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Books for Guys

For Older Teens

Ender’s Game
by Orson Scott Card
YA fiction
Aliens have attacked the Earth and only Ender Wiggins, genius among young men, stands in the way of the end of life as we know it by alien Buggers.
Night Hoops
by Carl Deuker
YA fiction
Nick has always lived in his brother Scott’s shadow, but when Scott gives up basketball to work on his music, Nick jumps at the chance to impress his dad with his own basketball skills.
Hole in My Life
by Jack Gantos
YA fiction
Gantos, author of the award winning Joey Pigza series, reveals his not always pleasant (or legal) past and how he turned his life around.
You Don’t Know Me
by David Klass
YA fiction
John has a secret about his life at home that is too difficult to tell anyone, especially his mom, the only person he thinks can help him out of his desperate situation.
Bruce Lee: The Celebrated Life of the Golden Dragon
by Bruce Lee
791.43028 qL4773Zle2 2000
The life of the original tough guy’s guy told with amazing photographs of the master himself, including childhood snapshots and rare behind the scenes photos.
Bad Boy: A Memoir
by Walter Dean Myers
813.54 M996Zm 2001
Myers, author of the award winning books Monster and Scorpions, reveals the joys and hardships of his childhood growing up in Harlem during the 1940s.
Wrestling Sturbridge
by Rich Wallace
YA fiction
Ben is a senior and the second best wrestler on his high school team. But if he wants to get out of his small, depressed town he must take a shot at being number one, even if he has to risk everything to do it.

For Younger Teens

Kit’s Wilderness
by David Almond
YA fiction
When thirteen-year-old Kit joins in on the strange game of “Death”, in his town’s abandoned mine pits, some very unusual events follow.
Shakespeare Stealer
by Gary Blackwood
YA fiction
Widge is a fourteen-year-old orphan living in London during the time of Shakespeare. His life takes a turn for the worse when his new employer tells him he must steal the newest play by rival writer William Shakespeare—or else.
Jason’s Gold
by Will Hobbs
YA fiction
Fifteen-year-old Jason thinks going to Seattle during the Gold Rush of 1897 sounds like a great idea until he begins his journey and discovers how difficult it is going to be.
The Lord of the Deep
by Graham Salisbury
YA fiction
Mickey thinks his stepfather Bill, a charter boat fisherman, is the greatest guy in the world, until a trip with some rich, obnoxious fishermen forces Mickey and Bill to make several difficult decisions.
Miracle’s Boys
by Jacqueline Woodson
YA fiction
Lafayette, 12, lives with his older brothers Tyree and Charlie—when Charlie isn’t in trouble with the police. Ever since their mother died, Tyree is always sad and tired and Charlie is always angry—especially with Lafayette, who Charlie blames for their mother’s death.

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