Books for Teen Guys

Wolf Rider	Avi	YA F Avi
After receiving an apparent crank call from a man claiming to have committed murder, fifteen-year-old Andy finds his close relationship with his father crumbling as he struggles to make everyone believe him.
Things Not Seen	Clements, Andrew	YA F Clements
When fifteen-year-old Bobby wakes up and finds himself invisible, he and his parents and his new blind friend Alicia try to find out what caused his condition and how to reverse it.
Artemis Fowl	Colfer, Eoin	YA F Colfer
When a twelve-year-old evil genius tries to restore his family fortune by capturing a fairy and demanding a ransom in gold, the fairies fight back with magic, technology, and a particularly nasty troll.
Foundling	Cornish, D. M.	YA F Cornish
Having grown up in a home for foundlings and possessing a girl's name, Rossamund sets out to report to his new job as a lamplighter and has several adventures along the way as he meets people and monsters who are more complicated than he previously thought.
Bucking the Sarge	Curtis, Christopher Paul	YA F Curtis
Deeply involved in his cold and manipulative mother's shady business dealings in Flint, Michigan, fourteen-year-old Luther keeps a sense of humor while running the Happy Neighbor Group Home For Men, all the while dreaming of going to college and becoming a philosopher.
Night Hoops	Deuker, Carl	YA F Deuker
While trying to prove that he is good enough to be on his high school's varsity basketball team, Nick must also deal with his parents' divorce and erractic behavior of a troubled classmate who lives across the street.
Of Sound Mind	Ferris, Jean	YA F Ferris
Tired of interpreting for his deaf family and resentful of their reliance on him, high school senior Theo finds support and understanding from Ivy, a new student who also has a deaf parent.
Ruins of Gorlan	Flanagan, John	YA F Flanagan
When fifteen-year-old Will is rejected by battleschool, he becomes the reluctant apprentice to the mysterious Ranger Halt, and winds up protecting the kingdom from danger.
The Night Room	Goldman, E.M.	YA F Goldman
When a group of students uses an experimental computer program that simulates their tenth high school reunion, they get an unsettling look at their possible futures.
Silverfin	Higson, Charles	YA F Higson
Prequel to the adventures of James Bond, 007, introduces the young James when he is just starting boarding school in England and is about to become involved in his first adventure.
The Maze	Hobbs, Will	YA F Hobbs
Rick, a fourteen-year-old foster child, escapes from a juvenile detention facility near Las Vegas and travels to Canyonlands National Park in Utah where he meets a bird biologist working on a project to reintroduce condors to the wild.
Stormbreaker	Horowitz, Anthony	YA F Horowitz
After the death of the uncle who had been his guardian, fourteen-year-old Alex Rider is coerced to continue his uncle's dangerous work for Britain's intelligence agency, MI6.
No More Dead Dogs	Korman, Gordon	YA F Korman
Eighth-grade football hero Wallace Wallace is sentenced to detention attending rehearsals of the school play where, in spite of himself, he becomes wrapped up in the production and begins to suggest changes that improve not only the play but his life as well.
Son of the Mob	Korman, Gordon	YA F Korman
Seventeen-year-old Vince's life is constantly complicated by the fact that he is the son of a powerful Mafia boss, a relationship that threatens to destroy his romance with the daughter of an FBI agent.
The Wreckers	Lawrence, Iain	YA F Lawrence
After being shipwrecked, 14-year-old John Spencer realizes that wreckers had lured the ship onto the rocks using bonfires, and now they are after him. Unless John finds his father and stops the wreckers, it is only a matter of time before he joins those survivors of past wrecks who are now buried on the Moor.
Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie	Lubar, David	YA F Lubar
While navigating his first year of high school and awaiting the birth of his new baby brother, Scott loses old friends and gains some unlikely new ones as he hones his skills as a writer.
Shooter	Meyers, Walter Dean	YA F Meyers
Written in the form of interviews, reports, and journal entries, the story of three troubled teenagers ends in a tragic school shooting.
Mister Monday	Nix, Garth	YA F Nix
Although Arthur Penhaligon is supposed to die, he is saved by a key shaped like the minute hand of a clock, and now some bizarre creatures--including Mister Monday, his avenging messengers, and an army of dog-faced Fetchers--will stop at nothing to get the key.
Airborn	Oppel, Kenneth	YA F Oppel
Matt, a young cabin boy aboard an airship, and Kate, a wealthy young girl traveling with her chaperone, team up to search for the existence of mysterious winged creatures reportedly living hundreds of feet above the Earth's surface.
The Angel Experiment	Patterson, James	YA F Patterson
After the mutant Erasers abduct the youngest member of their group, the "birdkids," who are the result of genetic experimentation, take off in pursuit and find themselves struggling to understand their own origins and purpose.
The Dangerous Days of Daniel X	Patterson, James	YA F Patterson
Fifteen-year-old Daniel has followed in his parents' footsteps as the Alien Hunter, exterminating beings on The List of Alien Outlaws on Earth.
The Lightning Thief	Riordan, Rick	YA F Riordan
After learning that the father he never knew is Poseidon, God of the Sea, Percy Jackson is transferred from boarding school to Camp Half-Blood, a summer camp for demigods, and becomes involved in a quest to prevent a war between the gods.
The Wednesday Wars	Schmidt, Gary D.	YA F Schmidt
During the 1967 school year, when all his classmates go to either Catechism or Hebrew school, seventh-grader Holling Hoodhood stays in Mrs. Baker's classroom where they read the plays of William Shakespeare and Holling learns about the world he lives in.
Cirque du Freak	Shan, Darren	YA F Shan
Two boys who are best friends visit an illegal freak show, where an encounter with a vampire and a deadly spider forces them to make life-changing choices.
The Amulet of Samarkand	Stroud, Jonathan	YA F Stroud
Nathaniel, a magician's apprentice, summons up the djinni Bartimaeus and instructs him to steal the Amulet of Samarkand from the powerful magician Simon Lovelace.
The Gospel According to Larry	Tashjian, Janet	YA F Tashjian
Seventeen-year-old Josh, a loner-philosopher who wants to make a difference in the world, tries to maintain his secret identity as the author of a web site that is receiving national attention.
Montmorency: Thief, Liar, Gentleman?	Updale, Eleanor	YA F Updale
In Victorian London, after his life is saved by a young physician, a thief utilizes the knowledge he gains in prison and from the scientific lectures he attends as the physician's case study exhibit to create a new, highly successful, double life for himself. **2006-2007 Beehive Nominee**
The Secret Hour	Westerfeld, Scott	YA F Westerfeld
Upon moving to Bixby, Oklahoma, fifteen-year-old Jessica Day learns that she is one of a group of people who have special abilities that help them fight ancient creatures living in an hour hidden at midnight; creatures that seem determined to destroy Jess.
Deathwatch	White, Robb	YA F White
A hunting trip turns into a test for survival as Ben guides a ruthless businessman into the desert.
Dragon and Thief	Zahn, Timothy	YA F Zahn
Framed for a crime he did not commit, Jack Morgan seeks refuge on a distant planet, until a battle forces Jack into a relationship with the sole survivor, the dragon-like K'da, and the two must track down those responsible for the threatened destruction of the K'da.