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Once upon a river : a novel / by Campbell, Bonnie Jo,1962-;
Margo Crane, a beautiful and uncanny markswoman, takes to the Stark River after being complicit in the death of her father and embarks on an odyssey in search of her vanished mother.
Subjects: Teenage girls; Fathers; River life; Mother and daughter; Nineteen seventies; Survival; Voyages and travels; Bildungsromans.;
© 2012, c2011., W.W. Norton & Co.,
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Fangirl / by Rowell, Rainbow.;
Cath is a Simon Snow fan. Okay, the whole world is a Simon Snow fan, but for Cath, being a fan is her life--and she's really good at it. She and her twin sister, Wren, immersed themselves in the series when they were kids; it's what got them through their mother leaving. Her sister has grown away from fandom, but Cath can't let go. Now that they're going to college, Wren has told her she doesn't want to be roommates. Cath is on her own, completely outside of her comfort zone, and can't stop worrying about her dad. Can she do this?
Subjects: Young adult fiction.; Groupies; Authorship; College stories.; Twins; Sisters; Bildungsromans.; College freshmen; Fans (Persons); College students; Fan fiction; Characters and characteristics in literature; Fathers and daughters; Authorship; Sisters; Twins; Young adult fiction.;
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Daisy Fay and the miracle man / by Flagg, Fannie.;
Subjects: Pastoral fiction.; Bildungsromane.; Girls;
© 2005., Ballantine Books,
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The obituary writer / by Shreve, Porter.;
Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Young men; Journalists;
© 2000., Houghton Mifflin,
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To kill a mockingbird / by Lee, Harper.;
Conscience is instilled in Scout and Jem Finch and their father, who defends a black man accused of rape in an Alabama town.
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Bildungsromans.; Legal stories.; Fathers and daughters; Race relations; Trials (Rape); Girls;
© 1999., HarperCollins Publishers,
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Art in anime : the creative quest as theme and metaphor / by Cavallaro, Dani.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-230) , filmography and index.Preface -- 1. Cultural perspectives -- 2. The search for a language -- 3. Mythyopoeia -- 4. Performance and visuality -- Filmography -- Appendix: Japanese art periods timeline -- Bibliography -- Index."This critical study explores anime's relationship with art from a twofold perspective. Drawing from categories as varied as romance, comedy, slice of life drama, science fiction, bildungsroman, and school drama, it examines anime's representation of characters pursuing diverse artistic activities and related aesthetic visions, focusing closely on the concepts of creativity, talent, expressivity and experimentation"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Animated films; Art and motion pictures; Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.) in motion pictures.;
© 2012., McFarland & Company, Inc.,
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The old man and the sea / by Hemingway, Ernest,1899-1961.;
Story of an old fisherman's struggle against natural obstacles that hinder the catch of a huge marlin.
Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Allegories.; Fishers; Older men; Male friendship; Metaphorical tales.; Coming of age;
© 2003., Scribner,
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Whistling past the graveyard / by Crandall, Susan.;
Determined to get to Nashville to find her mother in 1963, nine-year-old spitfire Starla Claudelle runs away from her strict grandmother's Mississippi home, eventually accepting a ride from a Eula, a black woman traveling alone with a white baby.
Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Girls; Runaway children; Race relations; Friendship;
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The secret life of bees / by Kidd, Sue Monk.;
Now in paperback comes the intoxicating debut novel of "one motherless daughter's discover of ... the strange and wondrous places we find love" ("The Washington Post"). Sue Monk Kidd's ravishing work is set in South Carolina in 1964.
Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Domestic fiction.; Teenage girls; African American women; Maternal deprivation; Race relations; Beekeepers; Sisters;
© 2002, c2001., Penguin,
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The kite runner [sound recording] / by Hosseini, Khaled.;
Read by the author.Traces the unlikely friendship of a wealthy Afghan youth and a servant's son in a tale that spans the final days of Afghanistan's monarchy through the atrocities of the present day.System requirements for enhanced CD function: computer capable of reading PDF files.
Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Betrayal; Boys; Male friendship; Social classes; Audiobooks.;
© p2003., Simon & Schuster Audio,
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