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On the eve of her ninth birthday, unassuming Rose Edelstein, a girl at the periphery of schoolyard games and her distracted parents' attention, bites ... More

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IN THE AUTUMN of his days, a distinguished privy councillor contemplates his past, looking back at the key moments of his life. A reluctant and ... More

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An innocent little girl. A phenomenal fortune. A mother like no other. Ten-year old Bettina and her mother, Babs, are heiresses to one of America's ... More

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James Baker Hall's blackly comic coming-of-age novel has been denied, by unfortunate circumstances surrounding its original 1964 publication, its ... More

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Thomas Penman is enduring a very bad adolescence. Growing up in dark, dingy 1950s England, Thomas has problems. These include an unspeakable personal ... More

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Even as an eleven year old I had a strong sense that the universe was setting up nasty traps for me, all sorts of really horrible ways to die in ... More

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"Things As They Are" by Paul Horgan is the story of the illusions of childhood--and how those illusions invariably shatter as we grow up. Young ... More

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From award-winning writer Mitchell comes a sinewy, meditative novel of boyhood on the cusp of adulthood and the old on the cusp of the new. "Black ... More

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Bristling at the limitations faced by a woman in rural Appalachia and fueled by the memory of her late Mama, Velva Jean pursues her dream of singing ... More

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Abandoned as a young child, Kalu, a cheeky street kid, has against all odds carved out a life for himself in rural India. In the quiet village of ... More

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The resonant story of a young woman's struggle to take charge of her own future, The Flight of Gemma Hardy is a modern take on a classic story- ... More

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A sensually charged novel about two girls growing up fast in a failing industrial town on the coast of Italy. But when their friendship suffers a ... More

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McLains debut novel, set in the summer of 1973, tells the story of an insecure and motherless teenager who falls under the dangerous spell of her ... More

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Imagine Phillip Marlowe as a teenager caught in a bizarre love triangle with a married couple.

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By the author of "Adrien Brody," the controversial Internet piece, Marie Calloway effaces the boundary between life and narrative.

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A sequel to the now-classic Ellen Foster picks up Ellen's life five years later, at 15, with a new mother, a home, a mind too large for her ... More

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Lila's problem is cancer; Gwen's is pregnancy. But different as they are, what the two waifs individually face connects them far more than their ... More

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As the surrogate bonds of a cloistered all-boys school fall into place, 15-year-old Jacob finds himself among other sons of privilege who suffer the ... More

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In the early 1950s, an eleven-year-old boy boards a huge liner bound for England - a 'castle that was to cross the sea'. At mealtimes, he is placed ... More

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My sister Greta and I were having our portrait painted by our Uncle Finn that afternoon because he knew he was dying. There's only one person who has ... More

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From "New York Times"-bestselling author Krueger comes a brilliant new novel about a young man, a small town, and murder in the summer of 1961.

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As a teenager left to raise herself, Lucy Diamond is a narrator with a radiant yet guarded heart. Conveyed through dialogue that is both laugh-aloud ... More

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A searing portrait of an adolescent's descent into violence and chaos, this novel marks a notable debut. Two people are dead after a botched burglary ... More

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Cadillac Couches is a picaresque road trip story charting the territory from the west to big city and back again. This is a quixotic tale set in the ... More

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She's not just a random homeless girl. Lorelei is street smart, elusive and manipulative. She's a survivor, always on the move. Always one step ahead ... More

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