Other Fiction
With Boys as Main Characters
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Skate by Michael Harmon |
| Facing a disintegrating home life and trouble at school, teenager Ian McDermott runs away with his younger brother to Washington State in search of safety, justice, and their long-absent father. (F HAR) | |
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Looking for Alaska by John Green |
Sixteen-year-old
Miles' first year at Culver Creek Preparatory School in Alabama
includes good friends and great pranks, but is defined by the search
for answers about life and death after a fatal car crash. (F GRE) |
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The Gospel According to Larry by Janet Tashijan |
17-year-old
Josh is the anonymous webmaster of an anti-consumerism site that
becomes super famous. 227 pages (F TAS Bestseller Section) |
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Boy2Girl by Terence Blacker |
| After the death of his mother, thirteen-year-old Sam comes to live with his cousin; and as a prank, he dresses up as a girl for school. 296 pages. (F BLA) | |
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Hanging on to Max by Margaret Bechard |
When
Sam's girlfriend wants to give up their baby for adoption, Sam decides
to raise him alone. 204 pages (F BEC Bestseller Section) |
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This book was very good. The problems in it related to the problems teens go through. -Anonymous
This book was very well-written. It taught me about responsibility. Very heartwarming story. I loved it! Not many boks I read are as great as this one. -Emily Adams, Class of 2008.
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I am the Messenger by Marcus Zusak |
After
capturing a bank robber, nineteen-year-old cab driver Ed Kennedy
begins receiving mysterious messages that direct him to addresses
where people need help, and he begins getting over his lifelong
feeling of worthlessness. 357 pages. (F Zus) |
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So Yesterday by Scott Westerfeld |
| Hunter is a NYC
teenager who is paid to spot what is "cool." He combines
his analytical skills with his girlfriend Jen's creative talens to
find a missing person and thwart a conspiracy. 225 pages (F WES Bestseller Section) |
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Swallowing Stones by Joyce Macdonald |
Two
boys are shooting off a gun on the 4th of July, and end up killing
their classmate's father. Guilt drives them to cover up their crime,
but will it protect them forever? 245 pages (F MAC Bestseller Section) |
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Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie |
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. 279 pages.
(F LUB) |
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Shattering Glass by Gail Giles |
Power-hungry
"new kid in school" launches the ultimate power trip -
turn the class geek into Mr. Popular. Very
suspenseful. |
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Invisible by Pete Hautman (author of Sweetblood) |
Doug
and Andy are unlikely best friends--one a loner obsessed by his
model trains, the other a popular student involved in football and
theater--who grew up together and share a bond that nothing can
sever. 149 pages. (F HAU) |
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Rooster by Don Trembath |
Rooster
is a senior who is in danger of not graduating. He figures he'll
slide by, but his guidance counsellor and principal have other plans
for him - to coach a group of mentally-challenged adults to a spot
on the Special Olympics bowling team. 200 pages. (F TRE) |
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Small Steps by Louis Sachar (sequel to Holes!) |
| Three years after being released from Camp Green Lake, Armpit is trying hard to keep his life on track, but when his old pal X-Ray shows up with a tempting plan to make some easy money scalping concert tickets, Armpit reluctantly goes along. 257 pages. | |
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The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke |
Two
runaway boys in Venice, Italy find excitement living with a band
of thieves. 349 pages (F FUN) |
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Fade to Black by Alex Flynn |
An
HIV positive student is being stalked at his new high school. 184 pages (F FLY Bestseller Section) |
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The Hole by Guy Burt |
Six
teenagers are trapped in a hole with no way out. 152 pages (F BUR) |
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My Brother's Keeper by Patricia McCormick |
Thirteen-year-old
Toby Malone struggles to keep his family together after his father
leaves; however, keeping his older brother Jake's drug habit from
their mother is getting harder and harder. 187 pages. (F McC) |
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Tenderness by Robert Cormier |
Runaway
girl meets psychopathic serial killer. 229 pages (F COR Bestseller section) |
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A tragic story where two opposites aren't so opposite after all. Both lead different lives, but want the same thing - to be happy. However, bad events happen, and a twisted ending occurs. -N.I., class of 2007
I really enjoyed it. It kept me interested
the whole time. Highly recommended.
-M.S.
I really enjoyed this book. I think it was one of the best books I have read. I think it would make a good movie, too. -S.P.