Books about coming of age
20 books that US schools assign on this theme
American Born Chinese
Gene Luen Yang
Grades 7–12 · Lexile 530L
Great Expectations
Charles Dickens
Grades 9–12 · Lexile 1150L
Little Women
Louisa May Alcott
Grades 7–10 · Lexile 1300L
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
Marjane Satrapi
Grades 9–12
Purple Hibiscus
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Grades 10–12 · Lexile 920L
Rebound
Kwame Alexander
Grades 5–8 · Lexile 780L
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Sherman Alexie
Grades 7–10 · Lexile 600L
The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank
Grades 7–10 · Lexile 1080L
The Fault in Our Stars
John Green
Grades 9–12 · Lexile 850L
The Giver
Lois Lowry
Grades 6–8 · Lexile 760L
The Graveyard Book
Neil Gaiman
Grades 5–8 · Lexile 820L
The Mouse and the Motorcycle
Beverly Cleary
Grades 2–4 · Lexile 860L
