Topical/Coming of Age
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Cold Nights of Childhood
$16.95 Add to cartWINNER OF THE 2023 NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE TRANSLATION PRIZE
“A profoundly moving account of desperation, exhilaration, and endurance.”–Kirkus Reviews
The Bell JarGood Morning, Midnight, by one of
- Author: Özlü, Tezer
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: May 02 2023
- ISBN10: 1945492694
- Language: English
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Once a Runner
$18.99 Add to cartThe undisputed classic of running novels and one of the most beloved sports books ever published, Once a Runner tells the story of an athlete’s dreams amid the turmoil of the 60s and the Vietnam war. … [more below]
- Author: Parker, John L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: April 06 2010
- ISBN10: 1416597891
- Language: English
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Moshi Moshi
$16.95 Add to cart“A beautiful translation . . . Yoshimoto deploys a magically Japanese light touch to emotionally and existentially tough subject matter: domestic disarray, loneliness, identity issues, lovesickness . … [more below]
- Author: Yoshimoto, Banana
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: November 14 2017
- ISBN10: 1640090150
- Language: English
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The Tobacco Wives
$27.99 Read moreMost anticipated by USA Today, W Magazine, New York Post, Parade, Bustle, Buzzfeed, Reader’s Digest, and PopSugar and named one of the best historical fiction books of the year by Cosmopolitan!
“A bea
- Author: Myers, Adele
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: March 01 2022
- ISBN10: 0063082934
- Language: English
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The Star That Always Stays
$17.99 Read moreWhen bright and spirited Norvia moves from the country to the city, she has to live by one new rule: Never let anyone know you’re Ojibwe.
Growing up on Beaver Island, Grand-p?e told Norvia stories–st- Author: Johnson, Anna Rose
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: July 12 2022
- ISBN10: 0823450406
- Language: English
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The Picture of Dorian Gray
$15.99 Add to cartWilde’s only novel, first published in 1890, is a brilliantly designed puzzle, intended to tease conventional minds with its exploration of the myriad interrelationships between art, life, and consequ
- Series: Wordsworth Collector’s Editions
- Author: Thomas, Dylan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: October 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1840228377
- Language: English
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What She Left Behind: A Haunting and Heartbreaking Story of 1920s Historical Fiction
$18.95 Add to cartIn this stunning novel, the acclaimed author of The Plum Tree merges the past and present into a haunting story about the nature of love and loyalty-and the lengths we will go to protect those who nee
- Author: Wiseman, Ellen Marie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: August 27 2019
- ISBN10: 1496730038
- Language: English
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Coming of Age in the 21st Century: Growing Up in America Today
$26.90 Add to cartFollowing in the footsteps of the highly successful Coming of Age in America and Coming of Age Around the World, this new anthology of fiction and memoir explores coming of age in the new millennium. … [more below]
- Author: Frosch, Mary
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 319
- Publish Date: October 01 2008
- ISBN10: 1595580557
- Language: English
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Days of Distraction
$16.99 Add to cart“Startlingly original and deeply moving…. Chang here establishes herself as one of the most important of the new generation of American writers.” — George Saunders
A Recommended Book From
Buzzfeed *- Author: Chang, Alexandra
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: February 16 2021
- ISBN10: 62951793
- Language: English
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The Great Gatsby
$8.00 Add to cartFor generations of enthralled readers, the mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby has come to embody all the glamour and decadence of the Roaring Twenties.
To F. Scott Fitzgerald’s bemused narrator, Nick- Series: Vintage Classics
- Author: Fitzgerald, F. Scott
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: January 05 2021
- ISBN10: 593312910
- Language: English
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The Orchardist
$18.99 Add to cart“There are echoes of John Steinbeck in this beautiful and haunting debut novel. . . . Coplin depicts the frontier landscape and the plainspoken characters who inhabit it with dazzling clarity.” — Ent
- Series: P.S.
- Author: Coplin, Amanda
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: March 05 2013
- ISBN10: 0062188518
- Language: English
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Surviving the Applewhites
$9.99 Add to cartThe side-splittingly funny Newbery Honor Book about a rebellious boy who is sent to a home-schooling program run by one family–the creative, kooky, loud, and loving Applewhites
Jake Semple is notori
- Series: Applewhites #1
- Author: Tolan, Stephanie S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: April 24 2012
- ISBN10: 0064410447
- Language: English
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From Hero to Zero
$14.99 Add to cartIn this hilarious installment of the #1 bestselling series, join lovable troublemaker Rafe Khatchadorian on a trip to London, where he deals with a bully, a secret crush, and one hilarious embarrassme… [more below]
- Series: Middle School #10
- Author: Patterson, James
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: March 05 2018
- ISBN10: 031634690X
- Language: English
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Farah Loves Mangos
$17.99 Add to cartA heartwarming story about a young girl who learns to love the unexpected and appreciate her favorite mango tree.
“Full of movement, emotion, humor, and details…warm encouragement to value the natur- Author: Sinha, Sarthak
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: April 04 2023
- ISBN10: 1838741364
- Language: English
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You, Bleeding Childhood
$17.95 Read moreNew Yorker, “The Best Books of 2023”
Italy’s great chronicler of the macabre and of growing up geeky.
Long before the latest vogue for autofiction, Michele Mari, one of Italy’s most beloved a
- Author: Mari, Michele
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: August 08 2023
- ISBN10: 1913505685
- Language: English
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Flowers in the Attic/Petals on the Wind
$15.99 Add to cartA bind-up of the first two books in V.C. Andrews’s classic Flowers in the Attic series, an international phenomenon
Read the first two books in the chilling Flowers in the Attic saga, which has been- Series: Dollanganger
- Author: Andrews, V. C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 880
- Publish Date: November 10 2009
- ISBN10: 1442403012
- Language: English
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Ohio
$19.99 Add to cart“Extraordinary…beautifully precise…[an] earnestly ambitious debut.” —The New York Times Book Review
“A wild, angry, and devastating masterpiece of a book.” –NPR “[A] descendent of the Dickensian- Author: Markley, Stephen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: June 04 2019
- ISBN10: 1501174487
- Language: English
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La Hermanita de Las Niñeras #1: La Bruja de Karen (Karen’s Witch)
$10.99 Add to cartA fresh and fun graphic novel series spin-off of The Baby-sitters Club, featuring Kristy’s little stepsister
Karen Brewer vive al lado de la Sra. Porter, quien usa vestidos largos y tiene el cabello g… [more below]
- Series: La Hermanita de las Ni?eras
- Author: Martin, Ann M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: September 01 2020
- ISBN10: 1338670131
- Language: English
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The White Boy Shuffle
$19.00 Add to cart“A bombastic coming-of-age novel….The White Boy Shuffle has the uncanny ability to make readers want to laugh and cry at the same time.”–Los Angeles Times
The first novel from National Book Critics- Author: Beatty, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: September 07 2021
- ISBN10: 1250808235
- Language: English
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Left Out
$9.99 Add to cartPerfect for fans of Mike Lupica New York Times bestselling author and former NFL player Tim Green delivers a heartwarming and inspiring story about a deaf boy’s journey to change how others see him–
- Author: Green, Tim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: September 05 2017
- ISBN10: 0062293834
- Language: English
