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31 Fanfare by Lumpy

Country Roads
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: 19462 Votes: 187 | Score: 8.94
Size: 1053KB | 213,283 words | Posted: Concluded:

32 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: 14574 Votes: 583 | Score: 8.92
Size: 268KB | 53,667 words | Posted: Concluded:

33 From the Top by Lumpy

Country Roads
After the loss of both his parents and his music career, Charlie gets a second chance when he lands a spot on a hit music competition, The Stage. But his journey of redemption is paved with heartbreak, betrayal, and ambition.
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Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: Drama
Tags: Coming of Age, Romance, Drama, Rags to Riches
Downloads: 5539 Votes: 62 | Score: 8.91
Size: 896KB | 177,622 words | Posted: Concluded:

34 Interesting Times by Ernest Bywater

A Rivers Region Story
They say the Chinese have a curse - May you live in interesting times. A 15 year old boy has a major change of lifestyle forced on him. We follow along while he adjusts to the changes. However, he lives in interesting times and he must deal with them as well as rising to the challengers presented to him. Through all this his true nature shows and he changes the lives of many others in the city of Rivers, and elsewhere. Set in Australia.
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Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: Action/Adventure
Tags: Coming of Age, Drama, Politics, Violence, Workplace, Young Adult
Downloads: 34295 Votes: 674 | Score: 8.91
Size: 512KB | 102,472 words | Posted: Concluded:

35 The Next Generation by Wes Boyd

A Spearfish Lake/Dawnwalker Story
All she ever wanted was to be normal! Her mother considered Judith to be a hopeless invalid that would have to be cared for all her life -- but then she finds a boyfriend that doesn't see her that way. With his help, she learns to be a much stronger person than anyone had ever thought she could be.
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Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: Romance
Tags: Coming of Age, Romance
Downloads: 9545 Votes: 408 | Score: 8.91
Size: 433KB | 82,973 words | Posted:

36 Children of the Light by Sea-Life

A Worlds of Light Story
The wonders of the Worlds of Light are redefined in the children of the Legion of Light.
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Age Rating: Anybody | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Coming of Age
Downloads: 8193 Votes: 367 | Score: 8.89
Size: 412KB | 76,657 words | Posted: Concluded:

37 Justice Resurrected by Celtic Bard

A Story of Titia-Lohr
When an outcast and his companion come across a village that has been razed, he unknowingly sets his foot upon the path of destiny that will take him from the haughtily civilized courts of Meikar to the wastes of the Netherlands. Stopping along the way for a betrothal he knew nothing about, encountering old friends, new friends, mentors, enemies and intrigue that seems to have gotten him in the situation in the first place, Jonar Telansson is riding towards a destiny the Gods ordained long ago.
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Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: Fantasy
Tags: Coming of Age, Politics, Violence, Cults, Military, Assassins, Travel, Fantasy, Magic, Knights, Royalty
Downloads: 28995 Votes: 620 | Score: 8.88
Size: 827KB | 149,895 words | Posted: Concluded:

38 Survivor by Ernest Bywater

A Survivor Story
A 10 year old boy survives a car crash where his family is killed. He goes to live on his maternal grandfather's ranch on the Texas / Mexican border with some of his retired Army buddies. But life there has some serious issues due to drug smugglers being angry about having their shipments destroyed by those at the ranch. Pat grows up fast while learning to be quick and accurate with a gun. - 51,400 words of adventure. / (Reviews)
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Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: Action/Adventure
Tags: Coming of Age, Crime, Violence, Rags to Riches
Downloads: 15133 Votes: 623 | Score: 8.87
Size: 270KB | 54,465 words | Posted: Concluded:

39 A Life Worth Living - a John the Genius Story (2) by PT Brainum

On the eve of turning eight years old omniscient genius John Cook begins to collect the people he needs, and starts his University education in 1985 Oklahoma. Sequel to Perfect Choices
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Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Coming of Age, Science Fiction, Time Travel, Alternate Timeline, Extra Sensory Perception
Downloads: 4189 Votes: 238 | Score: 8.86
Size: 109KB | 20,959 words | Posted:

40 Windymere Crater by UtIdArWa

A story in the Asteroid Hunters Universe
This is the story of a young man leaving family and friends on Earth for a job. He finds friends, a new family, drama, conflict, and war. He also finds love and a path to a better future.
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Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Coming of Age, Drama, Science Fiction, Near Future
Downloads: 2977 Votes: 133 | Score: 8.86
Size: 91KB | 17,067 words | Posted: Concluded:
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