coming of age + friendship

John Green and David Levithan · 2010

Two Chicago teens with one name collide, with Tiny Cooper's musical stealing every scene.

2,742-word summary · 12 min read

Kristin Hannah · 2008

Best friends Tully and Kate grow from teens to adults through careers, love, and loss.

2,734-word summary · 12 min read

Laura Nowlin · 2013

Childhood friends Autumn and Finn drift apart in high school until one August night changes everything.

2,785-word summary · 12 min read

Benjamin Alire Sáenz · 2012

Two Mexican American boys in 1987 El Paso become inseparable and learn what love asks of family.

2,093-word summary · 9 min read

Ann Brashares · 2001

Four best friends share one magical pair of jeans through the summer that changes everything.

2,092-word summary · 9 min read

John Green · 2005

Looking for Alaska retold: Miles at Culver Creek, Alaska Young, pranks, loss, before and after.

1,914-word summary · 9 min read

John Green · 2008

Quentin chases clues after Margo vanishes, learning the girl he imagined was never the whole story.

2,198-word summary · 10 min read

Khaled Hosseini · 2003

Khaled Hosseini's The Kite Runner retold: Amir and Hassan in Kabul, the alley, the escape to America, and the return to find Sohrab.

2,584-word summary · 11 min read

S.E. Hinton · 1967

Outsiders retold: Ponyboy and greasers vs Socs, church fire, rumble, stay gold ache.

2,067-word summary · 9 min read

Stephen Chbosky · 1999

Chbosky's Perks retold: Charlie's letters, Sam and Patrick, first year of high school in Pittsburgh.

1,951-word summary · 9 min read