Books tagged: coming of age story

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Baling    by Carol Hanrahan
Price: $0.99 USD. 48490 words. Published on January 12, 2010. .

Two brothers. One unforgettable summer. Nick Lawson and his brother John have been dumped for the summer with their aunt, out in the middle of the country, to bale hay. Not his idea of a great summer. But then, he never could have predicted the adventures, dangers, and romance that would unfold around him in the quiet countryside.
Memoirs of an 8th Grade Misfit    by Molly Shaffer
Price: $1.99 USD. 49190 words. Published on July 28, 2010. .

GG is an outsider who loves to dream but hates to share her secret aspirations. As the world spins around her eighth-grade year, GG deals with multiple dramas that threaten to destroy what little self-esteem she has left. Through life’s tragedies, GG discovers how to balance friendship, love and loss.
The Freel of Streel: Part One in the Narrative of John of Origin    by Ian Kraft
Price: $2.50 USD. 65650 words. Published on November 19, 2010. .

It is always advisable, when you are a conman, to make sure that the town that you're about to try to con does not have a land such as Streel hidden within it. For if it does, you may find yourself trying to escape your mind in an incomprehensible land with a left-handed scribe, being forced to deal with lexically picky ants, Kweengs, and the Freel on your journey through your fears, God and love.
Claustrum: Part Two in the Narrative of John of Origin    by Ian Kraft
Price: $2.50 USD. 61290 words. Published on January 16, 2011. .

Claustrum, a superhero with a strange power, the ability to control people with strange, elegiac mixtures of words, seemingly randomly shows up in the city of Dioma, not knowing where he came from or why he is there. The city is then beleaguered by the cruel villain Sine Animus, who is immune to Claustrum's powers over words. Claustrum flees the city and is forced to seek his own personal truth.
Shameful Innocence    by Mark Goodeill
Price: $4.99 USD. 135470 words. Published on January 23, 2011. .

All Steve wanted was to earn a little money that summer in 1969 before returning to complete his senior year of high school. By the end of that summer he had determined to commit suicide rather than live with the consequences of his actions. What type of sin must be committed that would drive a good Christian kid to choose hell over living with himself the rest of his life?
Black Hole Drive    by W. Strawn Douglas
Price: Free! 47050 words. Published on November 28, 2011. .

Black Hole Drive is my first novella in the science fiction genre. When I wrote it, I ‎thought it was the coolest thing since sliced bread. Now that I have had a chance to let ‎it mellow with age a bit, I still like it - and feel that with a little work it could be ‎rewritten as something really enjoyable.‎
Space Crazy    by K. Rowe
Price: Free! 44200 words. Published on December 24, 2011. .

The Ontarrin Galaxy is a rough and tumble place. Young Dar Meltom knows this for fact. As the half breed offspring of an unlikely joining between an Earthling male and a Satiren female, he knows about fighting. Having spent his childhood on Erotis 3 getting into fights because he was different, Dar’s only solace comes from watching the stars. He dreams to be among them someday.