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best coming of age books

musicismylife78musicismylife78 Posts: 6,116
edited May 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
What would your top picks be?
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  • Lukin66Lukin66 Posts: 3,063
    Ishmael definitely hit me....
    deep, deep blue of the morning
    gets to me every time
  • OffHeGoes29OffHeGoes29 Posts: 1,240
    Mario Puzo's "The God Father"
    BRING BACK THE WHALE
  • eyedclaareyedclaar Posts: 6,980
    Where the Red Fern Grows.

    Dammit, I just made myself cry...
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  • harmless_little_f***harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    Huckleberry Finn
    Catcher in the Rye
    Vernon God Little
    Chronicles of Narnia
    Bridge to Terabithia
    Lord of the Flies
    'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'

    - the great Sir Leo Harrison
  • failedpersephonefailedpersephone Posts: 3,424
    are you there god? It's me, Margaret.



    :p
    IF YOU WANT A PLATE OF MY BEEF SWELLINGTON, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PAY THE COVERCHARGE.
  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    David Copperfield.
  • senninsennin Posts: 2,146
    The Alchemist
  • urbanhippieurbanhippie Posts: 3,007
    Kes (a kestrel for a knave)
    A human being that was given to fly.

    Wembley 18/06/07

    If there was a reason, it was you.

    O2 Arena 18/09/09
  • urbanhippieurbanhippie Posts: 3,007
    failedpersephone wrote:
    are you there god? It's me, Margaret.



    :p
    OMG! I read that when I was 12 LOL :D
    A human being that was given to fly.

    Wembley 18/06/07

    If there was a reason, it was you.

    O2 Arena 18/09/09
  • bovy_jbovy_j Posts: 1,008
    The whole series of Goosebumps! ;)
  • nfanelnfanel Posts: 2,558
    A Tree Grows in Brooklyn - my fave book ever
  • elmerelmer Posts: 1,683
    To Kill A Mockingbird
  • mbangel10mbangel10 Posts: 548
    The S.E. Hinton books are classics.

    The Outsiders
    Rumblefish
    That Was Then, This is Now
    Tex

    The list goes on....
    Pitt 98, Pitt 00, Cleveland 03, Pitt 03, State College 03, Toledo 04, Toronto 05, Pitt 05, Cleveland 06, Pitt 06 & Chicago 07, Chicago 1&2 09, Philly 2,3,4 09, Cleveland 10, Columbus 10, Alpine Valley 1& 2 11
  • Heineken HelenHeineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    The magic faraway tree :o:)
    The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
    Verona??? it's all surmountable
    Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
    Wembley? We all believe!
    Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
    Chicago 07? And love
    What a different life
    Had I not found this love with you
  • fleahorsefleahorse Posts: 50
    the book thief
  • dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
    Angela's Ashes

    Lord of the Flies
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • Lukin66Lukin66 Posts: 3,063
    I don't know if they're coming of age books, but I read these ones at least once a year:

    Lord of the Flies
    1984
    The Stand
    His Dark Materials trilogy
    deep, deep blue of the morning
    gets to me every time
  • kh65kh65 Posts: 946
    Penthouse
    "If you're not living on the edge you're taking up too much room."

    Gambling=a taxation on stupidity.

    Remember, you can walk anywhere, as long as you have the time.

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  • dirtdirt Posts: 398
    How to Eat Fried Worms
    drive less - RIDE MORE!
  • One Song GloryOne Song Glory Posts: 710
    The Secret Garden
    The "His Dark Materials" Trilogy (Golden Compass, etc.)
    The Giver
    Harry Potter books (if that's not already obvious enough)
    Tuck Everlasting
    The Thief Lord
    The Outsiders
    2003: Toronto
    2005: Kitchener/Hamilton/Toronto
    2006: Toronto 1 & 2
    2008: Hartford/EV Toronto 1 & 2
    2009: Toronto/Philadelphia 3 & 4
    2010: Buffalo
    2011: Montreal/Toronto 1 & 2/Hamilton
    2013: London/Buffalo/Vancouver/Seattle
    2016: Toronto 1 & 2
    2022: Hamilton/Toronto
    2023: EV Seattle 1&2
  • Lukin66Lukin66 Posts: 3,063
    One Song Glory wrote:
    The "His Dark Materials" Trilogy (Golden Compass, etc.)
    nice to see this series getting some love. Too many people write it off as children's literature, which it most definitely is not.
    deep, deep blue of the morning
    gets to me every time
  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    kh65 wrote:
    Penthouse


    February 1986 US Edition. I fell in love with that centrefold woman. Or was it March. I forget now. She was blonde. That narrows it down.
  • KeiranKeiran Posts: 393
    J.D. Salinger's "The Catcher in the Rye"
    I connected with Holden Caulfield in a way I that has never again happened with another literary character.
    I wish a guy like Eddie, would like me.
  • JordyWordyJordyWordy Posts: 2,261
    Lord Of The Flies
    The Alchemist
  • HinnyHinny Posts: 1,610
    Fever Pitch
    Binary solo..000000100000111100001110
  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    stephen king's the body aka stand by me. :)
    hear my name
    take a good look
    this could be the day
    hold my hand
    lie beside me
    i just need to say
  • Heineken HelenHeineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    catefrances wrote:
    stephen king's the body aka stand by me. :)
    Oooooooooooohh... yes! I read that so many times as a kid/young teenager that I knew every word of it :o (also something to do with the fact that I was IN LOVE with River Phoenix :D )
    The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
    Verona??? it's all surmountable
    Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
    Wembley? We all believe!
    Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
    Chicago 07? And love
    What a different life
    Had I not found this love with you
  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    Heineken Helen wrote:
    Oooooooooooohh... yes! I read that so many times as a kid/young teenager that I knew every word of it :o (also something to do with the fact that I was IN LOVE with River Phoenix :D )

    oh well who wasn't. :D

    im just about to start reading it to my boy.
    hear my name
    take a good look
    this could be the day
    hold my hand
    lie beside me
    i just need to say
  • LindaLinda Posts: 1,656
    A Tale of Love and Darkness, Amos Oz
    i'm not happy yet.....
  • elmerelmer Posts: 1,683
    catefrances wrote:
    oh well who wasn't. :D

    im just about to start reading it to my boy.
    I read it in a collection of stories called Different Seasons, also had the Shawshank Redemption and Apt Pupil within which were pretty great too. I recall each of them, yet only now that I've looked it up do I see they are/were all together.
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