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What are the best novels that have a teenager as the protagonist? I need it for my English class

>> No.6477769

>>6477759
Portrait of the artist.

>> No.6477778

Story Of The Eye

>> No.6477792

>>6477759
Carcher in the Rye
>Holden Caulfield is a little bitch though

>> No.6477797

Blood Meridian, >>6477792, and Huckleberry Finn

>> No.6477799

>>6477792
Holden's basically a younger, more boring, Ignatius.

>> No.6477807

>>6477797
There is also All the Pretty Horses

>> No.6477809

A clockwork orange is entirely about development through conditioning vs development with age (if you get a copy with the 21st chapter of course)

>> No.6477825

>>6477797

these two are great calls

also these:

Lives of Girls and Women
End Zone
The Virgin Suicides

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>>6477799
>comparing a father of Christianity to Holden "Muh Sister's Innocence" Caulfield

>> No.6477904

Treasure Island

>> No.6477915

>>6477759
Ham on Rye

>> No.6478003

>>6477759
Thérère philosophe ; in English Thérèse the Philosopher ... ;-)

>> No.6478776

Jane Eyre (18 when she meets Rochester); Sense & Sensibility (Elinor 19, Marianne 16); Little Women (Meg 16, Jo 15, Beth 13, Amy 12, at the start)

>> No.6478934

So no Romeo and Juliette because it's a play.
And no Ender's Game because it's bad.

>> No.6480040

I'm not sure but I think in The Bell Jar, Esther is a late-teens. Might be worth reading.

>> No.6480066

>>6477797
The crossing, but since this is for school you'll want to go with >>6477792

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6480092

>>6477759
Rage by Stephen King.

>> No.6480101

Great Expectations, David Copperfield, Oliver Twist.
Dickens introduced children as main characters in literature.

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>>6480092

>> No.6480175

>>6480138
>unnecessary gif
>tumblr filename
>avengers meme

>> No.6480190

>>6480175
holy shit i've never seen someone get so butt rampaged from 998 kb of internet

>> No.6480202

>>6480190
>3 sentences
>lmao so butt rekt xDD

>> No.6480222

>>6480202
oh, sorry

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>>6480175
tumblr is evil because muh social justice warriors