Narrative theme: Coming of age Books

Miss Shafto is a novel written by William Edward Norris and published in 1889. The story revolves around the titular character, Miss Shafto, a young woman who is the daughter of a wealthy businessman. She is well-educated and intelligent, but also...

Fagots is a book written by Lillian F. Lewis and published in 1918. The book is a collection of poems that explore various themes including nature, love, death, and spirituality. The title of the book is derived from the French word ""fagot"" which means...

Le Geste est un roman de Charles Hacks publi����� en 1892. L'histoire se d�����roule dans la ville de Paris au XIXe si�����cle et suit les aventures d'un jeune artiste nomm����� Lucien. Lucien est un peintre ambitieux qui r������ve de devenir...

Histoires De Petite Ville Contes Et Nouvelles (1875) est un recueil de contes et de nouvelles �����crit par Charles Deulin. Le livre est compos����� de plusieurs histoires qui se d�����roulent dans une petite ville. Les personnages de ces histoires sont...

Le Roman Du Capucin (1869) est un livre �����crit par Henri Murger. L'histoire se d�����roule dans le Paris du XIXe si�����cle et suit les aventures d'un jeune homme nomm����� Rodolphe qui, apr�����s avoir �����t����� expuls����� de son �����cole,...

When Lucian Draco becomes the youngest person to ever be accepted into the Valiant Minds School of Magic, the fact that magic even exists at all is as much knowledge as he has on the subject. After a lifetime of being sheltered by his father, Lucian is...

Dive into a captivating realm of speculative wonders with this bold and imaginative collection of post-apocalyptic tales. Within these pages, you'll encounter extraordinary individuals who dare to seek a life beyond the confines of their small world,...

Will Alexander is on a journey of the heart and soul, searching for something elusive, something missing from his life-something obscured by the chaotic circumstances of his life and the mists of uncertainty. Blind to obvious truths, he is unable to see...

Since her name means “eternal life,” Zoë Rarefield is convinced she can find a way to live forever, roaming back and forth between her mother in Heaven and her friends on Earth. Zoë finds a drink recipe in an old cookbook called...

POIGNANT AND HEARTFELTTHE IDEAL NOVEL FOR A BOOK CLUBWhile wandering through the Second Chance Thrift Shop, 17-year-old Harper Warner comes across a diary tucked in a nightstand drawer. The original owner, Libby Carlson, had chronicled her "Summer of...

Jonathan Flite's fame is on the rise. Ever since the suicide bombing at his mother's press conference last summer, his alleged "past-life memories" of Minnesota's long-lost Idle County Seven have piqued the curiosity of people everywhere-including new...

Teen age, a time of change, of reflection, of charting new paths. Now, Peter Bennings, 13, can explore his own sexuality and fantasizes sexual encounters with real and imaginary girls, while struggling with his awkwardness in real-life experiences...

For the eleven years since the death of her parents, fifteen-year old Harriet Henderson and her grandfather Max have made their home into something of a haven. But Harriet is no longer a little girl. There are changes, inevitable changes, changes that...

The Cronulla riots shocked the world, but there were some who knew it was coming…  There is a simmering darkness in 15-year-old Paddy. A violent incident from his past has forced him to become invisible, but a chance encounter with Dylan King...

Damien is smart and shows an affinity with music. He finds music's lifeblood and its magic to transcend the gloominess of his room, another world far beyond the one he inhabits. Abandoned to a world of imagination a bond is formed beyond all boundaries...

The year is 1965, and Jack Timins, born and raised Catholic and educated for twelve years in Catholic schools, is going out into the big, wide, secular world. After his summer job as an assistant manager at a municipal pool, Jack is off to college...

Clem Whelan's got a problem: trapped in the suburbs in the Sunnyboy summer of 1984 he has to decide what to do with his life. Matriculation? He's more than able, but not remotely interested. Become a writer? His failed lawyer neighbour Peter encourages...

Playwright, poet, essayist, flamboyant man-about-town, Oscar Wilde pack an astonishing amount of work, genius, and controversy into two short decades, producing masterworks in every literary genre. This selection includes almost all of his short stories,...

The short works of Dostoevsky exist in the very large shadow of his astonishing longer novels, but they too are among literature's most revered works and offer keys to understanding the themes in his longer works. Contained in this volume are the short...

