Posts Tagged ‘coming of age’
Marcelo in the Real World
Marcelo in the Real World
Arthur A. Levine Books, 2009
Fiction
ISBN: 0545054745
320 pages
Synopsis
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Touch
HarperTeen, 2009
Fiction
ISBN: 0061375179
272 pages
Synopsis
Something happened to fourteen-year-old Maisie Willard—something involving her three friends, all boys. But their stories don’t match, and the rumors spin out of control. Then other people get involved . . . the school, the parents, the lawyers. The incident at the back of the bus becomes the center of Maisie’s life and the talk of the school, and, horribly, it becomes news. With just a few words and a touch, the kids and their community are changed forever. …
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The Monster Variations
Delacorte Books for Young Readers, 2009
Fiction
ISBN: 0385737335
Pages
Synopsis
It’s probably the final summer that James, Willie, and Reggie will be able to hang out as best friends. Willie has been struck by a truck and loses an arm, causing him to struggle to keep up with his two friends. Also, another boy is hit with a car and killed and a curfew is enacted to keep boys safe. The story winds it way through the summer, moving from boy to boy and sometimes showing them together. Giving an expose into each young man’s life, it’s apparent that all three of them have different difficult circumstances they must overcome, not to mention that they may be caught sneaking out after the curfew to go on summer adventures. The story delves into the journey between boy and manhood and the inner demons that each of us face as we grow older. …
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The Spectacular Now
Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2008
Fiction
ISBN: 0375851798
304 pages
National Books Awards Nominee
Synopsis
Sutter Keely is the self-proclaimed master of the party. Cruising through life creating one subtle adventure after another, he is approaching the end of his senior year. Just like any world that will eventually have to change, Sutter’s becomes increasingly complicated when he decides to befriend a timid girl named Aimee. …
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My One Hundred Adventures
Schwartz & Wade, 2008
Fiction
ISBN-10: 0375845828
272 pages
Synopsis
Jane is a 12-year-old girl who is ready to have an adventurous summer, unlike all her summers before in the quiet beach town in the Northeast where she lives with her mother and three younger siblings. Hoping for something new and exciting, she wishes for one hundred adventures. Many adventures do find their way to her, some of which she loves and some she regrets. Ultimately, however, she realizes that change is inevitable, and what’s most important is not the adventure itself, but the change and growth that happens as a result. …
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Feathers
Putnam Juvenile, 2007
Fiction
ISBN-10: 0399239898
208 pages
Newberry Honor Book
Synopsis
Frannie’s life is about to change in important ways. She just doesn’t know it yet. While contemplating a famous line from an Emily Dickenson poem, “Hope is the thing with feathers,” she notices a change in her surroundings—winter emerges, her mother becomes pregnant, and, most importantly, a new boy arrives in class who looks like Jesus. Within just a few months, Frannie grows sensitive to the people around her, and the result is that she herself changes and discovers the true meaning of hope in light of Emily Dickenson’s words. …
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