Synopsis All families have secrets. Most go untold… In the summer of ‘96, Benjamin Hackett has come of age, technically. And in the midst of the celebratory hangover, his world is whipped out from under his feet. His parents have finally shared their lifelong secret with him; he’s adopted. At the age of 18, the […]
Category: coming of age
The Magician’s Workshop, Volume One Authors: Christopher Hansen, J.R. Fehr Published by: Wondertale, California Publication Date: November 8, 2016 ISBN: 1-945353-11-2 ASIN: B01MQGHGBH Genre: Coming of Age, Fantasy, Magic Ages: 12 and up. Length: 85,000 words / 290 pages Amazon * Goodreads Synopsis Everyone in the islands of O’Ceea has a magical ability: whatever they imagine […]
THE WEST TEXAS PILGRIMAGE by M.M. Wolthoff Genre: Contemporary / Coming of Age Publisher: River Grove Books Date of Publication: February 29, 2015 Number of Pages: 220 Scroll down for Giveaway! Hunter’s friend Ty survived war in the Middle East only to succumb to cancer at home. On a quest with his college buddies and […]
Spotlight – The Color of Life by Claudette Carrida Jeffrey
August 26, 2015
Women’s Fiction / Coming of Age Date Published: June 21, 2015 When 23-year-old Claire Soublet arrives in New York City to begin her new life, she has no idea that after only four days a situation will arise forcing her to return to New Orleans. Growing up mired in years of hardship and being abandoned […]
Synopsis “I found you,” whispered into my ear. “My life is crumbling away before my eyes while I do nothing to prevent it. I have visited too many funerals, for too many friends who haunt my dreams. Everybody dies eventually, right? No, everybody dies young when they befriend me. Was I born to die young? I […]
Title: Other Side of Beautiful Author: Sarah Zolton Arthur Publisher: Limitless Publishing Two years ago, Elle Dinninger left home for college and never looked back. A secret nervous breakdown and an awful family were all the incentive she needed to distance herself from her past. Despite her mother’s relentless efforts to drag her down, […]
Blog Tour Schedule Amnesty by Jo Noelle Cassie is going to heaven—if she can get amnesty from hell in the next twenty days. Her assignment is to change the eternal destination of a girl in Albuquerque to earn admittance into heaven. No sweat. But when Cassie returns to earth during her three-week, mostly-mortal assignment, her […]
Synopsis Madison Andrews can’t face her reflection in the mirror. All she sees is a big, fat nobody. Yet, deep inside she longs for something more, something that’s not skin deep. Along comes Zach, the new guy in school. He’s smoking hot and totally out of her league. She somehow catches his eye, and he […]
Spotlight: In the Company of Educated Men by Leonce Gaiter @astorandblue
November 28, 2014
Synopsis Lennie Ashland is a Harvard Graduate without a plan for the future. With the mind of a philosopher, Lennie has an unquenchable thirst for meaning; for finding his ‘place’ in the world. He and his friends embark on a soul-searching road trip which quickly leads to disaster – a fine example of how […]
Synopsis Described as “one of the best coming of age novels of the Twentieth Century,” Theodore Weesner’s modern American classic, The Car Thief is poised for a new generation to discover. It’s 1959. Sixteen year-old Alex Housman has just stolen his fourteenth car and frankly doesn’t know why. His divorced, working class father grinds […]