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Winger

This series chronicles the coming-of-age journey of Ryan Dean West, a gifted but socially awkward teenager. Readers follow his triumphs and tribulations at a prestigious boarding school as he navigates the complexities of love, friendship, and self-discovery. The narratives are infused with humor, awkward encounters, and heartfelt moments that capture the essence of adolescence. It offers a touching exploration of finding one's place in the tumultuous years of youth.

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  1. 1

    Winger

    • 439 pages
    • 16 hours of reading
    4.1(395)Add rating

    Ryan Dean West is a fourteen-year-old junior at a boarding school for rich kids in the Pacific Northwest. He’s living in Opportunity Hall, the dorm for troublemakers, and rooming with the biggest bully on the rugby team. And he’s madly in love with his best friend Annie, who thinks of him as a little boy. With the help of his sense of humor, rugby buddies, and his penchant for doodling comics, Ryan Dean manages to survive life’s complications and even find some happiness along the way. But when the unthinkable happens, he has to figure out how to hold on to what’s important, even when it feels like everything has fallen apart. Filled with hand-drawn info-graphics and illustrations and told in a pitch-perfect voice, this realistic depiction of a teen’s experience strikes an exceptional balance of hilarious and heartbreaking.

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  2. 2

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    • 416 pages
    • 15 hours of reading
    4.2(401)Add rating

    Ryan Dean finds himself as the rugby team's new captain and stand-off - the position once played by his friend, Joey. Somehow he's inherited as his room-mate Sam Abernathy, a twelve-year-old cooking whiz with extreme claustrophobia and a crush on Annie Altman, Ryan Dean's girlfriend. And Ryan Dean has his own problems too.

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