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Weetzie BatSeries
series7 books1989
About coming of age.
“The books follow main character, Weetzie Bat and her friends and family members, who all live in Los Angeles.”
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The Mortal InstrumentsUniverse
universe70 books2007
Fantasy and urban fantasy, set in contemporary.
“There is a world laid over your own like a second skin, and you have been trained since birth not to see it.”
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Start with City of Bones →
includes The Dark Artifices, Ghosts of the Shadow Market, The Eldest Curses, Magnus Bane, The Infernal Devices, The Last Hours, Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy
I Was a Teenage FairyNovel
Francesca Lia Blockstandalone novel1998
About coming of age and fae.
“Maybe later on she was the sex...A tiny fairy winging her way through the jasmine-scented L.A. night.”
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Flowers for AlgernonNovel
Daniel Keyesstandalone novel1966
Science fiction, about genetic engineering and coming of age.
“A man with a low IQ becomes the subject of an experimental medical procedure which raises his IQ well over genius level.”
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EchoNovel
Francesca Lia Blockstandalone novel2001
Magical realism, reflective in tone, about coming of age.
“Francesca Lia Block is an American writer of adult and young-adult literature.”
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Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves TownNovel
Cory Doctorowstandalone novel2005
Reflective in tone, set in our world.