Ergebnis für "The Tower" in Coming of Age

A 15-year-old boy who calls himself Adam Smith is alone and poor, struggling to survive. Adam must work to eat and stay warm and clothed. During his difficult journey toward adulthood, he deceives his way back to school, makes friends and enemies, contemplates the mysterious world of relationships, and discovers a secret that might just save his life and the lives of many others in the dangerous city.

Brown Girl, Brownstones tells the story of a young Barbadian American caught between the ambitious dreams of her forward-looking mother and the rose-tinted nostalgia of her father. While Selina's mother strives diligently to save enough money to buy a brownstone in Brooklyn, her father dreams only of returning to his home in Barbados. Managing a constellation of difficult family and cultural dynamics, Selina is also faced with navigating the complex maze of immigrant identity in America and bearing the burdens of racism and poverty.

Adam Smith has a tent, blankets, a water bottle, friends, and a school voucher. What more could he need? He’s doing great overall, but winter is coming fast, the gangs know his face, and he is failing cooking class! Choices have to be made. Stay and fight, or run? But if he stays, how will he survive? And if he runs, will she come with him?

Jemima Forbes is seven years old when a mysterious event occurs and her father and uncle disappear from her life one night. She spends her growing years obsessing about this, and when she is old enough, she leaves home to find out what happened.

When Major VanBuren approached me with a very special and highly classified assignment, I felt honored. I'd been waiting for a chance at a covert mission. Imagine my surprise when he hit me with the details - he wanted me to befriend his 18-year-old daughter, newly arrived in town and harboring a broken heart. My new "assignment" entailed becoming a glorified babysitter and her new BFF; I thought it was as honorable as being in charge of the cafeteria - complete bullsh*t if you ask me.

From out of a terrible tragedy, can those affected by the blindsiding turn of events grow from the experience? That’s what Ethan, a high school sophomore, who surrounds himself with acquaintances has to figure out. Will he break free from his predestined place in life? And get away from his desolate town?