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.
GG the Diary of a Space Case: Confessions of an Eighth Grade Drama Queen    by Molly Shaffer
Price: $0.99 USD. 48130 words. Published on July 28, 2010. .

Thirteen year old Gracie Garcia (better known as GG) is not the picture of popularity. She has nonexistent boobs, an even bigger butt, and is thirty-thousand feet taller than all of the boys at her school. GG is a quintessential drama queen. She craves acceptance but is met instead with disdain by Streeter Junior High School’s queen, Rebecca Stine, and her posse of pathetic posers.
A Cowboy Christmas An American Tale    by Tom Van Dyke
Price: $9.99 USD. 25680 words. Published on October 21, 2010. .

WB, not yet sixteen in 1873 when the West was young, crosses the Mississippi leaving the far shore of civilization behind. With empty pockets, a spark for life, and a wild sense of freedom, he follows his heart in an inspiring adventure of discovery, strength, character and romance. "It’s good and it moves! I've written a good 40 westerns but learned a lot from Tom." ELMORE LEONARD, Novelist.
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?
Alice in Shtuppingland    by Barrie Abalard
Price: $7.99 USD. 101880 words. Published on March 7, 2011. .

Seventies slacker Alice moves to Boston in 1977, where she quickly accumulates friends you'd expect to find on the other side of the looking glass—plus, two very fine men to warm her bed with hot and crazy Seventies shtupping. In this semi-autobiographical, coming-of-age tale, Alice finds that she doesn't always get what she wants, but, as the Rolling Stones sing, she usually gets what she needs
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.