Coming-of-age stories are journeys. Focus is mainly on a protagonist's musings and psychological growth from childhood into adulthood.
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message 1: by Diana (new)

Diana i'm glad that there is a "clean" list because u really can't tell if a book is appropriate or not just by looking at it. sometimes with movies or music its easy to tell just by seeing or hearing a little of it, but with books u can't judge by the cover, most of the time. so yeah, i like clean lists.


message 2: by H.M. (new)

H.M. Me too.


message 3: by Amalie (new)

Amalie Me three :)


message 6: by Lobstergirl (new)

Lobstergirl I'm going to guess "The Clay Lion" at #4 is spam.


message 7: by Caroline (new)

Caroline How exactly are people defining "coming of age"? O_o


message 8: by Wolfgarr (new)

Wolfgarr Caroline wrote: "How exactly are people defining "coming of age"? O_o"

No idea... Since a bunch of these books are in no way "coming of age" books. It takes in my opinion.. The Main character actually aging from childhood to adulthood. The harry potter books for example.. By themselves have nothing to promote them in the coming of age category. Overall though he does grow up during the entire series. So i would give that a pass. Even if each book separately does not fit.


message 9: by Caroline (new)

Caroline Wolfgarr wrote: "No idea... Since a bunch of these books are in no way "coming of age" books. It takes in my opinion.. The Main character actually aging from childhood to adulthood. The harry potter books for example.. By themselves have nothing to promote them in the coming of age category. Overall though he does grow up during the entire series. So i would give that a pass. Even if each book separately does not fit."

I added a description. These Listopias need to be taken with a grain of salt--unfortunately!--although the first page is usually decent. :|


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