Reviews by Tag: coming of age

A Separate Peace is the coming-of-age chronicle of young Gene Forrester, a studious

and introverted student of Devon, an elite boys’ boarding school. His roommate is a popular,

adventurous, risk-taking athlete: Finny. With their participation in World War II just around the

corner, they savor these last days of boyhood, climbing trees and going to beaches and having

snowball fights. But in the background of their friendship a dark rivalry and jealousy lurks, and

The Catcher in the Rye is a fictional novel written by J.D. Salinger. This novel

is about a 16 year old named Holden Caufield. He gets expelled from his prep

boarding school. He is confused about how to make a way in the world. He feels

as if it is his against the world, as he struggles with his past and present, as well

as future. His parents play a major role in what he thinks about himself. He also

The Perks of Being a Wallflower is a powerful coming-of-age book told as a series of

letters from freshman in high school Charlie. He’s endured difficult experiences, and he feels

distant from his peers but yearning to participate. Through Charlie, Chbosky gives a stunning

account of the experiences of anxiety, awkwardness, and depression. He also demonstrates the

propensity of life to change and to improve, and the beauty of relationships. After Charlie begins

The House on Mango Street is a fiction novel written by Sandra Cisneros.

This novel is about Esperanza Cordero, who shares her feelings and life with the

readers through vignettes. She talks about her struggles due to the

neighborhood she is from, and the lives of people in that time, and that status.

The neighborhood she lives in is disliked by her and many others, causing her to

feel ashamed of her life. She shares her life with her parents, siblings, and friends

I'll Give You the Sun, by Jandy Nelson, is a realistic fiction coming-of-age novel about two twins as

they experience life, with and without each other.

The Outsiders by Francis Ford Coppola is a classic coming-of-age movie. In this movie,

Ponyboy finds himself caught up in the middle of a few too many conflicts. Ponyboy is a

greaser, and being a greaser isn’t easy. He knows he can depend on his brothers, Darry and

Sodapop, and the gang. He also knows not to trust the socs. When Ponyboy’s friend, Johnny,

kills a soc in self-defense, the two boys are forced to go on the run with the help of Dally. Being

The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton is a classic coming-of-age novel. In this book, Ponyboy finds himself caught

up in the middle of a few too many conflicts. Ponyboy is a greaser, and being a greaser isn’t easy. He

knows he can depend on his brothers and the gang and not to trust the socs. When Ponyboy’s friend,

Johnny, kills a soc in self-defense, the two boys are forced to run. Being a greaser means the police

There’s a certain stage in life where an individual starts to experience things that they’ve never seen before. Bodies change, brains develop, passions emerge, and new friendships are made. At the edge of all the chaos is Charlie, a boy who has just entered the strange world of high school. The Perks of Being a Wallflower follows Charlie’s expedition through the awkward teenage years, as he battles the fight between living his life and running away from it.

The Giver is a science-fiction book by Lois Lowry and is set in a futuristic society free of crime and sadness. At the age of 12, the young children of this society will be assigned jobs that they will train for and perform for the rest of their lives.  One of these children is a boy named Jonas, who is assigned the isolated job of training under the Giver, a respected yet mysterious man.