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1	The Giver more books like this by Lois Lowry add to wishlist Set in a completely controlled, soothingly pleasant society, THE GIVER takes readers into a world free of such things as conflict, hate, and disappointment. At age 12 all residents are given their Assignment, or their adult role in the community--some are Nurturers who care for the young children, others are Laborers, still others are Doctors, and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.30! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Virgin Suicides more books like this by Jeffrey Eugenides add to wishlist An obsessive homage that begins as a detective story and ends without a solution. In a prosperous Detroit suburb during the early 1970s, all five daughters of the Lisbon family commit suicide in a succession of acts that stuns their friends as much by its incomprehensibility as its violence. One of the boys who grew up with the sisters attempts, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.07! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	The Angels of Morgan Hill more books like this by Donna VanLiere (Read by) add to wishlist The small town of Morgan Hill, Tennessee, is turned upside down in 1947 when the Turners become the only black family ever to move into the area. Nine-year-old Jane Gable first lays eyes on young Milo Turner the day that her trouble-making, alcoholic father is buried in the Morgan Falls cemetery. When the Turners begin work as sharecroppers on a ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Before Green Gables more books like this by Budge Wilson add to wishlist This remarkable and heart-warming prequel to the classic "Anne of Green Gables" has been specially authorized by L.M. Montgomery's heirs to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the publication of the original novel. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Rooftops of Tehran more books like this by Mahbod Seraji add to wishlist From a striking new talent (Sandra Dallas, author of "Tallgrass") comes an unforgettable debut novel of young love and growing up in an Iran headed toward revolution. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| SVS
6	Dreams of My Russian Summers more books like this by Andrei Makine, Geoffrey Howard (Read by) add to wishlist Winner of both the Prix Goncourt and the Prix Médicis in France, this novel concerns a young Russian émigré in France who records his grandmother's memories of her childhood in a Siberian town, and comes to the realization that the past can be transcended only by turning memory into art. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Looking for Salvation at the Dairy Queen more books like this by Susan Gregg Gilmore add to wishlist For fans of Fannie Flagg and Sheri Reynolds, here is a witty and unforgettable debut novel about a young Southern girl caught between two worlds, and coming of age in the space between them. see all copies from $2.59! new only from $2.88! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Boy's Own Story more books like this by Edmund White add to wishlist This novel revolves around a gay adolescent boy coming of age in the 1950s and is based, in part, on Edmund White's own life. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.98! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	Finding Me more books like this by Darnella Ford add to wishlist In this lyrical new novel, the witty and talented author (Zane, "New York Times"-bestselling author) of "Naked Love" delivers an unforgettable story about life, love, and finding the beauty within oneself. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.82! \| SVS
10	Torn Skirt more books like this by R Godfrey add to wishlist Sara Shaw, a disaffected teenager growing up in a commune, becomes fascinated with a girl named Justine, who introduces her to a collection of junkies and prostitutes who are even more disreputable than her slacker high school friends. When her hippie father takes off, Sara slides deeper into an abyss of failure and rebellion. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	I Love You, Beth Cooper more books like this by Larry Doyle add to wishlist A side-splittingly funny debut novel which follows the graduation night coming-of-age of a high school valedictorian who--instead of giving the usual speech--publicly confesses his eternal love for the most popular girl in school. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Farmer in the sky more books like this by Robert A Heinlein add to wishlist The Earth is crowded and food is rationed, but a colony on Ganymede, one of the moons of Jupiter, offers an escape for teenager Bill Lermer and his family. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.00! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Oystercatchers more books like this by Susan Fletcher add to wishlist This is the second novel from highly acclaimed young writer Susan Fletcher, author of the award-winning "Eve Green". Amy lies in a coma. Her older sister, Moira, comes to her in the evenings, sits beside her in a green-walled hospital room. Here, Moira confesses. She admits to her childhood selfishness which deeply hurt her family and to the self ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	A Secret Edge more books like this by Robin Reardon add to wishlist In the tradition of Bart Yates and K.M. Soehnlein comes a sexy, sensitive, coming-of-age novel from a major new talent. see all copies from $4.73! new only from $4.83! \| SVS
