Coming of Age

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
James Joyce traces Stephen Dedalus from childhood to artistic self-assertion in a modern novel of language, conscience, faith, and ambition.
$9.50

Summer
The novel follows a young woman's experiences and relationships over the course of one summer season.
$6.50

Martin Eden
Jack London’s ambitious novelist-hero climbs through class aspiration, self-education, romantic idealism, and social disillusion in a fierce modern classic of literary ambition.
$8.00

Kim
Rudyard Kipling’s great picaresque follows Kimball O’Hara across colonial India through espionage, spiritual quest, railway movement, and a world alive with competing loyalties.
$8.50

Captains Courageous
Rudyard Kipling turns a boy-overboard rescue into a sea-going coming-of-age novel about labor, discipline, pride, and earned self-respect aboard a North Atlantic fishing schooner.
$7.50

David Copperfield
David Copperfield follows the experiences of its title character from childhood through education, employment, and personal relationships in Victorian England.
$10.50

Northanger Abbey
Jane Austen’s playful satire of Gothic fiction, following Catherine Morland from naïve fantasy toward sharper judgment.
$7.50

Zami: A New Spelling of My Name
Audre Lorde's 'biomythography' blending poetry, history, and memoir about growing up Black and lesbian.
$15.95

The Adventures of Pinocchio
A wooden puppet’s journey from mischievous marionette to real boy is a darkly enchanting tale of folly, transformation, and the cost of growing up.
$7.00

Treasure Island
A boy’s adventure becomes a brutal education in deception when a pirate’s map leads to mutiny, buried gold, and the unforgettable Long John Silver.
$5.00

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Huck Finn flees his abusive father and joins Jim, a runaway slave, on a raft down the Mississippi.
$5.00

Great Expectations
A misty marshland, a mysterious benefactor, and a boy’s dizzying ascent into a world of wealth and illusion.
$8.00







