Boy Reads

California Young Reader Medal Winner - 1998
Bo Brewster has been at war with his father for as long as he can remember. Following angry outbursts at his football coach and English teacher that have cost him his spot on the football team and moved him dangerously close to expulsion from school, he turns to the only adult he believes will listen--Larry King.

2005 ALA Young Adult Top Ten Selection
Winner - 2004 Golden Kite Award - Fiction
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The Newbery Award-winning author of "Bud, Not Buddy" and "The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963" gives readers a whole new angle on life and a world full of unforgettable and hilarious characters.

Runner Up - 2006 VSBA 7-12
CCBC Choices - 2004
In this outstanding, funny, and edgy debut, Going tells an engaging story of two unlikely friends who meet when a high-school drop-out talks a boy out of suicide--and who ultimately save each other.

2006 Printz Award Winner
2005 Kentucky Bluegrass Award - Grades 9-12
2005 ALA Young Adult Top Ten Selection
Winner - 2006 Michael L. Printz Award
Tayshas Reading List 2006-2007
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In a stunning debut novel, Miles "Pudge" Halter befriends some fellow boarding school students whose lives are everything but boring. Pudge falls in love with Alaska, the razor-sharp and self-destructive nucleus. But when tragedy strikes, Pudge then discovers the value of loving unconditionally. Young Adult.

What do you do when a bottle of liquid hand-sanitizer lasts you only a week? Or how about when you realize that you"re unable to eat in the school cafeteria? (Too dirty.) Or sit on an office couch? (Ditto.) And is it a crime to have all of your shirts neatly lined up, color coded, and buttoned from top to bottom? What about alphabetized books? When does neatness become an obsession?
Preoccupied with orderliness, cleanliness, and warding off impending disaster through rituals, Devon Brown is concerned with all of the above and then some. Which is just fine by him, but his parents and therapist see his "tendencies" in a more negative light--especially when such compulsions land him in the middle of big trouble at his new high school.
In this compelling story of mistakes and recovery, with sensitivity and humor George Harrar examines t

The sole survivor of all that was Asgard, will Beta Ray Bill escape the end of one world only to face his own end in the form of an enemy greater than any he has battled before? Introducing Stardust, a creature of cosmic power who turns his enemies to dust to fuel the stars. And that's just what he intends to do to Beta Ray Bill - and the Korbinite people - but he's only following orders. The question is: from whom? The answer is big, and we mean BIG! Collects Stormbreaker: The Saga of Beta Ray Bill #1-6.

When a teenage boy's widowed mom gets a job as a stripper, it makes for some tricky social maneuvering in this coming-of-age tale from the award-winning author of "Stoner & Spaz."

2007 Grand Canyon Reader Award Winner - Teen Books
2005 Kentucky Bluegrass Award - Grades 9-12
Vince Luca is just like any other high school guy--except that his father is the head of a powerful crime organization. When Vince meets a girl, her family turns out to be the biggest problem of all--because her father is an FBI agent.

2007 Virginia Readers' Choice
Thumbs Up! Award Winner - 2006
This hilarious novel chronicles Scott's freshman year, as he decides that high school would be a lot less overwhelming if it came with a survival manual. Here Scott records his first year of bullies, romance, honors, classes, and brotherhood.

The Michael L. Printz Honor Award winner for "Freewill" returns with this hilarious tale. When his uncle turns up, young Elvin Bishop is dragged on an odyssey that leads him to find things he never wanted to look for, including lost relatives and reluctant self-improvement.

In the chaos of the attack on Pearl Harbor, a boy searches for his father whowas on a ship that was bombed.

2005 ALA Young Adult Top Ten Selection
From the Children's Laureate of England comes a stunning novel about the First World War. Private Thomas Peaceful has lied about his age to enlist. As Thomas stands night watch, his memories are full of his childhood. But each moment brings him closer to something he cannot bear to think about.

Jimmy and Kevin could really use a guide to life. According to Duke, who has given them after-school jobs at his Harlem barbershop, there are rules for everything: how to stay out of trouble, how to succeed in life, what it takes to make it. But is it good advice or just more aggravation?

Max Caldwell is tired of having a "perfect" girlfriend, tired of worrying about college applications, and tired of always doing what he's supposed to do. So for the first time, dependable, reliable Max steps back from his Mr. Perfect, straight-A life to see what happens when he lets go for a while.

Winner - 2005 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award
From the award-winning author of "Full Tilt" and The Shadow Club novels comes this tongue-in-cheek tale of a boy so unremarkable, he just might disappear completely.

From the acclaimed author of "Pool Boy" comes a new thriller. When his millionaire father is accused of murder, only Evan MacAlister can clear his father's name--but only by revealing his own crime.

2003 Grand Canyon Reader Award Winner - Teen
Iowa Teen Award - 2003 Winner
CCBC Choices - 2001
YHBA Winner - 2003
In this story about the perils of popularity, the courage of nonconformity, and the thrill of first love, an eccentric student named Stargirl changes Mica High School forever. Young Adult.

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From a first-time author comes a brand-new adventure series set in ancient China that follows five young warrior monks known as the Five Ancestors. Practitioners of the martial arts, each monk is named after an animal for its particular fighting style.

Anthony has never had to stand up for himself--until his girlfriend winds up in the arms of another boy. Anthony vows revenge and devises The Plan--he gets a job at the fast food restaurant where his rival is the star employee. When the plan is finally assembled, will Anthony's hunger for revenge be satisfied--and will he prove he's not a wuss?

Once in a while you get a second chance, and for Travis Cody this is one of those times. As Travis says, football is about lining up against someone and finding out who can and who can't, who's a winner and who's a loser. It's about facing--and defining--the truth about yourself.