Books tagged: coming of age

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Diablo Creek    by Ted Simmons
Price: $6.00 USD. 45260 words. Published by CyPress Publications on September 23, 2010. .

Sixteen-year-old Peter Grayson and his pal Jerrod rescue a nearly drowned young Hispanic man from raging floodwaters. He refuses to give the boys any clue about the terrible place from which he’s escaped. After leaving their care, Pedro’s body is found floating in the waters of Diablo Creek. The boys’ quest for the truth leads them into a deepening spiral of danger and corruption.
Sandstorm    by Ted Simmons
Price: $6.00 USD. 40290 words. Published by CyPress Publications on September 24, 2010. .

On August 9, 1990, 16-year-old American Jeff Connors enters the lobby of a four-star hotel in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, dressed in the dishdasha of an Arab Bedouin, trying to be reunited with his father. He just survived a terror-filled week, the invasion of Kuwait by the Iraqi army. Jeff has no idea he’s been caught in the first strike of a local war that will threaten to screw up the whole world.
Cloudy Mountain - an original screenplay    by Greg Wilkerson
Price: $1.99 USD. 25610 words. Published on September 30, 2010. .

A group of boys, led by Ian McCloud, set out to find their missing friend on the mysterious mountain at the edge of their rural community. They come to find the mountain's only resident is a conniving old man with a pack of dog-like beasts at his command. Through their adventure the mountain's secrets are revealed and the boys learn of their own family connections to the old man's troubled past.
The Somersault    by Lucy Blackwell
You set the price! 980 words. Published on September 30, 2010. .

One boy finds his freedom. A short story.
TDROMC The Dirt Roads of Madison County:    by Jack Henderson
You set the price! 119460 words. Published on October 1, 2010. .

When Sgt. Justin(Brow)Tyme discovers irrefutable evidence, far behind enemy lines, that his partner and comrade in arms was not killed in action, but murdered, the complexion of the Vietnam War, for him, changes drastically. "Brow" cannot leave his partner's death unavenged. There are those who must pay, those who must talk..... but all must die! The burden of justice rests upon his shoulders.
Josh's Comet    by SP McGiff
Price: $2.99 USD. 43630 words. Published on October 3, 2010. .

Being a teenager is difficult enough, but Josh Foley was to discover that starting at a new school and getting on the wrong side of the school bullies was soon to be surpassed by even more startling events. A freak alignment of nature and the ancient Newgrange Tomb transport Josh to a strange world, where he will struggle to survive long enough to realise how much trouble he is in.
Playing the Hero    by K. E. Ireland
Price: $4.99 USD. 116540 words. Published on October 4, 2010. .

Vathion used to be a normal Gilon boy, but the day his father was assassinated, he lost everything. To save his people from the tyrannical rule of a madman he must find a way to end Gilonnia’s Civil War before word of his father’s death spreads. Vathion’s strength of will is put to the test as he struggles to maintain the loyalty of his crew and hide the truth.
One of Eleven, a true story about finding your way    by Jerry Forristal
Price: $0.99 USD. 89000 words. Published on October 5, 2010. .

One of Eleven is a raw, honest, and hilarious memoir about growing up as one of eleven children in a poor, Catholic family in the middle of nowhere Kansas. Written by the ninth, very different, and "probably adopted" child, it is an entertaining and poignant coming of age story that vividly captures Jerry Forristal's inspirational search for identity and purpose.
Dolphin Knight    by Robert T. Jeschonek
Price: $6.99 USD. 54280 words. Published on October 5, 2010. .

How can a teenage girl who’s afraid of the water become queen of a kingdom above and beneath the sea? Raised on savage Shark Island, Cryssa Seachild escapes to her true home, a tropical Camelot protected by talking dolphin knights in shining armor. A dolphin knight named Seek helps Cryssa overcome her fear of the water and forge a new destiny as queen of land and sea.
The Revised Kama Sutra: A Novel    by Richard Crasta
Price: $6.99 USD. 123700 words. Published on October 8, 2010. .

In this widely praised, "delicate and hilarious" modern comic novel about a boy growing up in India with an American Dream and an erection to match, "A Confederacy of Dunces" and "David Copperfield" meet "Catcher in the Rye" and "Portnoy's Complaint." This novel of childhood, coming of age, modern Indian manhood, and the upside-down Indian scene, was described as “very funny” by Kurt Vonnegut.