Guy’s Reads
Alexie, Sherman
Absolutely True Diary of a
Y.A. FIC ALEXIE S
Part Time Indian (2007)
Budding cartoonist Junior leaves his troubled school on the Spokane Indian Reservation to attend an allwhite farm town school where the only other Indian is the school mascot.
Anderson, M.T.
Burger Wuss (1999)
Y.A. FIC ANDERSON, M.T.
Hoping to lose his loser image, Anthony plans revenge on a bully which results in a war between two
competing fast food restaurants, Burger Queen and O'Dermott's.
Colfer, Eoin
Artemis Fowl (2008)
Y.A. FIC COLFER E
Artemis's mother has contracted a deadly disease -- and the only cure lies in the brain fluid of African
lemurs. Unfortunately, Artemis himself was responsible for making the lemurs extinct five years ago. Now
he must enlist the aid of his fairy friends to travel back in time and save them. Not only that, but he must
face his deadliest foe yet...his younger self.
Collins, Suzanne
The Hunger Games (2008)
Y.A. FIC COLLINS S
In a future North America, where the rulers of Panem maintain control through an annual televised survival
competition pitting young people from each of the twelve districts against one another, sixteen-year-old
Katniss's skills are put to the test when she voluntarily takes her younger sister's place.
Dahl, Roald
Danny, Champion of the World (2007)
Y.A. FIC DAHL, R
A young English boy describes his relationship with his father and the special adventure they share
together.
Doctorow, Cory
Little Brother (2008)
Y.A. FIC DOCTOROW C
After being interrogated for days by the Department of Homeland Security in the aftermath of a major
terrorist attack on San Francisco, California, seventeen-year-old Marcus, released into what is now a police
state, decides to use his expertise in computer hacking to set things right.
Green, John
Looking for Alaska (2005)
Y.A. FIC GREEN J
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.
Horowitz, Anthony
Alex Rider (2002)
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Fourteen-year-old Alex continues his work as a spy for the British MI6, investigating an exclusive school
for boys in the French Alps.
Korman, Gordon
No More Dead Dogs (2000)
Y.A. FIC KORMAN,G
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.
Korman, Gordon
Son of the Mob (2002)
Y.A. FIC KORMAN,G
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.
Lubar, David
Hidden Talents (2003)
Y.A. FIC LUBAR, D
When thirteen-year-old Martin arrives at an alternative school for misfits and problem students, he falls in with a group
of boys with psychic powers and discovers something surprising about himself.
Patterson, James
Dangerous Days of Daniel X (2008)
FIC PATTERSON J
Fifteen-year-old Daniel has followed in his parents' footsteps as the Alien Hunter, exterminating beings on
The List of Alien Outlaws on Terra Firma, but when he faces his first of the top ten outlaws, the very
existence Earth and another planet are at stake.
***Patterson, James
Maximum Ride Series
Guy’s Reads
Paulsen, Gary
Hatchet (1987)
Y.A. FIC PAULSEN,G
After a plane crash, thirteen-year-old Brian spends fifty-four days in the wilderness, learning to survive
initially with only the aid of a hatchet given to him by his mother, and learning also to survive his parents'
divorce.
Sachar, Louis
Holes (2000)
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As further evidence of his family's bad fortune which they attribute to a curse on a distant relative, Stanley
Yelnats is sent to a hellish correctional camp in the Texas desert where he finds his first real friend, a
treasure, and a new sense of himself.
Riordan, Rick
Percy Jackson and the Olympians Series (2009)
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How do you handle an encounter with Medusa on the New Jersey interstate? What's the best way to take
down a minotaur? Become an expert on everything in Percy's world with this must-have guide to the Percy
Jackson and the Olympians series. Complete with interviews, puzzles, games, and original short stories by
Rick Riordan.