male friendship

Amir, the son of a wealthy businessman, and Hassan, the son of a servant in Amir's household, grow up in Kabul on the eve of the Soviet invasion; however, ethnic, religious, and political tensions tear the country as well as the boys' relationship apart.

Amir and Hassan are good friends growing up together in Afghanistan but when the Soviets invade the country, Amir and his family use their wealth and influence to flee to California, but Hassan and his impoverished family, who are also a shunned ethnic minority, stay and suffer.

Huck Finn, the son of the town drunk, and Jim, an escaped slave, make a break for freedom down the vast Mississippi River on a raft.

Amir, haunted by his betrayal of Hassan, the son of his father's servant and a childhood friend, returns to Kabul as an adult after he learns Hassan has been killed, in an attempt to redeem himself by rescuing Hassan's son from a life of slavery to a Taliban official.

Paul's simple high-school life is confused by his desire for another boy who seems unattainable, until Paul's friendshelp him find the courage to pursue him.

Amir and Hassan are good friends growing up together in Afghanistan but when the Soviets invade the country, Amir and his family use their wealth and influence to flee to California, but Hassan and his impoverished family, who are also a shunned ethnic minority, stay and suffer.

Two close friends in the Salinas Valley of California dream of the time they will have enough money to buy their own farm.

Eighth-grade misfits Edwin Hanratty and his only friend, Flake, feed each other's misery and discontent until they decide the only solution is violence.

A group of African American men travel by bus from Los Angeles to Washington D.C. to attend the Million Man March, making both friends and enemies along the way.

Derf describes his classmate Jeffrey Dahmer's teenage years as a lonely oddball. Dahmer would go on to become one of the United States' most notorious serial killers.