#coming-of-age

#coming-of-age

Taylor, raised by a young single mom, masks her emotional vulnerability with sarcasm while managing her relationship with her boyfriend and complicated friendships.

My Adventures with Superman is a coming-of-age action-romance series that reimagines the early days of Clark Kent, Lois Lane, and Jimmy Olsen as 20-something interns at the Daily Planet.

"Drolma, a young Tibetan singer, struggles to adapt to the fast-paced life in Beijing, reflecting the tensions of globalization and cultural identity."

The series has me hooked. I'm already dreading its end - and searching for more shows like The Summer I Turned Pretty.

Ty's character embodies a typical teenage blend of humor, crisis, and quest for identity, revealing the inner life of a young adult navigating life's complexities.

Lester's character embodies a passionate yearning for the theater, but his actions raise questions about realism and the personal consequences of pursuing dreams through disruptive behavior.

Ultimately, Byron's experience highlights a complex intersection of gender identity and exploitation, capturing both the struggle for self-understanding and the grim realities many young people face.

"Stone-cold stunner," "gorgeously modulated body-and-soul performance," "one of the most auspicious screen debuts I've seen in a while," "the kind of talent Cannes urgently needs more of."

The Netflix series, loosely based on Judy Blume's 1975 novel Forever, focuses on a pair of Black high schoolers navigating love and life post-graduation.

Murderbot, a self-aware security cyborg, navigates its newfound freedom while hoping to pursue trivial pastimes instead of its programmed duties.

Dawn's concerns are rooted in fear: fear of the unknown, given that Justin doesn't know where the party is or even who's throwing it.

At Camp Gonedoor, campers find their own unique meaning of 'coming of age', from confronting fears in the woods to exploring connections with crushes.

This is one of the themes and indeed the mechanics of Lost Records, a narrative adventure about four teenage girls who develop an intense friendship in rural Michigan during the summer of 1995.

The awkward longing, the spots, the insecurity: it's enough to cringe yourself into oblivion. For John Patrick McHugh, however, it is a rich seam to squeeze not only for humour, but for a nuanced examination of burgeoning masculinity.

I first got drunk at 13 in the upstairs room of a cheap Italian restaurant, sip by sip on other people's wine.

Abigail Hawkes earnestly dreams of disappearing, hoping to escape her small town and start anew, longing for acceptance away from prejudice.

Rebel's Guide to Pride is not just a coming-of-age story but a battle cry for those who refuse to be silenced.