"This book will make you laugh and cry in public." --Larry Doyle, author of I Love You, Beth CooperJessica Anya Blau's passionate and poignant debut novel of one girl's coming of age in 1970s southern California, replete with stoners, hippies, surfers,...

"A gay coming-of-age story that's rip-roaringly funny and sympathetic."--People David Sedaris and Sandra Bernhard rolled into one, Mike Albo offers his own unique, witty, and touching tale on being young, single, and gay in today's media-obsessed culture...

It is 1992 on the east coast of Northern Australia. Rocky Scott is a quiet, gentle man who is passionate about coaching his team of young athletes to attain success, both in the game of football and life. But when he is suddenly struck down with a...

Tenth grader Barak Shelton hates school. He feels his assignments are unfair, his homework is a waste of time, and even worse yet, he hates having his mother as his teacher. The only thing that is preventing him from dropping out is his fascination with...

The book is about a man named Odin, who was an orphan and the only surviving child of his parents. Unlike his peers, he neither received parental care nor an education. He grew up with no proper livelihood, but he was not bothered so long as he had food...

GREENHILL HOUSE is set in a Residential Treatment Center mainly housing adolescent street kids who have been designated abused, neglected and/or remanded by the courts after being apprehended for criminal behavior. Their treatment, care and recreation is...

Boldo is a good place to raise a family. That's what Briscoe told Annie Mae in the 1890s when they moved back to Boldo after the Crane Wars in Coal County Tennessee. Briscoe, a well respected and much loved figure in the community of Boldo, has carried...

In an underground orphan center on an overpopulated planet, Tajen Jesmuhr dreams of freedom in a distant wilderness under an open sky. So when offered an interplanetary ecology class with offworld field trips, Taje leaps at the chance. But Taje isn't...

"Beautifully written and impeccably researched,.... the story is certain to captivate fans of both manor fiction and cozy murder mysteries, many of whom will not foresee the villainy that Stasz unveils." Kirkus ReviewsFate sends young Kenal Gundry, who...

A new short story from the mind of author Garrett Francis.Holly's mother left before her daughter had learned to walk, and now, after so many years of silence have passed, the postcard eighteen-year-old Holly holds in her hand claims her mother wants a...

The Consigliere, A Mafia Lawyer’s Quest to Choose Love Over Revenge, is a coming-of-age, family saga that digs deep into the psyche of a middle-aged man stunned with grief and regret.Meet Declan Quinn, a mafia lawyer who believes his life is...

"The innocence of childhood collides with the stark aftermath of war in this wrenching and ultimately redemptive tale of family, seemingly impossible choices, and the winding paths to destiny, which sometimes take us to places far beyond our imaginings."...

NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERNamed a book not to miss by USA Today * Chicago Sun-Times * New York Post"Deeply involving....Rings so true." -- Emma Donoghue, bestselling author of RoomFrom the international bestselling author of Secret Daughter and...

Das Wirthshaus im Spessart ist ein Roman des deutschen Schriftstellers Wilhelm Hauff, der erstmals 1880 ver������ffentlicht wurde. Die Geschichte spielt im 18. Jahrhundert und handelt von einer Gruppe von Reisenden, die in einem Wirtshaus im Spessart...

Das Skelet Im Hause: Novelle ist ein Buch von Friedrich Spielhagen, das im Jahr 1878 ver������ffentlicht wurde. Es handelt von einem jungen Mann namens Franz, der in ein Haus zieht, das von einem mysteri������sen Skelett heimgesucht wird. Franz beginnt,...

Das Liebesheim ist eine Novelle des isl�����ndischen Autors Gestur Palsson, die erstmals im Jahr 1891 ver������ffentlicht wurde. Die Geschichte handelt von einer jungen Frau namens Helga, die in einem abgelegenen Dorf in Island lebt. Helga ist verliebt...

Das Buch ""Das Heldenbuch Und Die Nibelungen"" von Karl Rosenkranz wurde im Jahr 1829 ver������ffentlicht. Es handelt sich um eine umfassende Beschreibung der Heldensagen aus dem deutschen Mittelalter, insbesondere der Nibelungensage. Rosenkranz bietet...

Das Haidedorf ist ein Roman von Adalbert Stifter, der erstmals im Jahr 1891 ver������ffentlicht wurde. Die Geschichte spielt in einem kleinen Dorf auf der ������sterreichischen Hochebene, wo die Bewohner in Einklang mit der Natur leben. Der Protagonist,...