10 Coming-of-Age Novels that Even Holden Caulfield Would Love

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May 10, 2022 | Filed in News & Features

J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye has long been a classroom staple. These more recent titles offer narratives with similar themes, such as mental illness, family strife, and growing up.


 

J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye has long been a classroom staple. These more recent titles offer narratives with similar themes, such as mental illness, family strife, and growing up.

 

Reynolds, Jason. Ghost. S. & S./Atheneum. ISBN 9781481450157.

Philippe, Ben. Charming as a Verb. HarperCollins/Balzer + Bray. ISBN 9780062824141.

Stork, Franciso X. The Memory of Light. Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine. ISBN 9780545634021.

Sánchez, Erika L. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter. Knopf. ISBN 9781524700485.

Cameron, Peter. Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You. Farrar. ISBN 9780374309893.

READ: Considering ‘The Catcher in the Rye’ | Challenging the Classics


Hutchinson, Shaun David. We Are the Ants. S. & S./Simon Pulse. ISBN 97814 81449632.

Callender, Kacen. Felix Ever After. HarperCollins/Balzer + Bray. ISBN 9780062820259.

Khorram, Adib. Darius the Great Is Not Okay. ISBN 9780525552963. 

LaCour, Nina. We Are Okay. Dutton. ISBN 9780525425892. 

Craft, Jerry. The New Kid. illus. by author. HarperCollins. ISBN 9780062691200.

 

 

 

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