bildungsromans

Adam Pennyman, an almost-thirty man with little direction and an obsession with video games, lands a copywriting job with the company holding the film rights to Lucky Wander Boy, an obscure game from his youth, and gets up the nerve to attempt writing its screenplay.

The exciting story of the excellent youth of a young man named Amory Blain.

"A coming of age story set in historic and diverse Montreal, where a young Jewish boy dreams of a brighter future just as Jackie Robinson is making history with baseball's Montreal Royals."--Provided by publisher.

Moving back to London after four years, seventeen-year-old Vetty must navigate a summer of changing friendships and coming to terms with her bisexuality.

Told in two voices, sixteen-year-old Galliard and seventeen-year-old Stella cross paths and realize they must determine their own futures as strange events occur in Slater, Kansas, and its neighboring commune in 1977.

An illustrated retelling in which a young orphan boy in nineteenth-century England lives in the squalid surroundings of a workhouse until he becomes involved with a gang of thieves.

Story of Gregory Reeves's search for love and his attempt to reconcile his past which included poverty, neglect, war, and abusive relationships with his current strivings for success and peace of mind.

In early nineteenth-century England, an orphaned young woman accepts employment as a governess at Thornfield Hall, a country estate owned by the mysteriously remote Mr. Rochester.

A sheltered American heir to a fortune is saved from drowning by a New England fishing schooner and, living amidst the shipmen, must learn to survive on his own strength.

"Told through a series of texts and emails, ... two best friends ... head off to their first semesters of college on opposite sides of the country. But as each changes and grows into her new life, will their friendship survive the distance?"--Provided by publisher.