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Anthony (Tony) Miglione – Protagonist of the book who is 12 (later 13) years old, the youngest of three boys. Victor (Vic) Miglione – Tony's father, who is a freelance electrician and an inventor whose invention changes their lives. Carmella Miglione – Tony's mother, who eventually goes by the name Carol, much to Tony's dismay. She ...
About a Boy is a 1998 coming of age novel written by British writer Nick Hornby, which has sold over a million copies. [1] The novel was later adapted into a feature film in 2002 and a television series in 2014.
Bones & All, novel by Camille DeAngelis (2015) [6] The Hate U Give, by Angie Thomas (2017) Boy Swallows Universe, by Trent Dalton (2018) Dear Evan Hansen: The Novel, by Val Emmich with Steven Levenson, Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (2018) [7] The Prom: The Novel, by Saundra Mitchell with Matthew Sklar, Chad Beguelin and Bob Martin (2019) [8]
A Separate Peace is a coming-of-age novel by John Knowles, published in 1959.Based on his earlier short story "Phineas", published in the May 1956 issue of Cosmopolitan, it was Knowles's first published novel and became his best-known work.
It became the subsidiary's best-selling book with 100,000 copies in print as of 2000, [20] and was included on school reading lists and gathered a cult following. [21] By 2012, the novel had been published in 16 countries in 13 languages, [ 22 ] and that same year it placed at number 16 on NPR 's list of the "100 Best-Ever Teen Novels.' [ 23 ]
Middle school is a time when kids are going through a lot of changes—physically, socially and emotionally. It’s also a particularly challenging period for parents, since tweens seek more ...
The book captures the innocent spirit of life in the 1950s, both through the playfully light storyline and the casual references to convertibles, sweaters, "meeting boys", and soda shops. Regardless, the book remains in print today because its overall theme of difficult adolescent feelings still connects with young readers.
In film, coming-of-age is a genre of teen films. Coming-of-age films focus on the psychological and moral growth or transition of a protagonist from youth to adulthood. A variant in the 2020s is the "delayed-coming-of-age film, a kind of story that acknowledges the deferred nature of 21st-century adulthood", in which young adults may still be exploring short-term relationships, living ...