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41 '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: 10473 | Votes: 286 | Score: 8.24
Size: 378KB | 74,806 words | Posted: Concluded:

42 Playing by Ear by Lumpy

Country Roads (1)
After spending his young life traveling with his musician father, Charlie Nelson has roots for the first time. Living with his mother in a small Appalachian town in western North Carolina, Charlie struggles to find his place in this new world, which isn't without challenges. Living in poverty, dealing with bullies, and having no friends, Charlie's new life is anything but a fairytale. If it were up to Charlie, he'd stay at home and play his guitar... but life doesn't always give us what we want
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Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: General
Tags: Coming of Age, Romance, Drama, School, Music, Rags to Riches, Baseball
Downloads: 24961 | Votes: 252 | Score: 8.23
Size: 902KB | 181,764 words | Posted: Concluded:

43 Crystal's Chandeliers by Denham Forrest

The story of the ups and downs in a young woman's life.
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Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: Romance
Tags: Coming of Age, Romance, Young Adult
Downloads: 5682 | Votes: 428 | Score: 8.20
Size: 56KB | 10,820 words | Posted:

44 No Good Deed by Lumpy

A Destiny Saga Story (5)
Caspian and his family are back and are the targets of an criminal organization that wants Caspian dead. The family must face their opponents, both new and old, while continuing the work to move their plans beyond one small Texas town.
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Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Coming of Age
Downloads: 14852 | Votes: 235 | Score: 8.19
Size: 620KB | 122,733 words | Posted: Concluded:

45 The Climbing Tree! by Denham Forrest

A Story in the Spider and Fly Universe
The first of a pair of sort-of romance stories that share a major part of the same text. The partner story will be posted very shortly.
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Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: Romance
Tags: Coming of Age, Romance, Melodrama
Downloads: 4302 | Votes: 295 | Score: 8.16
Size: 100KB | 18,907 words | Posted:

46 Fanfare by Lumpy

Country Roads (2)
Music, Baseball and Bullies. Charlie's life is busier than ever as he continues to put down roots in his community, making friends and enemies, and explore who he wants to be. Charlie decides to follow the two things he always loved when he was a kid, music and baseball. Joining the school team and forming his first band both pull him in different directions, adding to the pressures he already faced with school, bullies, making friends, and trying to become his own man.
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Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: General
Tags: Coming of Age, Romance, School, Rags to Riches, Sports, Baseball
Downloads: 18993 | Votes: 179 | Score: 8.09
Size: 1053KB | 213,283 words | Posted: Concluded:

47 The Ballad of Zachery Carson by woodmanone

A Story in the The Trilogy and More Western Universe
A young man leaves his home in Missouri just after the Civil War to make a life for himself in the West. During one adventure he lives up to the legend of a famous kinsman.
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Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: Western
Tags: Coming of Age, Drama, Western
Downloads: 11442 | Votes: 652 | Score: 8.09
Size: 140KB | 26,818 words | Posted: Concluded:

48 Runaway! by Ernest Bywater

A Rivers Region Story
A 9 year old boy's parents are killed by terrorist. He goes to live with his great grandfather until he's 16 when his great grandfather dies of cancer. His parents raise him to be free thinking and independent. His great grandfather adds to the training. David wants to stay living in the house he helped to build, but the welfare authorities won't allow it. So his great grandfather helps him to be true to himself when he runs away to stay free, and he finds a new life.- 52,200 words of action.
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Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: Action/Adventure
Tags: Coming of Age, School, Violence, Rags to Riches
Downloads: 13835 | Votes: 566 | Score: 8.08
Size: 268KB | 53,667 words | Posted: Concluded:

49 Volume III of Legacy: Black Star, Part 1 by Uruks

Fearing that he might be awakening the Berserker State, Ryan considers leaving Squad 99 so as not to endanger Eclair. Before he can make up his mind, the team is sent on two separate missions. Leon leads the others against the Space Pirates of Nirvana, while Eclair and Ryan go on a trade negotiation mission in the far reaches of space. Romance and drama abound as our heroes encounter new dangers, new friends, and new enemies.
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Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Coming of Age, Romance, Humor, Pirates, Aliens, Werewolves, Fantasy, Dragons, Dwarves, Elves, Magic
Downloads: 1801 | Votes: 20 | Score: 8.05
Size: 1317KB | 243,952 words | Posted: Concluded:

50 Dissonance by Lumpy

Country Roads (3)
Everything is going Charlie's way. He's survived his first year at public high school, has made lifelong friends, and has a brand new record deal that will, hopefully, launch his music career for real. As always seems the case, misfortune strikes whenever things are going too well. Charlie’s life is turned upside down and his future plans are put in to jeopardy when a problem from his past returns. Can Charlie keep his life together or will it all come falling down around him?
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Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: Drama
Tags: Coming of Age, School, Rags to Riches, Young Adult
Downloads: 9923 | Votes: 98 | Score: 8.05
Size: 1038KB | 210,049 words | Posted: Concluded:
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