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41 I Lived a Life by Trabant The Lion

Jeff is 82 years old. He has lived a life so complete, that on the day his wife dies, he feels no need to continue it.
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Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: Biography
Tags: Coming of Age, Romance, Drama, Violence, Tear Jerker, Aging
Downloads: 1456 | Votes: 129 | Score: 8.23
Size: 18KB | 3,588 words | Posted:

42 '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: 10754 | Votes: 294 | Score: 8.22
Size: 378KB | 74,806 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: 5738 | Votes: 431 | Score: 8.20
Size: 56KB | 10,820 words | Posted:

44 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: 4339 | Votes: 298 | Score: 8.15
Size: 100KB | 18,907 words | Posted:

45 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: 14139 | Votes: 573 | Score: 8.11
Size: 268KB | 53,667 words | Posted: Concluded:

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: 19043 | Votes: 179 | Score: 8.09
Size: 1053KB | 213,283 words | Posted: Concluded:

47 The Delta by Grumpy Old Man

There were snakes, bugs, leeches, and other pleasures to be found on walks in the delta nights.
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Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: Historical
Tags: Coming of Age, True, Military
Downloads: 885 | Votes: 71 | Score: 8.09
Size: 8KB | 1,644 words | Posted:

48 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: 11611 | Votes: 661 | Score: 8.08
Size: 140KB | 26,818 words | Posted: Concluded:

49 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: 33553 | Votes: 663 | Score: 8.07
Size: 512KB | 102,472 words | Posted: Concluded:

50 Survivor by Ernest Bywater

A Survivor Story (1)
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: 14544 | Votes: 605 | Score: 8.06
Size: 270KB | 54,465 words | Posted: Concluded:
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