Ideal Bookshelf 651: Coming of Age

Here is a set of Young Adult books, the very best ones (IMHO) about becoming an adult, for better or worse. They are all intense, but none feel like a 1980's After School Special. They cover love, death, boredom, religion, insanity, and hope. They are life-changers! First offered in October 2013 Archival pigment ink print on fine art paper Based on an original painting by Jane Mount   BOOKS INCLUDED: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Lord of the Flies by William Golding His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman It's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith Forever by Judy Blume The Fault in Our Stars by John Green  The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath The Giver by Lois Lowry Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith  The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton A Separate Peace by John Knowles Ghost World by Daniel Clowes The Book Thief by Markus Zusak The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger