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Coming-of-age books with dry wit

Growing up means taking a lot of things seriously for the first time. In these novels, the details give away how much the characters still have to learn. A solemn account of a crush or a grudge can tell you as much about the person keeping score as it does about anyone else.

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Look for a diary or a first-person narrator if you like spotting things the storyteller hasn’t worked out yet. If you’d rather spend time with someone looking back, try a story that follows a family or a friendship through several stages of growing up.

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