Sentences with phrase «about young boys growing»

Labeled by some as the «Libyan Kite Runner», In The Country of Men does share some similarities with Khaled Hosseini's runaway bestseller in that both are about young boys growing up in countries experiencing political implosion, with the result that their boy - sized mistakes take on adult - sized consequences; but Matar's prose is leaner than Hosseini's, and his themes share more with Ian McEwan's Atonement than with The Kite Runner.

When making a coming - of - age drama about a young boy growing up in the 60s, it usually pays to keep the focus tight.

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Patrick Rothfuss's debut novel about Kvothe, a young boy who grows to be a legend, is compelling and beautifully written.

I grew up in Highbury, ny father took was an avid fan who took me as a young boy to their games and talked everyday about them.

I grew up in England; I went to school as a young boy in England and I grew up at a time in England when homosexuality was banned there, it was illegal and I lived in the period when British politicians thought it was anathema to think about changing the law and suddenly the activities of individuals, of groups, a certain awareness, a certain development grew and grew and grew stronger and it forced a change in law.

The Turkana Boy Homo erectus skeleton belonged to a tall young boy who would probably have grown to around 182 cm (6 feet) in height, but his estimated adult brain size was only 910 cm3, about the size of a 3 or 4 year old modern human chiBoy Homo erectus skeleton belonged to a tall young boy who would probably have grown to around 182 cm (6 feet) in height, but his estimated adult brain size was only 910 cm3, about the size of a 3 or 4 year old modern human chiboy who would probably have grown to around 182 cm (6 feet) in height, but his estimated adult brain size was only 910 cm3, about the size of a 3 or 4 year old modern human child.

The girl is Nasia (Candace Evanofski), already rabidly boy - crazy though barely a teen, and she is prone to deep rumination about not just the cute young guys in her working - class North Carolina town but about everyone else as well: «The grown - ups in my town, they were never kids like me and my friends.»

INDEPENDENT & FOREIGN FILMS Azur & Asmar (Unrated) Animated fairytale about a couple of boys raised like brothers in a castle, one, a motherless, young aristocrat (Cyril Mourali), the other, the son (Karim M'Ruba) of the family nanny (Hiam Abbass), who grow up to find themselves rivals in a race to find a princess (Thissa d'Avila Bensalah) in a magical, faraway fantasyland.

Washington, D.C. — In a historic year for African - Americans in films, in front of and behind the camera, the year's biggest winner at the 17th Annual Black Reel Awards was the small and intimate coming - of - age story of a young boy growing up in a tumultuous, yet nurturing community environment, searching for answers about his sexual identity in Barry Jenkins» cinematic masterwork, Moonlight.

Korean star Yoo Ah In and «The Walking Dead» actor Steven Yeun star in this loose adaptation of Haruki Murakami's 1992 New Yorker short story about a working - class delivery boy named Jongsu who falls for a mysterious young woman who claims to have grown up with him.

This realistic fiction story is about a young boy, Max, who is growing up on a large fruit farm in Chile and how he wants to find a fri...

It is a powerful story about a young boy and girl from two different worlds who grow up in the face of horror.

the room in which our first son grew up (who is now 35) is now my husband's study... next to his overstuffed leather chair is our son's little red rocking chair and peeking out from underneath are the shoes that our son was wearing when he walked for the first time... next door to this room is our younger son's room that is today a guest room... his little shoes are peeking from his «big boy» bed he had when he outgrew his crib... the shoes are in «their» rooms and still in our hearts... people always smile and ask about the little shoes...