Backup of
Coming of age novels

from the Kingston Frontenac Public Library in Kingston, Ontario.
Title Author
The Romance Reader Pearl Abraham
Cat's Eye Margaret Atwood
Punch With Judy Avi
Am I Blue? (short stories) Marion Bauer
The Beginner's Book of Dreams Elizabeth Benedict
Durable Goods Elizabeth Berg
Circle of Friends Maeve Binchy
Weetzie Bat Francesca Lia Block
Mystery Ride Robert Boswell
What's the Matter, Girl? Elizabeth Brochmann
Rubyfruit Jungle Rita Mae Brown
Before and After Rosellen Brown
The Burning Questions of Bingo Brown Betsy Byars
My Antonia Willa Cather
Bridie and Finn,  Harry Cauley
Dance On My Grave,  Aidan Chambers
Rainbow Jordan,  Alice Childress
The Heroic Life of Al Capsella Judith Clarke
Where the Lilies Bloom Vera Cleaver
Anywhere Else But Here Bruce Clements
The Ripening Seed Colette
The Road From Coorain Jill K. Conway
The Chocolate War Robert Cormier
Lizard Dennis Covington
Red Badge of Courage Stephen Crane

Engine Summer

John Crowley
Staying Fat For Sarah Byrnes Chris Crutcher
Boy Roald Dahl
Fifth Business Robertson Davies
The Village By the Sea Anita Desai
Great Expectations Charles Dickens
An American Childhood Annie Dillard
Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha Roddy Doyle
Blowfish Live in the Sea Paula Fox
The Summer After the Funeral ane Gardam

Red Shift

Alan Garner
Lord of the Flies William Golding
The Dead of the House Hannah Green
Summer of My German Soldier Bette Greene
The Day I Became an Autodidactic Kendall Hailey
Gently Touch the Milkweed Lynn Hall
Plain City Virginia Hamilton
Summer of the Wild Rose Rosemary Harris
Citizen of the Galaxy Robert Heinlein
The Outsiders S.E. Hinton
Love Hurts (short stories) ed. Miriam Hodgson
Seventh Heaven Alice Hoffmann
Saying Good-bye (short stories) Linda Holeman
Slake's Limbo Felice Holman
The Elizabeth Stories (short stories) Isabel Huggan
Rich in Love Josephine Humphreys
A Sound of Chariots Mollie Hunter
A Certain Mr. Takahashi Ann Ireland
Hero of Lesser Causes Julie Johnston
The Image Game Norma Johnston
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man James Joyce
Gentlehands M.E. Kerr
Annie John Jamaica Kincaid
A Separate Peace John Knowles
Obasan Joy Kogawa
Losing Joe's Place Gordon Korman
A Ring of Endless Light Madeleine L'Engle
Pageant Kathryn Lasky
A Bird in the House (short stories) Margaret Laurence
Sarah Phillips Andrea Lee
To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee
A Wizard of Earthsea Ursula LeGuin

Martha Quest

Doris Lessing
Three Friends Myron Levoy
The Flight of the Cassowary John LeVert
Homework Margot Livesey
The Road Ahead Lois Lowry
The Facts and Fictions of  Minna Pratt Patricia MacLachlan
Thirty-six Exposures Kevin Major
In Country Bobbie Ann Mason

A Game of Dark

William Mayne
Downtown Norma Mazer
Ferris Beach Jill McCorkle
Member of the Wedding Carson McCullers
At Weddings and Wakes Alice McDermott
Boys Like Us Peter McGehee
Sound-Shadows of the New World Ved Mehta
Enchantment Daphne Merkin
Who Has Seen the Wind W.O. Mitchell
Who Will Run the Frog Hospital? Lorrie Moore

Shizuko's Daughter

Kyoko Mori
Lives of Girls and Women (short stories) Alice Munro
Who's Hu Lensey Namioka
The Beggars' Ride Theresa Nelson
In Summer Light Zibby Oneal
My Father's Glory Marcel Pagnol
Patron Saint of Liars Ann Patchett
Jacob Have I Loved Katherine Paterson
The Crossing Gary Paulsen
Remembering the Good Times Richard Peck
Pennington Kathleen Peyton
About David Susan Beth Pfeffer
Freak the Mighty W.R. Philbrick
Harriet's Daughter Marlene Nourbese Philip
Shelter Jayne Anne Phillips
A Tide Flowing Joan Phipson
Young Adults Manus Pinkwater
The Bell Jar Sylvia Plath
The Chosen Chaim Potok
The Tongues of Angels Reynolds Price
Object Lessons Anna Quindlen

The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz

>Mordecai Richler
Housekeeping Marilynne Robinson
Circle of Light Eliane Roe
Tin Flute Gabrielle Roy
The Fat Girl Marilyn Sachs
Living in Secret Cristina Salat
The Catcher in the Rye J.D. Salinger
Hank James Sauer
A Hand Full of Stars Rafik Schami
Anywhere But Here Mona Simpson
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Betty Smith
Shabanu, Daughter of the Wind Suzanne Staples
More To Life Than Mr. Right (short stories) ed. Rosemary Stones
Marine Life by Linda Svendsen
Iona Moon by Melanie Rae Thon
The Adrian Mole Diaries Sue Townsend
The Adventures of Hucklebery Finn Mark Twain
A Solitary Blue Cynthia Voigt
Frost in May Antonia White
Bad Boy Diana Wieler
Finding David Dolores Margaret Willey
The Leaving and Other Stories (short stories) Budge Wilson
Swamp Angel Ethel Wilson
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit Jeanette Winterson
This Boy's Life Tobias Wolf
The Chrysalids John Wyndham

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