Showing results for "River" in Coming of Age

But it isn’t a dream. Two strangers take Stella from her bedroom in the middle of the night and haul her off to Three Rivers, a wilderness therapy program for troubled teens.

She was only trying to help. She never meant for everything to spiral so spectacularly sideways so fast. Old acquaintances and new troubles come for Ana, Damon, and Lena. A plea for help leads to heartbreak, betrayal, and a trip back to Blue River. Ana must dig down deep and find the strength she never knew she had in order to set things right with Damon and Lena. With so many lives hanging in the balance, she can only hope that she can find her courage and strength before it is too late to save them.

Fifteen-year-old Fanny retreats into silence, shadow, and karate after a violent attack on her family. She trains in secret, keeps a low profile, and avoids everyone. But when she stops a brutal bullying incident, she’s pulled into a dangerous criminal underworld—where justice is risky, truth is slippery, and survival isn’t guaranteed.

From bestselling author Lisa Graff, this important coming-of-age story follows a thirteen-year-old with a mysterious scar on her face—and a big secret she feels pressured to keep. Fallon Little has a secret—and it’s not how she got the enormous scar that divides her face in two...

Sally and the Magic River is a magical story of a young girl coming of age and her triumph over extreme adversity. Its various scenes are meant to evoke powerful, mental images with parallels to movies such as The Wizard of Oz, Peter Pan, The Wild River, and Gravity.

Little River is a coming-of-age story about a young boy called Bean and his little brother Jack. It takes place in the '60s in a small rural community, set among the gleaming white cotton fields of northeast Arkansas. The story begins with the two young lads' obvious isolation from the world outside as they learn to create their own adventures in the only place they really know: their farm.

The secret contract Daniel accepts to hunt down a powerful and dangerous destroyer should set his career for life. But it’s a lie. Marina is not trying to destroy River’s Edge. She’s trying to save it, but is she willing to give up everything to rescue strangers?