Books tagged with Coming of Age
Flossie's Revenge
by Lubrican
Categories: Fiction » Coming of Age
It was 1960, in the segregated South, and Flossie found herself in a situation where, quite unintentionally, she advanced the cause of integration in her one room school house by twenty years. The town banker was determined to ruin her life, while forbidden love entangled both her and her students in its color-blind tentacles.
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Tumblr Sister
by Lubrican
Categories: Fiction » Coming of Age
My sister had a posse of cheerleader friends who slept over at our house frequently. I saw the flashes of light under her door as cameras were used. Then I found some of those pictures online. Pictures of them naked. I was going to confront them. I was getting ready to do that when they barged into my room. My sister's naked picture was right there on the screen. Then things got weird.
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The Orphanage Blues
by Lubrican
Categories: Fiction » Coming of Age
A troubled orphan boy is punished by being sent to the Dante's Inferno of orphanages, but a glitch in the paperwork lands him in a place full of love and concern for his welfare. It changes his life completely, and that of the women who run the small orphanage in Mid America during WW II.
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The Last Wish Blues
by Lubrican
Categories: Fiction » Coming of Age
Brenda was offered one last wish, before the tumor in her head killed her - the chance to do something fun, and to forget her disease, if only for a few days. She made her choice, and it seemed reasonable. But wishes have a way of changing, and, when hers changed, it also changed what was left of her life forever.
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Dad's Dating Advice
by Lubrican
Categories: Fiction » Coming of Age
Bob thought triple dating would keep his kids from exploring too much, sexually. And it worked well the first few times they all went on dates together in the family van. But then it didn't work and Bob felt like he needed to teach them how strong the sex urge could be. The problem was, he'd had too much Scotch on an empty stomach and things got kind of out of control.
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A Farmer's Life
by Ernest Bywater
Categories: Fiction » Coming of Age
Farmers live their lives are ruled by the land they work and the cycles of nature. James is the son of a farmer who's orphaned by a bushfire. He continues to live with his father's old boss, but knows he has to make his own way in life after school. Life has it's ups and downs, and many challenges for James. He leaves the farm for the Army, but ends up back on a farm.
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Runaway!
by Ernest Bywater
Categories: Fiction » Coming of Age
A 9 year old boy's family are killed and he lives with his great grandfather until the man dies when he's 16. His parents raise him to be free thinking and independent. His great grandfather adds to. The welfare authorities won't let David live in the house he helped to build. So his great grandfather helps him to be true to himself when he runs away to stay free, and find a new life. 54,900 words
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Mack
by Ernest Bywater
Categories: Fiction » Coming of Age
A young man with a unique heritage that guides his destiny has to deal with many hard issues starting with the murder of his father while 10 years of age. We follow his life for the next decade while he works to survive, protect his heritage, and fight the man he holds responsible for his father's death. He's more than what he seems, and strives to meet all his responsibilities.
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Interesting Times
by Ernest Bywater
Categories: Fiction » Coming of Age
They say the Chinese have a curse - May you live in interesting times. A 15 year old boy has a major change of lifestyle forced on him. We follow along while he adjusts to the changes. However, he lives in interesting times and he must deal with them as well as rising to the challengers presented to him. Through all this his true nature shows and he changes the lives of many others.
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Survivor: Moving On
by Ernest Bywater
Categories: Fiction » Coming of Age
Pat has survived life on the ranch and high school, but it's now time to go to university. He has lots of plans and intentions when he leaves home, but life and events change some of them for him. Life away from the ranch exposes Pat to a lot of different problems and dangers which he must steer a safe course through. It's time for him to move on with his life, and he does.
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Survivor
by Ernest Bywater
Categories: Fiction » Coming of Age
A 10 year old boy survives a car crash where his family is killed. He goes to live on his maternal grandfather's ranch on the Texas / Mexican border with some of his retired Army buddies. But life there has some serious issues due to drug smugglers being angry about having their shipments destroyed by those at the ranch. Pat grows up fast while learning to be quick and accurate with a gun.
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Star Performance
by Ernest Bywater
Categories: Fiction » Coming of Age
Sixteen year old Hal Smith is a quiet, unassuming, teen boy with a bad knee and no dreams. Taught to help people, he does; without thinking before acting. In Year Ten in a new city and school, it's a year of living in interesting times as he's often in the wrong place at the wrong time, doing the right thing. Events happen to him, and he shapes them to the advantage of his friends and himself.
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