teenage boys

After getting caught stealing from his grandmother's toilet store, the narrator is punished by being forced to work at a soup kitchen, an experience that seems inconsequential until he discovers one of his friends depends on the free food.

The battle for M?r Heaven heats up as the Phantom and 12 other Knights descend on Reinlief castle, but Ginta , more determined than ever to beat the Chess Pieces and save his friends, mangages to lift the curse only to have most of Team M?r sucked into the alternate dimension of the training gate.

Ginta and Team Mar visit Caldia, the magical homeland of their teammate Dorothy, where they learn about her past, her family's link with Mar Heaven, and the terrible truth about her sister, Diana.

Gray Fallon has everything a sixteen-year-old boy could want, including a new, hot girlfriend, but when his sister is diagnosed with a serious illness, he embarks on a search for answers that leads him on a mission to live simply, "like a caveman," and brings him to the attention of the media.

Justin likes his after-school job at a guard-dog business, especially the old dog Smokey, but he soon learns that the owner is involved in illegal activity.

"Boruto and his team's mission to rescue Konohamaro gets complicated when Ao shows up. Ao may be old, but he has experience and powerful ninja tools at his disposal. But what is this mysterious vessel that Ao, and the organization known as Kara, are after? And how is it connected to Boruto?"-- Back cover.

In this novel in verse, sixteen-year-old Leo in on his way to becoming an Eagle Scout and future police officer. He keeps things together at home while his mom is deployed and his dad is working. But when Leo's younger brother Jack becomes involved in a dangerous incident in the community, Leo must choose between standing by his brother and standing up for justice.

"Max Tilt thinks his luck is finally changing, thanks to his great-great-great-grandfather Jules Verne's unfinished, unpublished manuscript, 'The Lost Treasures.' Using the clues Verne left behind, Max and his cousin Alex were able to bottle the magical healing elements needed to cure his mother's illness just in the nick of time. But then Max and Alex discover that the vials were stolen by their former friend, Bitsy. She has plans to use them to save the world--but her plans might be much more deadly than they seem. And so now it's up to Max and Alex to stop her before it's too late. Working against the odds, the two kids glean clues from one of Verne's best-loved books, 'Journey to the Center' of the Earth. In it, they discover a map to their most dangerous destination yet--the very core of the world. And so now the two cousins are off on their most unlikely, most important quest yet--literally to save the world!"--Amazon.com.

Jasper Wishart has a condition where he sees colors when he hears sounds, so everything and everyone has their own unique color. Recently, Jasper sees a color he becomes haunted by; the color of murder. He is convinced that he has murdered his neighbor, Bee Larkham, so he tries to piece together the events leading up to the crime. But someone else is out there determined to stop him from finding out the truth.

"Sixteen-year-old Philip is the son of two Evangelical youth pastors. He also secretly helps his older brother pay for his heroin addiction. When a massive tornado touches down in their small town, Philip's family becomes heavily involved in the post-disaster cleanup as Philip struggles with the return of his detoxing brother. With his life swept into sudden chaos, Philip grapples with questions that cut him to the core"--Back cover.