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21 Dissonance by Lumpy

Country Roads (3)
Everything is going Charlie's way. He's survived his first year at public high school, has made lifelong friends, and has a brand new record deal that will, hopefully, launch his music career for real. As always seems the case, misfortune strikes whenever things are going too well. Charlie’s life is turned upside down and his future plans are put in to jeopardy when a problem from his past returns. Can Charlie keep his life together or will it all come falling down around him?
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Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: Drama
Tags: Coming of Age, School, Rags to Riches, Young Adult
Downloads: 10154 | Votes: 101 | Score: 8.66
Size: 1038KB | 210,049 words | Posted: Concluded:

22 Lucky Jim 4--Prequel by FantasyLover

This tale begins in southwest Virginia in "the colonies" a few years before the American Revolution. For my readers in Britain, sorry 'bout that. It follows James through being a long hunter, starting a new estate in North Carolina, and his involvement fighting against the British.
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Age Rating: Anybody | Genre: Historical
Tags: Historical, War, Rags to Riches, Fantasy
Downloads: 1284 | Votes: 62 | Score: 8.61
Size: 223KB | 41,260 words | Posted: Concluded:

23 Survivor by Ernest Bywater

A Survivor Story (1)
A 10 year old boy survives a car crash where his family is killed. He goes to live on his maternal grandfather's ranch on the Texas / Mexican border with some of his retired Army buddies. But life there has some serious issues due to drug smugglers being angry about having their shipments destroyed by those at the ranch. Pat grows up fast while learning to be quick and accurate with a gun. - 51,400 words of adventure. / (Reviews)
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Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: Action/Adventure
Tags: Coming of Age, Crime, Violence, Rags to Riches
Downloads: 14853 | Votes: 619 | Score: 8.57
Size: 270KB | 54,465 words | Posted: Concluded:

24 Life Is Change by Ernest Bywater

No good turn goes unpunished. There's nothing so constant in life as change. Shortly after finishing his Australian university exams Smoky Grey learns these two sayings are true. His life and plans are totally changed by an encounter in the university car-park. For the next few years his life is one change after another. Some of them being ones he initiates. He's a catalyst for changes to improve the lives of many people.
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Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: Action/Adventure
Tags: Workplace, Rags to Riches
Downloads: 15650 | Votes: 507 | Score: 8.54
Size: 250KB | 50,162 words | Posted: Concluded:

25 Nicholas's Story by Writer 406

A tale of the improbable journey of one of society's outcasts
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Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: Coming of Age
Tags: Coming of Age, Romance, Drama, Rags to Riches
Downloads: 249 | Votes: 9 | Score: 8.51
Size: 227KB | 39,140 words | Posted: in progress Updated:

26 Lucky Jim 3 -- Cajun and Gator by FantasyLover

A story in the Lucky Jim Universe
Jim Reynolds has avoided accepting the moniker "Lucky Jim" for as long as he could, possibly too long. This fast-paced story is set in 2095 and covers the most important several months of his life. If you haven't read Lucky Jim I and II, large parts of this story won't make sense to you.
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Age Rating: Older than 17 | Genre: Action/Adventure
Tags: Military, Rags to Riches, Science Fiction, Futuristic, Fantasy
Downloads: 6217 | Votes: 138 | Score: 8.44
Size: 1253KB | 235,077 words | Posted: Concluded:

27 A Farmer's Life by Ernest Bywater

A Rivers Region Story
Farmers lives are ruled by the land they work and nature's cycles. James is the son of a farmer who's orphaned by a bushfire. He continues to live with his father's old boss, but knows he has to make his own way in life after school. Life has it's ups and downs, and many challenges for James. He leaves the farm for the Australian Army, but ends up back as a farm worker due to combat wounds. Join James as he meets many challenges and changes in his life. / (Reviews)
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Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: Action/Adventure
Tags: Drama, Politics, Violence, War, Military, Workplace, Rags to Riches
Downloads: 13847 | Votes: 540 | Score: 8.35
Size: 240KB | 47,729 words | Posted: Concluded:

28 Mallard Heir by Ernest Bywater

A man just out of university inherits a trust in the USA. He has to live in the house it owns, but first he has to make it liveable. He also has to worry about some old feuds in place in this rural valley in the Appalachian mountains. He has to survive his first weeks in the mountains, and in doing so he finds a wife and partner for life while they deal with old feuds and the local weather. Set in Australia.
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Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: General
Tags: Workplace, Rags to Riches
Downloads: 13446 | Votes: 539 | Score: 8.33
Size: 246KB | 49,993 words | Posted: Concluded:

29 Perfect Choices - A John the Genius Story by PT Brainum

First part in series. Omniscient 7 year old John begins a journey to change the world. Begins in 1984 Oklahoma. 28k words.
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Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Coming of Age, Humor, School, Science, Rags to Riches, Science Fiction, Time Travel, Alternate Timeline
Downloads: 5160 | Votes: 258 | Score: 8.31
Size: 149KB | 28,728 words | Posted:

30 Volume I of Legacy: The Ministry of Fire, Part 1 by Uruks

What if Fairies and Dragons weren't legends, but aliens visiting our planet and inspiring our myths of old. After discovering intergalactic travel, humanity now lives alongside these fairytales and accepts them as a part of everyday life. Legacy is the perfect blend of science fiction and fantasy. It tells the story of Ryan Uruks, a human/dragon hybrid seeking to avenge his family by training in the ancient magic passed down by the Great Golden Dragon. This magic is called Elemency.
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Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Coming of Age, Romance, Drama, Politics, War, Rags to Riches, Science Fiction, Aliens, Space, Futuristic, Alternate Universe, Dinosaurs, Robots, Shapeshifters, Fantasy, Dragons, Dwarves, Elves, Magic, Super Hero, Knights
Downloads: 3135 | Votes: 47 | Score: 8.29
Size: 944KB | 176,941 words | Posted: Concluded:
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