The Secret Life of Bees and Treasure Island both have adolescent children, who go through their own adventures to mature and change. Lily and Jim both start out as young, innocent kids and soon become matured young adults that are able to make their own decisions and do what is best for others.
In these two novels both Jim and Lily starts out as very young kids that have a lot of change that has taken place in both of their lives. For example, Lily being there when Rosaleen was arrested and how Captain Flint arrived at Jim’s families Inn. Also, when Lily and Jim both had to leave their homes in search for something that they both wanted to know, Lily wanting to know more about