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31 Elegy by Lumpy

Country Roads (4)
Charlie Nelson's life is on track. His music career is gaining momentum, he has amazing friends, a beautiful girlfriend, and he's finally gotten rid of his alcoholic father, allowing him to rebuild his relationship with his mother. Unfortunately, life can't be sunshine and roses forever. When a series of traumatic events and personal tragedy puts everything he's worked for in jeopardy, Charlie must struggle to keep it all from falling apart while staying true to himself.
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Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: Drama
Tags: Coming of Age, School, Violence, Music, Rags to Riches, Tear Jerker
Downloads: 3990 | Votes: 51 | Score: 8.45
Size: 748KB | 148,857 words | Posted: Concluded:

32 The Forest Runners by Joseph A. Altsheler

A The Young Trailers Series (2)
A Story of the Great War Trail in Early Kentucky.
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Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: Historical
Tags: Coming of Age, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 2890 | Votes: 102 | Score: 8.44
Size: 416KB | 79,921 words | Posted: Concluded:

33 Toman of the Cherokee by Pars001

A story in the Mage and Magic Universe
A mage and his grandfather on the run in ancient America. Wanted for murder Toman thought his life was over. Little did he know what laid ahead.
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Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: Fantasy
Tags: Coming of Age, Romance, Politics, Violence, War, Mystery, Assassins, Bounty Hunters, Spies, Travel, Science Fiction, Time Travel, Space, Shapeshifters, Extra Sensory Perception, Monsters, Fantasy, Magic
Downloads: 1911 | Votes: 54 | Score: 8.39
Size: 443KB | 89,542 words | Posted: Concluded:

34 Volume I of Legacy: the Ministry of Fire, Part 2 by Uruks

The continuation of the story of Legacy. Please read The Ministry of Fire, Part 1 before beginning this. Part 2 picks up right at the cliffhanger ending of Part 1. Ryan sets off to stop the war between the Ministry of Fire and Water. With the help of his friends, he confronts a corrupt nobleman called Lord Gregory who set the two Ministries against each other. However, his greatest threat comes in the form of two mysterious Goblin assassins working for Lord Gregory.
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Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Coming of Age, Romance, Assassins, Science Fiction, Space, Futuristic, Robots, Shapeshifters, Extra Sensory Perception, Supernatural, Fantasy, Dragons, Magic
Downloads: 1368 | Votes: 29 | Score: 8.32
Size: 1047KB | 194,389 words | Posted: Concluded:

35 Escape From Lexington by FantasyLover

In 1843 16-year-old Lewis Clark kills one of the two sons of Mr. Tyler, the richest man in Fayette County. He also takes the blame for killing his other son. Given Tyler's reputation as a vengeful and violent man, Lewis flees for his life. This is the story of his escape and his adventures. Another of my fantasy histories.
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Age Rating: Older than 17 | Genre: Western
Tags: Coming of Age, Historical, Western, Rags to Riches, Fantasy
Downloads: 8912 | Votes: 177 | Score: 8.30
Size: 894KB | 171,005 words | Posted: Concluded:

36 Going Home by Lumpy

You Can't Go Home Again. Henry Brewer's life has fallen to pieces. His NFL dreams disappeared years ago and now so has his life in the NYPD, along with his soon-to-be ex-wife. Forced to return to the small West Virginian town he grew up in, Henry comes face to face with his past, seeing it through the eyes of an adult. As if this wasn't hard enough, he must figure out who he is now and what he wants at the same time. Is it possible to reinvent yourself as an adult?
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Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: Drama
Tags: Coming of Age, Drama, Restart
Downloads: 11687 | Votes: 180 | Score: 8.28
Size: 606KB | 122,157 words | Posted: Concluded:

37 Through My Eyes. Again by Iskander

Will Johnstone's seventy-year-old consciousness finds itself back in his twelve-year-old body as it is about to suicide. His 'old brain' pulls back and resumes his younger self's troubled life. It is soon apparent that there are subtle differences between the world he lived in and the one he now finds himself in - and these difference accumulate. Through his friendship with Col, Will finds himself caught up in events at the edge of the Cold War. This story contains some physical child abuse.
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Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: Mystery
Tags: Coming of Age, Romance, Politics, Historical, Spies
Downloads: 6276 | Votes: 132 | Score: 8.28
Size: 619KB | 119,464 words | Posted: Concluded:

38 Mack by Ernest Bywater

A Rivers Region Story
A young man with a unique heritage that guides his destiny has to deal with many hard issues starting with the murder of his father while 10 years of age. We follow his life for the next decade while he works to survive, protect his heritage, and fight the man he holds responsible for his father's death. He's more than what he seems, and strives to meet all his responsibilities. Set in Australia.
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Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: Young Adult
Tags: Coming of Age, Drama, Politics, School, Violence, Workplace, Young Adult
Downloads: 22581 | Votes: 525 | Score: 8.28
Size: 656KB | 130,826 words | Posted: Concluded:

39 'Tinker' Taylor: Spy & Soldier by Ernest Bywater

A young man from a military background has an interesting upbringing that involves him in many things a person his age shouldn't be involved with. Told in the form of 4 books within this story Lee Taylor's first decades of life are full of action, adventure, and hard decisions. 75,000 words of action adventure.
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Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: Action/Adventure
Tags: Coming of Age, Crime, Military
Downloads: 10441 | Votes: 284 | Score: 8.27
Size: 378KB | 74,806 words | Posted: Concluded:

40 Star Performance by Ernest Bywater

16 y/o Hal Smith is a quiet, unassuming Australian teen boy with a bad knee and no dreams. Taught to help people, he does; without thinking before acting. In Year Ten in a new city and school, it's a year of living in interesting times as he's in the wrong place at the wrong time doing the right thing. He'd once dreamt of being a world athlete and had the skills to make them true, but lost them helping a stranger; and delivered a Star Performance greater than most athletes can ever do.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Young Adult
Tags: Coming of Age, Crime, Drama, School, Violence, Workplace, Rags to Riches, Young Adult
Downloads: 20230 | Votes: 873 | Score: 8.26
Size: 292KB | 58,577 words | Posted: Concluded:
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