Synopsis Would you trust your developing years to a mysterious organization expecting a successful life in return? In the midst of the 2040s, Livvy Blunt, a girl with an unquiet mind, lives in confinement. Her home is a monastery, a place of silence and meditation created to keep her mind free from […]
Category: coming of age
Synopsis Yuki Hirano, is just out of high school when his parents enroll him, against his will, in a forestry training program in the remote mountain village of Kamusari. No phone, no internet, no shopping. Just a small, inviting community where the most common expression is “take it easy.” At first, Yuki […]
Synopsis I’m seven years old and I’ve never had a best mate. Trouble is, no one gets my jokes. And Breaks-it isn’t helping. Ha! You get it, don’t you? Brexit means everyone’s falling out and breaking up. Huxley is growing up in the suburbs of London at a time of community tensions. […]
Synopsis I’m seven years old and I’ve never had a best mate. Trouble is, no one gets my jokes. And Breaks-it isn’t helping. Ha! You get it, don’t you? Brexit means everyone’s falling out and breaking up. Huxley is growing up in the suburbs of London at a time of community tensions. […]
The Only Way Home by Jeanette Minniti Category: Adult Fiction (18 +) , 242 pages Genre: Historical Fiction, Adventure, Coming of Age Publisher: Penning Press Release date: 4/1/2021 Synopsis Desperate times. Danger on the rails. A journey to save a family. It is 1933 inside a sweltering courtroom in […]
RIVER, SING OUT BY JAMES WADE Categories: Contemporary / Literary Fiction Rural Fiction / Crime Fiction / Coming-of-Age Publisher: Blackstone Publishing Blackstone Facebook Twitter Instagram Date of Publication: June 8, 2021 Number of Pages: 315 pages “And through these ages untold, […]
The Orange Dragon Bowl Book 1 in the Julie Tyler series by Betty P. Notzon coming of age fiction; family life fiction Pages: 280 Pub Date: 10/10/2020 Synopsis Like many teenagers, Julie Tyler suffers from a few insecurities, even though she’s basically a well-adjusted, intelligent, and attractive young […]
Synopsis While rummaging through the attic, high school senior, Jack Davies, is surprised to find his never-before-seen birth certificate, revealing a startling bit of information that changes his life. The story his mother told about his birth, he discovers, is revealed to be a lie, shattering long-held beliefs and the trust he […]
RIVER, SING OUT BY JAMES WADE Categories: Contemporary / Literary Fiction Rural Fiction / Crime Fiction / Coming-of-Age Publisher: Blackstone Publishing Date of Publication: June 8, 2021 Number of Pages: 315 pages “And through these ages untold, the river did act as the lifeblood of […]
Synopsis Five friends. One dog. One river carrying a secret. When one of their friends goes missing, everything comes crashing down for the small group of childhood friends in the small town of Greenfield. Ethan takes it hard. Then he loses his dog, his only consolation. Hoping to start anew, Ethan leaves […]