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Groupies : a novel / by Priscus, Sarah,author.;
Hopping a Greyhound to Los Angeles in 1977, Faun, a naïve college dropout and aspiring photographer, reconnects with her childhood best friend who is a rising model and a muse to a rock band front man.
Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Historical fiction.; Novels.; Female friendship; Groupies; Nineteen seventies; Photographers; Rock groups;
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Cammie takes flight / by Best, Laura.;
Cammie is in her new school, armed with an envelope with her estranged mother's address on it. She wants to find her mother and finally learn why she was abandoned.LSC
Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Children with visual disabilities; Abandoned children; Schools;
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Chlorine : a novel / by Song, Jade,author.;
A high school swimmer, intent on being scouted and awarded a scholarship, tries to deal with the pressure of it all while feeling a strange, dark suspicion that she is actually a mermaid.
Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Paranormal fiction.; Novels.; Chinese American teenagers; Lesbian teenagers; Mermaids; Monsters; Teenage girls; Women swimmers;
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Burma sahib : a novel / by Theroux, Paul,author.;
"An Eton graduate is conscripted as a servant of the British Empire to oversea local policemen in Burma, forcing him to navigate social, racial and class politics"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Bildungsromans.; Novels.; Identity (Psychology); Imperialism; Police; Racism; Social classes; Young men;
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The double life of Benson Yu : a novel / by Chong, Kevin,author.;
A unique work of metafiction follows Benson Yu, a writer, who loses control of his own narrative when he attempts to write the story of his fraught upbringing in 1980s Chinatown.
Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Authors; Chinatowns; Chinese; Grandmothers; Grandmothers; Neighbors; Psychic trauma;
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Wind / Pinball : two novels / by Murakami, Haruki,1949-; Goossen, Ted,translator.; Murakami, Haruki,1949-1973-nen no pinbōru.English.; Murakami, Haruki,1949-Hear the wind sing.; Murakami, Haruki,1949-Kaze no uta o kike.English.; Murakami, Haruki,1949-Novels.English.; Murakami, Haruki,1949-Pinball, 1973.;
The birth of my kitchen-table fiction -- Hear the Wind Sing -- Pinball, 1973.
Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Psychological fiction.;
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Goodbye, Mr. Terupt / by Buyea, Rob.;
The kids discover their beloved Mr. Terupt is moving away at the end of the school year and begin hatching plans to make this year unforgettable.LSC
Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Mr. Terupt (Fictitious character); Life change events; Middle school students; Teacher-student relationships; Moving, Household;
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Only big bumbum matters tomorrow : a novel / by Kuku, Damilare,author.;
"A twenty-year-old Nigerian woman decides to make over her life after her father's death by getting plastic surgery and moving to Lagos"--
Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Domestic fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Family secrets; Life change events; Surgery, Plastic; Women, Black; Women;
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Bridge of Clay / by Zusak, Markus.;
Upon their father's return, the five Dunbar boys, who have raised themselves since their mother's death, begin to learn family secrets, including that of fourth brother Clay, who will build a bridge for complex reasons, including his own redemption.LSC
Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Fathers; Brothers; Abandoned children; Motherless families; Family secrets; Bridges;
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The Queen's gambit / by Tevis, Walter S.,author.;
Orphan Beth Harmon overcomes her fears and shyness by learning to play chess and, over the years, improves her game to become national champion and to play the world grandmasters.
Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Psychological fiction.; Chess; Chess; Competition (Psychology); Orphans; Women chess players;
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