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Boys Growing Up Genre
Books in the Boys Growing Up genre:
The Time Garden (1958)
Author(s):
Edward Eager
Illustrator(s):
N. M. Bodecker
Magic or Not? (1959)
When Laura learns the well at her new house is a wishing well, she plunges right in.
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Author(s):
Edward Eager
Illustrator(s):
N. M. Bodecker
My Side of the Mountain (1959)
Sam Gribley takes to the woods and lives by himself for a year.
Author(s):
Jean Craighead George
Illustrator(s):
Jean Craighead George
The Nine Questions (1959)
Author(s):
Edward Fenton
Illustrator(s):
C. Walter Hodges
The River at Green Knowe (1959)
Author(s):
L. M. Boston
Illustrator(s):
Peter Boston
The Well-Wishers (1960)
Author(s):
Edward Eager
Illustrator(s):
N. M. Bodecker
To Tame a Sister (1961)
Margaret goes to stay with her cousins, but her two mischievous brothers come as well and threaten to spoil everything.
Author(s):
Gillian Avery
Illustrator(s):
John Verney
The Diamond in the Window (1962)
Author(s):
Jane Langton
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
Linnets and Valerians (1964)
Author(s):
Elizabeth Goudge
Illustrator(s):
Ian Ribbons
Jack of Dover (1966)
Author(s):
Richard Garnett
Illustrator(s):
Graham Oakley
The Great Brain (1967)
The exploits of the Great Brain of Adenville, Utah are described by his younger brother, frequently the victim of the Great Brain's schemes for gaining prestige or money.
Author(s):
John D. Fitzgerald
Illustrator(s):
Mercer Mayer
The Lawrenceville Stories (1967)
Author(s):
Owen Johnson
Illustrator(s):
F. R. Gruger
Frederic Dorr Steele
The Far-Distant Oxus (1969)
Three children spend the summer holiday on Exmoor where they find ponies, friends and adventure. This is a somewhat shorter version of the original work. The original illustrations have also been dispensed with.
Author(s):
Katharine Hull
Pamela Whitlock
Illustrator(s):
Karl W. Stuecklen
The Weirdstone of Brisingamen (1969)
Susan and Colin discover that the lost Weirstone hangs on her bracelet, and all the powers of evil are out to steal it. This is the revised edition.
Author(s):
Alan Garner
Illustrator(s):
Ron Bowen
How Tom Beat Captain Najork and His Hired Sportsmen (1974)
When his iron-hatted aunt determines to humiliate Tom with the aid of the dastardly Captain Najork, Tom demonstrates his mastery at Womble, Muck and Sneedball.
Author(s):
Russell Hoban
Illustrator(s):
Quentin Blake
Run Away Home (1982)
The Marlows help a young boy return to his father, but it requires a dangerous sea voyage.
Author(s):
Antonia Forest
Illustrator(s):
Roger Phillips
Nathan and Nicholas Alexander (1986)
One night as he was fast asleep, Nathan heard something in his toy chest …
Author(s):
Lulu Delacre
Illustrator(s):
Lulu Delacre
Sir Francis Drake: His Daring Deeds (1988)
Author(s):
Roy Gerrard
Illustrator(s):
Roy Gerrard
Wagons West! (1996)
Pioneers head west to the Oregon territory by wagon train.
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Author(s):
Roy Gerrard
Illustrator(s):
Roy Gerrard
Walt and Skeezix 1921 & 1922 (2005)
Author(s):
Frank King
Illustrator(s):
Frank King