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Title: The Red Pony

Author: John Steinbeck

Narrator: Frank Muller

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 2 hours 54 minutes

Release date: June 15, 2011

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.47 of Total 19

Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 3

Genres: Coming of Age

Publisher's Summary:

John Steinbeck's masterpiece celebrates the spirit and courage of adolescence. Steinbeck draws on his memories of childhood in these stories about a boy who embodies both the rebellious spirit and the contradictory desire for acceptance of early adolescence. Unlike most coming-of-age stories, the cycle does not end with a hero 'matured' by circumstances. Reversing common interpretations, The Red Pony is imbued with a sense of loss. Jody's encounters with birth and death express a common theme in Steinbeck's fiction: They are parts of the ongoing process of life, resolving nothing.

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Title: Ten Thousand Saints

Author: Eleanor Henderson

Narrator: Steven Kaplan

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 11 hours 6 minutes

Release date: June 7, 2011

Genres: Coming of Age

Publisher's Summary:

“Eleanor Henderson is in possession of an enormous talent which she has matched up with skill, ambition, and a fierce imagination.  The resulting novel, Ten Thousand Saints, is the best thing I’ve read in a long time.” —Ann Patchett, bestselling author of Bel Canto and State of Wonder A sweeping, multigenerational drama, set against the backdrop of the raw, roaring New York City during the late 1980s, Ten Thousand Saints triumphantly heralds the arrival a remarkable new writer. Eleanor Henderson  makes a truly stunning debut with a novel that is part coming of age, part coming to terms, immediately joining the ranks of The Emperor’s Children by Claire Messud and Jonathan Lethem’s The Fortress of Solitude. Adoption, teen pregnancy, drugs, hardcore punk rock, the unbridled optimism and reckless stupidity of the young—and old—are all major elements in this heart-aching tale of the son of diehard hippies and his strange odyssey through the extremes of late 20th century youth culture.

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Title: Patterns of Love

Series: #2 of Coming to America

Author: Robin Lee Hatcher

Narrator: Pam Ward

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 9 hours 41 minutes

Release date: April 19, 2011

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 3

Genres: Coming of Age

Publisher's Summary:

My dear Beth,Though Uppsala, Iowa, takes its name from a city in my native Sweden, life here is different from what I have known. With my parents’ blessing, I have taken employment in the home of Mr. Bridger, a dairy farmer, caring for his ill mother and two young, orphaned nieces. It is most unlike me to leave home, even in a temporary manner. But the need is great and Hattie Bridger and the children are so endearing.As for Dirk Bridger, he is an unhappy man, but also loyal, hardworking, and honorable. And, I should add, quite handsome. My younger sisters were smitten the instant they saw him. Young flirts! And with beauty to match. I, on the other hand, am considered to have common sense to attend my common looks. But, friend Beth, I am afraid my heart betrays my wisdom—for I, too, long to be seen as beautiful.Not just by anyone. By Dirk Bridger.Your friend,Inga LinbergIn rural Iowa, life is both the planter and uprooter of dreams. As love, long delayed, springs to life in the heart of a young Swedish immigrant, one man struggles with his withered ambitions—and new blessings that could take their place if he would but allow them room.Patterns of Love is Book Two in the Coming to America series about women who come to America to start new lives. Set in the late 1800s and early 1900s, these novels by best-selling author Robin Lee Hatcher craft intense chemistry and conflict between the characters, lit by a glowing faith and humanity that will win your heart. Look for other books in the series at your favorite Christian bookstore.

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Title: Peony: A Novel of China

Author: Pearl S. Buck

Narrator: Kirsten Potter

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 12 hours 31 minutes

Release date: February 22, 2011

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 2

Genres: Coming of Age

Publisher's Summary:

Young Peony is sold into a rich Chinese household as a bondmaid - an awkward role in which she is more a servant, but less a daughter. As she grows into a lovely, provocative young woman, Peony falls in love with the family's only son. However, tradition forbids them to wed. How she resolves her love for him and her devotion to her adoptive family unfolds in this profound tale, based on true events in China over a century ago.

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Title: Kidnapped

Author: Robert Louis Stevenson

Narrator: Jim Weiss

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 8 hours 39 minutes

Release date: February 8, 2011

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2

Genres: Coming of Age

Publisher's Summary:

Seventeen-year-old David Balfour's villainous uncle has him kidnapped in order to steal his inheritance. David escapes only to fall into the dangerous company of rebels who are resisting British redcoats in the Scottish highlands.

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Title: The Book of Tomorrow: A Novel

Author: Cecelia Ahern

Narrator: Ali Coffey

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 8 hours 25 minutes

Release date: January 25, 2011

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 2

Genres: Coming of Age

Publisher's Summary:

“A sweet, life-affirming tale . . . with a liberal sprinkling of magic.” —Marie Claire (UK) “Filled with family secrets, intrigue, and magic aplenty.” —Booklist Bestselling author Cecelia Ahern follows The Gift and P.S. I Love You with the mesmerizing story of a teenaged girl coming face-to-face with grief, growth, and magic in the Irish countryside, after a mysterious book begins to reveal her own memories from one day in the future. Perfect for long-time fans of Ahern, as well as for younger readers coming to her for the first time, The Book of Tomorrow’s strong voice and sophisticated storytelling mark an instant new classic from this already beloved author.

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Title: The Voyage Out

Author: Virginia Woolf

Narrator: Wanda McCaddon

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 13 hours 30 minutes

Release date: December 20, 2010

Ratings: Ratings of Narrator: 2 of Total 1

Genres: Coming of Age

Publisher's Summary:

Rachel Vinrace, Virginia Woolf's first heroine, is a motherless young woman who, at twenty-four, embarks on a sea voyage with a party of other English folk to South America. Guileless, and with only a smattering of education, Rachel is taken under the wing of her aunt Helen, who wishes to teach Rachel 'how to live.' Arriving in Santa Marina, a village on the South American coast, Rachel and Helen are introduced to a group of English expatriates. Among them is the young, sensitive Terence Hewet, an aspiring writer, with whom Rachel falls in love. But theirs is ultimately a tale of doomed love, set against a chorus of other stories and other points of view, as the narrative shifts focus between its central and peripheral characters. Less formally experimental than her later novels, The Voyage Out nonetheless clearly lays bare the poetic style and innovative technique—with its multiple figures of consciousness, its detailed portraits of characters' inner lives, and its constant shifting between the quotidian and the profound—that are the signature of Woolf's fiction.

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Title: Unlocked: A Love Story

Author: Karen Kingsbury

Narrator: Roxanne Hernandez

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 10 hours 10 minutes

Release date: October 26, 2010

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 6

Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 3

Genres: Coming of Age

Publisher's Summary:

Bestselling author Karen Kingsbury reminds us that before you take a stand, you’ve got to take a chance. Despite his quiet ways and quirky behaviors, Holden Harris is very happy and socially engaged—on the inside, in a private world all his own. But Holden is an eighteen-year-old with autism. Every day he is bullied at school by kids who only see that he is very different. Ella Reynolds is part of the in-crowd. A cheerleader and star of the high school drama production, her life seems perfect. When she catches Holden listening to her rehearse for the school play, she is drawn to him . . . the way he is drawn to the music. Then Ella makes a dramatic discovery—she and Holden were best friends as children. Frustrated by the way Holden is bullied and horrified at the indifference of her peers, Ella decides to take a stand against the most privileged and popular kids at school. Including her boyfriend, Jake. Ella believes miracles can happen in the most unlikely places and that just maybe an entire community might celebrate from the sidelines. But will Holden’s praying mother, Ella, and a cast of theater kids be enough to unlock the prison that contains Holden? This time friendship, faith, and the power of a song must be strong enough to open the doors to the miracle Holden needs. This contemporary, inspirational read is a standalone novel. Book length: approximately 80,000 words. Includes a reading group guide and a letter to readers from the author.

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Title: The Good Daughters: A Novel

Author: Joyce Maynard

Narrator: Rebecca Tuttle, Joyce Maynard, Jeff Woodman

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 8 hours 59 minutes

Release date: October 12, 2010

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.4 of Total 5

Ratings of Narrator: 3.5 of Total 2

Genres: Coming of Age

Publisher's Summary:

“A story of choices and events so intimate I felt I was part of it. The novel is wrenching, the emotions radiant, and it will leave readers transformed” —Luanne Rice, author of The Deep Blue Sea for Beginners “Joyce Maynard has outdone herself in this beautifully written story you’ll find hard to put down and impossible to forget.” — Elizabeth Berg, author of The Last Time I Saw You   Bestselling author of the critically acclaimed Labor Day, Joyce Maynard now brings us The Good Daughters, a spellbinding novel about friendship, family secrets, and the strange, unexpected twists of fate that shape our lives. The story of two women born the same day in the same hospital, but raised in vastly different emotional environments, The Good Daughters is another high note in Maynard’s already distinguished writing career.

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Title: Anthropology of an American Girl: A Novel

Author: Hilary Thayer Hamann

Narrator: Rebecca Lowman

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 24 hours 54 minutes

Release date: May 25, 2010

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.67 of Total 3

Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1

Genres: Coming of Age

Publisher's Summary:

Anthropology of an American Girl is a semi-autobiographical novel. It is the story of a young woman and her culture that strives for a measure of narrative depth, detail, and objectivity. It follows its protagonist, Eveline Auerbach, as she moves through a pre-digital American landscape during the 1970s and 1980s. In the most basic respect, it is a coming of age story that prescribes a return to simplicity as the most rational and ethical response to the chaos and confusion of upward mobility.