Showing results for "Ray" in Coming of Age

In 1951, the second year of the Korean War, a studious, law-abiding, and intense youngster from Newark, New Jersey, Marcus Messner, begins his sophomore year on the pastoral, conservative campus of Ohio's Winesburg College. And why is he there and not at a local college in Newark where he originally enrolled? Because his father, the sturdy, hardworking neighborhood butcher, seems to have gone mad - mad with fear and apprehension of the dangers of adult life, the dangers of the world, the dangers he sees on every corner for his beloved boy.

Grandma's last will and testament names Ray to inherit the trailer park. It's a million-dollar estate with one hitch: To prove he's not as aimless as he seems, Ray must discover the meaning of life by the end of the month. (She left the answer in an envelope.) If he fails, the camp goes to his estranged family.

My name is Harley. I was thrown away when I was a child. But I was found by angels that folded me in their wings and delivered me to a safe place. It wasn’t heaven; it was imperfect in ways that mere mortals are apt to gaum things up, but it was close to paradise, especially for a young ‘un, with creeks to swim, hollows, cool, deep woods to explore, and hillsides on which to lay down in the sun, surrounded by fields of wildflowers and the whisper of the wind in the long, waving grass.

What decades of rent increases and declining readership couldn’t do, a pandemic finally did: Phil Cooper has reluctantly closed his secondhand bookstore and moved his business online. Smoking too much pot and listening to too much Grateful Dead, he suspects that he’s overdue when it comes to understanding the bigger picture of who he is and what we’re all doing here. So he’s made another decision: to teach himself 2,500 years of Western philosophy. Thankfully, he meets Caroline, a fellow book lover who agrees to join him on his trek through the best of what’s been thought and said.

Tony and Brittany. Brittany and Tony. Inseparable since childhood, reserved bookworm Tony and privileged but outgoing Brittany have been best friends forever, despite their very different backgrounds. So, when Tony gives Brittany a ring and asks her to be his girlfriend the summer before high school, their future together seems undeniable. But fate has other plans.

Lucky the Orphan takes you back in time to an orphanage in the 1980s. You will experience what it was like to a 13-year-old orphan whose everyday life would be hard for most anyone to endure. He is terrorized by at least one of the orphanage's strict nuns and by too many rough peers, but Lucky still makes friends to help him through it all.

The Adventures of Keith and Larry, Volume 4 brings the saga of the two young boys growing up in a small rural town in south Texas to an end. Keith and Larry learn how to deal with the death of friend, and they have many more adventures as they play baseball, hunt, fish, look for buried treasure and enjoy their relationship with their two play wives.

Keith and Larry are two young boys growing up in a small rural town in central Texas during the mid 1950's. They get into a lot of scrapes and they have a lot of adventures as they learn some lessons about life. These books are a look back at life in the 1950's and they will bring back memories of family life and some memories of what life was like without TV or the internet.

The Adventures of Keith and Larry: Volume One is the story of two young boys growing up in a small town in south Texas during the 1950s. The audiobook tells about life in a small town during that era through the eyes of the two young boys. It provides a look at life in small-town America, and it explores what life was like before TV, rock and roll, and before many of the modern inventions were available to families.

Charlie McKraken was just a normal high school teen, preparing for graduation, thinking about college, and working in his family's bar for some spending money. One fateful night, a bar patron dies under mysterious circumstances, leading to Charlie discovering his true identity, and a map to hidden treasure. With the help of his friends, he embarks on a journey of discovery and redemption. Twists and turns await in this treasure hunter's tale.