Fiction, Coming Of Age
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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 ...
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Beside The River
by Wendy Fraser
Seventeen year old Maggie Hanson and her quirky English “mum” live on the edge of poverty in a small riverside mill town during the 1930’s. Maggie is admired by men around town, especially the sly and charming Victor Robertson, her best friends ...
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Thirteen Stones
Once in a New Moon, Part Two by Nancy Warren
When Graham Michelsen pulled up stakes that spring and moved his wife Emily and daughter Lois to a brand-new model satellite community called Centrewood, he believed that its unique town plan based on his ideal form, the Circle, would ensure a life ...
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Thoughts of a Fractured Soul
by Kern Carter
“Thoughts of a Fractured Soul” tells a story of family and failed potential told through the reflective voice of the main character, Corey Thomas a.k.a Ace. Through a series of non-linear digressions, some brief and some extended, Corey catalogues ...
