Current Series Catalogue
From Boys to Men
The journey into manhood has been explored many times over the
ages in every form of literature. But what exactly does “manhood”
mean? This series looks at five different American novels and the
way they handle the movement from boyhood into manhood.
Mark Twain, Huckleberry Finn
Traveling down the Mississippi with an escaped slave, Huck learns
about hypocrisy and the dignity and worth of human life.
F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
Jay Gatsby struggles to become the man he thinks his true love wants
him to be.
J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye
Holden Caufield is arguably the most famous literary teenager to
ever come of age. Is he deserving of this glory?
Judith Guest, Ordinary People
The death of his brother in an accident leaves a young man struggling
to survive. Explore how he and his father come to terms with what
has happened.
Cormac McCarthy, All the Pretty Horses
The tale of John Grady Cole, who at sixteen finds himself at the
end of a long line of Texas ranchers, cut off from the only life
he has ever imagined for himself. With two companions, he sets off
for Mexico on a sometimes idyllic, sometimes comic journey along
which he learns about survival, loyalty, death, and love.
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