Books tagged: coming of age

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The Yo-Yo String    by Bette Nunn
Price: $5.99 USD. 43470 words. Published by Fideli Publishing on June 4, 2010. .

This story concerns the tragedies that befall young Annie when her parents separate and her father remarries a witchy wife. Annie runs with a rough crowd, takes drugs, smokes pot and gets pregnant. She marries the father, divorces him. Spiraling down in self-pity she eventually lands in jail. Hitting rock bottom lets her see a way to turn her life around and find happiness, but it doesn’t last.
Our Lady of the Lowriders    by Doug Lambeth
Price: $2.99 USD. 161480 words. Published on June 4, 2010. .

Roger Donnelly's best friend says that Jesus and the Virgin Mary have started talking to him. Jesse Montoya is Roger's all-time best pal, and he swears he's having visions and can work miracles. Roger has stood by Jesse since the first grade, but as time passes and Jesse insists his mysticism is real, Roger reluctantly gets dragged into Jesse's weird world of Catholic dreams and maybe-miracles.
Napkin Poetry    by Broken Publications 
Price: $0.99 USD. 9640 words. Published on June 9, 2010. .

"My hands are loosely resting On a large brown steering wheel. There is loud, Sensually rhythmic music Pounding from my speakers. I am alone." - [A Drive In The Dark] ... "Picking Shards of glass From a Broken picture frame I am reminded Of myself" - [Nervous Laughter] ... "He said, She said, The wall said nothing In reply to all their Nothing." [In Reply To Nothing]
Twenty-Somewhere    by Kristan Hoffman
Price: $1.99 USD. 51780 words. Published on June 15, 2010. .

Winner of St. Martin's Press "New Adult" Contest • Originally 40 "webisodes," Twenty-Somewhere is the fast-paced, heartfelt story of 3 best friends as they tackle love and life in their 20s. But as their relationships sour, their careers sputter, and a few too many ethical dilemmas arise, the girls turn to the one thing they can always count on: each other. And even that will be put to the test.
A Time Before Me    by Michael Holloway Perronne
Price: $4.99 USD. 65250 words. Published by Chances Press, LLC  on June 20, 2010. .

In this poignant coming-of-age novel, a gay teen struggles to find his identity in the contrasting worlds of rural Mississippi and the big city of New Orleans. "Debut novelist Perronne presents a believeable and engaging cast of characters in this quiet tale of self-realization. -- Kirkus Discoveries Reviews, Jan. 2007" "A must own for fans of gay fiction." -- GayWired.com, Jan. 2006
Relatively Famous    by Jessica Park
Price: $2.99 USD. 52630 words. Published on June 22, 2010. .

Meet Dani McKinley: A typical teen, whose world is rocked when she finds out that her father is a famous Hollywood action star. Now meet Mark Ocean: A self-serving actor with a floundering career, who sees that a daughter is just what he needs to reinvent his image. When the two spend the summer together, they must not only wrangle their own love lives, but try to become father and daughter.
Outrunning Crazy    by Deborah Kimmett
You set the price! 92400 words. Published on June 24, 2010. .

Tammy Babcock’s life is like a bad country and western song. The men have left. The dog has died. And people keep getting born again. No matter where you go you can't outrun crazy.
Growing Pains of the Dead    by Dean Wesley Smith
Price: $0.99 USD. 3280 words. Published by WMG Publishing  on July 4, 2010. .

Growing up is a universal desire of all kids, even those who died at the age of fourteen. Set in the primative area of Idaho, “Growing Pains of the Dead” tells a gentle ghost story of a young boy named Mathew who finally gets a chance to grow up one hundred years after he died.
Superfoot    by Janet Gingold
Price: $5.99 USD. 66870 words. Published on July 7, 2010. .

Adam Clarke just wants to play soccer. But since a leg injury left him lopsided, he can’t run. He can’t even breathe. His parents think he’s impossible, his sisters think he’s pathetic, his classmates think he’s a joke. Stuck in the slow lane with his grandfather, he makes unexpected discoveries. What he learns by putting himself in other people's shoes gets him back in the game.
Mendacities    by George Berger
Price: $2.95 USD. 66080 words. Published on July 8, 2010. .

Decades ago, people used to ask, what if they held a war and nobody came? Mendacities, a gently dystopian adventure novel, explores a slightly different take on this idea. What if there never was a war, but the state-controlled media said otherwise? And what if three relatively unusual high-school students accidentally uncovered such a decade-old deception?