Young Adult Matters

A bright young teenager from a broken home uses his quick wits and glib tongue to get out of trouble - but they also get him into it.

Two young Chicago hoodlums, Tom Powers and Matt Doyle, rise up from their poverty-stricken slum life to become petty thieves, bootleggers and...

King is a young man, but he's already a veteran of life on the streets of Los Angeles. The de facto leader of a group of teenage runaways, King acts...

A new teacher at a highly problematic comprehensive school feels that corporal punishment may just be inflaming the problems, and so begins to...

After fleeing from his foster family, 11-years-old Khamsa returns to the gypsy camp where he was born. With his cousin, Tony "The Midget", Khamsa...

A boy experiences first love, friendships and injustices growing up in 1960s Taiwan.

Three troubled young girls will do anything to escape their stifling lives - even if it means turning to drugs and prostitution. Set in the...

A Liverpool gang member wins a singing contest is then called up for National Service where he clashes with another soldier.

Two college roommates have 24 hours to make the ultimate choice as they finalize arrangements for a black market abortion.

In this sequel to Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway, Alexander's story is told in both the past and the present. Alexander's parents send him away...

Lili, a pouty and voluptuous 14-year-old, is caravan camping with her family in Biarritz. She's self-aware and holds her own in a café...

Homer is an orphan who was never adopted, becoming the favorite of orphanage director Dr. Larch. Dr. Larch imparts his full medical knowledge on...