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1) Boyhood
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
A groundbreaking story of growing up as seen through the eyes of a boy named Mason, who ages from six to eighteen years old on screen.
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"What is my son doing behind his constantly closed door? What's with his curt responses, impulsiveness, newfound obsession with gaming, and...that funky smell? As pediatrician and mother of two teenagers Cara Natterson explains, puberty starts in boys long before any visible signs appear, which causes confusion about their changing temperaments for boys and their parents alike. Often, they also grow quieter as they grow taller, which leads to less...
Author
Publisher
Newmarket Press
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
Discusses the changes that take place in a boy's body during puberty, including information on the body's changing size and shape, the growth spurt, reproductive organs, pubic hair, beards, pimples, voice changes, wet dreams, and puberty in girls.
Author
Series
Henry Huggins volume 3
Publisher
Morrow
Pub. Date
c1954
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
When Mr. Huggins goes fishing, his son Henry wants to come, too. But Henry's dog Ribsy is causing trouble. So they make a deal, if Henry can keep Ribsy out of trouble for a month, Mr. Huggins will take him fishing. Henry thinks it'll be easy, but he soon learns it's going to be harder then he thought.
8) Puberty boy
Author
Publisher
Allen & Unwin
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
Discusses the physical and emotional changes that boys encounter with the onset of puberty, including sexual development, growth spurts, relationships with girls, and increased self-awareness.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Co
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Narrator Jack and his mother, who was kidnapped seven years earlier when she was a 19-year-old college student, celebrate his fifth birthday. They live in a tiny, 11-foot-square soundproofed cell in a converted shed in the kidnapper's yard. The sociopath, whom Jack has dubbed Old Nick, visits at night, grudgingly doling out food and supplies. But Ma, as Jack calls her, proves to be resilient and resourceful--and attempts a nail-biting escape.
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Sweeping between Prague during World War II and modern day Los Angeles, this deeply moving debut follows a young Jewish man in 1934 who falls in love and joins the circus as the country descends into war. Decades later, a young boy seeks out the now cynical, elderly magician in the hopes that his spells might keep his family together. Prague, 1934: The fifteen-year-old rabbi's son Moshe Goldenhirsch marvels at the legendary circus magician known...
15) Shy: a novel
Author
Publisher
Graywolf Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
A troubled teenage boy wanders into the night, listening to the voices in his head and considering the weighty question of his future, as he escapes Last Chance, a home for disturbed young men.
16) Back roads
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
c2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
17) Impossible
Author
Publisher
Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Although two-year-old Toribio is loved by his parents very much, they sometimes find themselves exhausted by all of his energy and curiosity. They look forward to the day when he grows up and calms down. When they see an ad in the newspaper for a sorceress who promises to solve any type of problem, they decide to ask for her help with Toribio.
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