As a tribute to back to school season, one of the most dramatic seasons in a youngster's existence, the Book Doctors and listeners share their favorite coming of age tales.By Walt Bodine Show, Aug 21, 2009
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THE BOOK DOCTORS ARE:
-Jeffrey Ann Goudie, a freelance writer and book reviewer based in Topeka
-Kaite Stover, Kansas City Public Library
-Mark Luce, Barstow School
Books Discussed on Today's Program
The Oxford Project by Peter Feldstein & Stephen G. Bloom
All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy
Americana by Don Dellilo
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Obedience by Will Lavender
Coming Of Age Novels
Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Frog & Toad by Arnold Lobel
Shelf Discovery by Lizzy Skurnick
The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Siddhartha by Herman Hess
Basketball Diaries by Jim Carroll
Listener recommendations
Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
I Am the Cheese by Robert Cormier
Great Santini and Lords of Discipline by Pat Conroy
Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
The Giver by Lois Lowry
Beneath the Wheel by Herman Hesse
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card