - eBook

It's the dawn of the 1970s and everything is changing. The war in Vietnam is winding down. So is the Apollo Space Program. The tiny northwestern city of Spokane is about to host a World's

• UPC: 984122015

The Age of Orphans: A Novel, Khadivi, Laleh

"The Age of Orphans" tells the heart-wrenching story of a Kurdish boy who is forced to betray his people in service of the new Iranian nation, and the tragic consequences as he grows into

• UPC: 235760092
• Rating: 3.539

Warrior: Coming of Age - eBook

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

• UPC: 910326059

To Best the Boys .. NEW

• UPC: 233258851381
• Category: Nonfiction
• Price: 6 USD

It Sounded Better in My Head (4/7/2020, Paperback, Uncorrected Proof ARC)

• UPC: 383408503100
• Category: Fiction & Literature
• Price: 18 USD

It Sounded Better in My Head by Nina Kenwood: New

• UPC: 283838949707
• Category: Nonfiction
• Price: 13 USD

To Best the Boys by Mary Weber: Used

• UPC: 283624643382
• Category: Nonfiction
• Price: 3 USD

To Best the Boys by Weber, Mary

• UPC: 164027559390
• Category: Nonfiction
• Price: 10 USD

Gossip Girl Nobody Does It Better by Cecily Von Ziegesar Trade Paperback 2005

• UPC: 293532395647
• Category: Fiction & Literature
• Price: 3 USD

My SIDE of the STORY ~ Will DAVIS. 1st sc BEST coming-of-age novel NEW in MELB

• UPC: 232779097722
• Category: Fiction Books
• Price: 25 AUD

HARRIS AND ME by Gary Paulsen 1993 An ALA Best Book for Young Adults

• UPC: 133381069141
• Category: Children & YA Fiction
• Price: 1 USD

Best Friend Blues Karle Dickerson PB 1988 Impressions

• UPC: 174240123737
• Category: Children & YA Fiction
• Price: 4 USD

Best Foot Forward by Joan Bauer (2006, Paperback)

• UPC: 332955105572
• Category: Children & YA Fiction
• Price: 4 USD