Fiction, Coming Of Age
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An Unfound Door
by Nicholas Varner
In An Unfound Door, Gabe evolves from a shy, sickly loner to a thoughtful, empathetic young man as he makes his way through the turbulence of 1960s America, beginning a quest to understand the purpose of his existence and the mystery of his ...
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Concerto for Two Boys and a Dog
by T. G. Colbert
Growing up in Illinois in the 1950s and 1960s, Bob and Jeff are intimate friends who are separated at age eight by a family tragedy that breaks their world apart. Reunited in high school, they both have changed and each is afraid the other won’t ...
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A New Day Starts Tomorrow
by Marcus Daniel
A New Day Starts Tomorrow follows 13-year-old John as he navigates the perils of high school in his journey to become a man. As John looks back over the events that shaped him, he remembers the important things he learned, and his gratitude to ...
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Harley's Bootstraps
by Lois C. Henderson
Harley, named after the iconic motorcycle and the youngest of nineteen children, is dying on the vine of neglect. Anxiety wakes her before dawn each day, and she braces herself with coffee and her first smoke of the day, wading through dirty dishes ...
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Whacha Wanna Do?
Confessions Of A Mischievous Altar Boy by Gary S. Edelen
The clock ticks down to the very last minute of the very last day of seventh grade, and though it has to be the slowest clock in the entire state of Kentucky…the bell finally rings and Scott Stiles is free. Not only is there no more school, he ...
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Celtic Knot
A Clara Swift Tale by Ann Shortell
1868 Ottawa D’Arcy McGee is assassinated. As John A. Macdonald cradles his friend’s bloody head, he blames transplanted Irish terrorists: the Fenian Brotherhood. Within a day, Patrick James Whelan is arrested. After a show trial, Whelan is ...
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Veytia
by D.B. McIvor
Two species, the Brotnim and the Arzyen, have been locked in perpetual war for as long as anyone can remember. However, one day in the midst of battle, a giant breaks into their world and begins devouring everyone in its path, not to mention the ...
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Pure Blood
by Daiana Eckert
Jordon Rosser knows perfectly well who she is: a student at a nondescript, subpar community college in the microscopic town of Armado, Arizona. Jordon was sure her fantasy of a more exciting and fulfilling existence was just that, a fantasy. But ...
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The Gryphon
by Paula Grover
Born to be the next queen of the gryphons, Sunsky of the Mountains sees her whole life ahead of her but conforming to her role is another story. Although she considers taking the mighty Dreamspinner as her official king, she shuns the expectations ...
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Too Much Heaven
Volume 3: The DeLaine Reynolds Journey by SaDonna Rogers
DeLaine finds herself at home after the Christmas break with a whole new outlook. It’s the first time she can remember coming home without everything seeming so bleak. Her stepbrother Geoffrey and stepmother Clarice are nice to her, which is a ...