15 view cover	Unfeeling more books like this by Ian Holding add to wishlist Davey is in the attic when the gang comes. At sixteen, he's almost the man his father wants him to be, and almost the child he was. But something from beyond the ages keeps him above, locked in shock, as beneath him his parents are murdered and his family's farm is 'reclaimed'. The neighbouring farmers - his parents' closest friends - take him in ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.89! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	College Girl more books like this by Patricia Weitz add to wishlist A raw and resonant debut novel (Megan McCafferty) and a vivid portrait of life on a modern college campus, "College Girl" is an intensely real portrait of a character who is beautiful and ambitious but also painfully insecure. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.99! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	The Age of Orphans more books like this by Laleh Khadivi add to wishlist "The Age of Orphans" tells the heart-wrenching story of a Kurdish boy who is forced to betray his people in service of the new Iranian nation, and the tragic consequences as he grows into manhood. see all copies from $3.33! new only from $6.33! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Her Father's Daughter more books like this by Gene Stratton-Porter add to wishlist Gene Stratton-Porter (1863-1924) was an American author, amateur naturalist, wildlife photographer, and one of the earliest women to form a movie studio and production company. She wrote some of the best selling novels and well-received columns in magazines of the day. She became a wildlife photographer, specializing in the birds and moths in one ... see all copies from $4.00! new only from $11.95! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	The Summer of Naked Swim Parties more books like this by Jessica Anya Blau add to wishlist Blau presents this passionate and poignant debut novel of one girl's coming of age in 1970s Southern California, replete with stoners, hippies, surfers, and OP shorts. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Finlater more books like this by Shawn Stewart Ruff add to wishlist A coming of age love story set in racially charged Cincinnati in the 1970s. Meet Cliffy Douglas as he develops a friendship with classmate Noah Baumgarten. One Black and one Jewish they are drawn to each other at first because they are wearing identical striped shirts. Children of their time, segregated by neighborhood, skin color and opportunity, ... see all copies from $6.50! new only from $10.89! \| first editions
21 view cover	The Sixth Form more books like this by Tom Dolby add to wishlist From the acclaimed author of "The Trouble Boy" comes a sensitive coming-of-age tale and a compelling work of suspense that explores the price of innocence betrayed and the complexities of personal truth. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.59! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Andy Catlett: Early Travels more books like this by Wendell Berry add to wishlist Berry opens this latest installment of the Port William series with young Andy Catlett preparing to visit a place he'd been to many times before, though this would be an adventure he will take very seriously. Nine years old, Andy embarks on the trip by bus, alone for the first time. He decides it will be a rite of passage and his first step into ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.79! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	All about Lulu more books like this by Jonathan Evison add to wishlist Weakness has always been a concern for William Miller, but he is further weakened by his irrepressible crush on his new step-sister, Lulu. Once Lulu departs for college, Will attempts to find himself--discovering Western philosophy, a cruel dating world, and, ultimately, his true calling. see all copies from $3.17! new only from $8.78! \| signed copies \| first editions
24 view cover	The Wild Things more books like this by Dave Eggers (Read by) add to wishlist "The Wild Things" -- based very loosely on the storybook by Maurice Sendak and the screenplay cowritten with Spike Jonze -- is about the confusions of a boy, Max, making his way in a world he can't control. His father is gone, his mother is spending time with a younger boyfriend, his sister is becoming a teenager and no longer has interest in him. ... see all copies from $10.91! new only from $14.25! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	My Life at First Try more books like this by Mark Budman add to wishlist This semi-autobiographical debut novel chronicles the life of Alex, born in Siberia in 1950, and his dreams of becoming a writer and of meeting Annie, his distant American cousin. As a child, Alex observes a group of foreign tourists do something that non-drunk Soviet adults seldom do: they laugh. Alex yearns to become one of them--a free and ... see all copies from $2.00! new only from $5.38! \| first editions \| SVS

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