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Shania, I'm reaching back a ways. I joined the college scene back in 1969 just in time for Tolkien's take over there, of the fantasy quest genre with The Hobbit and the massive Lord of the Rings. For me The Hobbit was a bit of a delayed coming of age marker. There lie many life perspective lessons in a common Hobbit's quest to do the right thing. And a bonus was the first film that brought me to streaming tears in awe of one person walking their own walk. 1972s Brother Sun, Sister Moon, a romanticized story about the life of St Francis. Maybe not the best film ever made but at the time it was a real touchstone for me.

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I’d highly recommend the movie Us by Jordan Peele (as someone who loved Get Out). Also need to get my hands on that anthology it sounds brilliant!

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This is on my watch list!

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Thank you Nathan! I wanted to tell you, I saw Talk to Me. Amazing! You told me to watch a couple of months ago and o finally got to it. Loved the ending.

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In an unconventional way, the novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon could be considered a coming of age story as the narrator (on the autism spectrum) realizes much more about the world and his own capabilities. It’s one of my favorite books and provides an excellent case for the superiority of literature in capturing a person from a narrator’s point of view. For younger kids, I think Way of the Warrior Kid by Jocko Willink is excellent (and provides a much needed antidote from an actual US Navy Seal to the toxic Dairy of a Wimpy Kid model).

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That Haddon book is so good.

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Thanks for the recs, Shaina. Get Out was really awesome. Great clip you picked. The collection from Peele sounds excellent. Might have to pick that up.

I can't think of any Coming Of Age books off the top of my head, unfortunately. No idea how good this list is, but: https://www.goodreads.com/genres/coming-of-age

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