Coming of Age

'If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is where I was born and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that David Copperfield kind of crap, but I don't feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth.' The first of J. D. Salinger's four books to be published, The Catcher in the Rye is one of the most widely read and beloved of all contemporary American novels. 'The handbook of the adolescent heart' The New Yorker

“Available recommendation signals cluster around Human, Rights, Fiction, Historical, Coming lists, suggesting this book may fit readers looking for imaginative storytelling, atmosphere, or character-driven reflection. Treat this as discovery context, not a quality guarantee.”

Richard Branson recommended this book on his "70 must-read books" blog post.

The American classic about a young girl's comingofage at the turn of the century."A profoundly moving novel, and an honest and true one. It cuts right to the heart of life... If you miss A Tree Grows in Brooklyn you will deny yourself a rich experience... It is a poignant and deeply understanding story of childhood and family relationships. The N...

Richard Branson recommended this book on his "70 must-read books" blog post.

I Capture the Castle tells the story of seventeenyearold Cassandra Mortmain and her family, who live in notsogenteel poverty in a ramshackle old English castle. Here she strives, over six turbulent months, to hone her writing skills. She fills three notebooks with sharply funny yet poignant entries. Her journals candidly chronicle the great cha...

“Available recommendation signals cluster around Fiction, Coming, Of, Age lists, suggesting this book may fit readers looking for imaginative storytelling, atmosphere, or character-driven reflection. Treat this as discovery context, not a quality guarantee.”

“Available recommendation signals cluster around Historical, Fiction, Coming, Of, Age lists, suggesting this book may fit readers looking for imaginative storytelling, atmosphere, or character-driven reflection. Treat this as discovery context, not a quality guarantee.”

From awardwinning writer David Mitchell comes a sinewy, meditative novel of boyhood on the cusp of Adult,hood and the old on the cusp of the new.Black Swan Green tracks a single year in what is, for thirteenyearold Jason Taylor, the sleepiest village in muddiest Worcestershire in a dying Cold War England, 1982. But the thirteen chapters, each a s...

Elevenyearold Owen Meany, playing in a Little League baseball game in Gravesend, New Hampshire, hits a foul ball and kills his best friend's mother. Owen doesn't believe in accidents; he believes he is God's instrument. What happens to Owen after that 1953 foul is both extraordinary and terrifying. At moments a comic, selfdeluded victim, but in ...

On the "books read" section of Emma Watson's GoodReads profile.

An alternate cover edition for ISBN 9781616201425 can be found here.With the opening line of Silver Sparrow, "My father, James Witherspoon, is a bigamist," author Tayari Jones unveils a breathtaking story about a man's deception, a family's complicity, and the two teenage girls caught in the middle.Set in a middleclass neighborhood in Atlanta in ...

A young girl in Harlem discovers slam poetry as a way to understand her mother_x0092_s religion and her own relationship to the world. Debut novel of renowned slam poet Elizabeth Acevedo.Xiomara Batista feels unheard and unable to hide in her Harlem neighborhood. Ever since her body grew into curves, she has learned to let her fists and her fierceness do...

“Available recommendation signals cluster around Fiction, Coming, Of, Age, Fantasy lists, suggesting this book may fit readers looking for imaginative storytelling, atmosphere, or character-driven reflection. Treat this as discovery context, not a quality guarantee.”

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A Southern Living Best New Book of Winter 2019; A Refinery29 Best Book of January 2019; A Most Anticipated Book of 2019 at The Week, Huffington Post, Nylon, and Lit Hub ; An Indie Next Pick for January 2019_x0093_Ghost Wall has subtlety, wit, and the force of a rock to the head: an instant classic._x0094_ _x0097_Emma Donoghue, author of Room"A worthy match for 3 a.m...

"Poignant . . . Powerful . . . Beautifully captures the threshold experience of the new immigrant, where the past is not yet a memory." _x0097_The New York Times Book Review Acclaimed writer Julia Alvarez_x0092_s beloved first novel gives voice to four sisters as they grow up in two cultures. The García sisters_x0097_Carla, Sandra, Yolanda, and Sofía_x0097_and their famil...

Thorn Bathu was born to fight. But when she kills a boy in the training square she finds herself named a murderer.Fate places her life in the hands of the deepcunning Father Yarvi as he sets out to cross half the world in search of allies against the ruthless High King. Beside her is Brand, a young warrior who hates to kill. A failure in her eyes ...

“Available recommendation signals cluster around Historical, Fiction, Coming, Of, Age lists, suggesting this book may fit readers looking for imaginative storytelling, atmosphere, or character-driven reflection. Treat this as discovery context, not a quality guarantee.”

“Available recommendation signals cluster around Fiction, Coming, Of, Age, Teen lists, suggesting this book may fit readers looking for imaginative storytelling, atmosphere, or character-driven reflection. Treat this as discovery context, not a quality guarantee.”

“Available recommendation signals cluster around NonFiction, Relationships, Family, Fiction, Coming lists, suggesting this book may fit readers looking for imaginative storytelling, atmosphere, or character-driven reflection. Treat this as discovery context, not a quality guarantee.”

“Available recommendation signals cluster around Fiction, Coming, Of, Age, Teen lists, suggesting this book may fit readers looking for imaginative storytelling, atmosphere, or character-driven reflection. Treat this as discovery context, not a quality guarantee.”

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER One of OPRAH MAGAZINE'S "BEST BOOKS OF 2019" A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR "A spectacular novel that only this legend can pull off." Ibram X. Kendi, #1 New York Timesbestselling author of HOW TO BE AN ANTIRACIST, in The Atlantic"An exquisite tale of family legacy....The power and poetry of Woodson's writing...

A NATIONAL BESTSELLER _x0093_Exquisite and harrowing._x0094_ _x0097_ New York Times Book Review _x0093_This electrifying, gorgeously written memoir will hold you captive until the last word._x0094_ _x0097_ People NAMED A BEST FALL BOOK BY People Refinery29 Entertainment Weekly BuzzFeed NPR_x0092_s On Point Town & Country Real Simple New York Post Palm Beach Post Toronto ...