teenage boys

As locusts descend upon the prairie farms of Minnesota during the summer of 1876, fourteen-year-old Asa Senger and his family fear they are about to lose everything. Even though the Dakota Indians have been exiled from the state, an elderly Indian appears and Asa's father, the sheriff, jails him in order to gain a bounty payment. Asa feels sorry for him and sets the old Indian free but must live with the guilt. Meanwhile, a mysterious aunt who has been confined to an asylum arrives at Asa's home, bringing with her secrets about his family's history.

Dave Pelzer, victim of one of the worst child abuse cases in California history, tells the story of his adolescent years after he was removed from his home and placed in foster care, and discusses the influence on his life of Dan Brazell, the man he came to regard as his father.

A teenage boy takes on the name and persona of Sir Able, a knight, after being transported to a magical realm and transformed into a grown man, but he soon discovers through encounters with giants, elves, wizards, and dragons, that he has much to learn before he can truly call himself a hero.

Able returns to Mythgathr possessing magical secrets and hoping to fulfill his vows to his king, his lover, his friends, his gods, and even his enemies by setting the world right and restoring the proper order among the seven worlds.

Jake Steinfeld of Body by Jake offers both body-building and life-building strategies designed to help teenage boys develop healthy and successful lives.

Tommy, Brad, Andy, and Shane struggle to find their way in their senior year of high school, and despite their differing backgrounds, they forge an unlikely friendship.

Profiles thirty Canadian boys who made significant contributions to their communities, the country, the fields of medicine and science, and the world before the age of twenty.

"Drake and Josh are left home alone for ten days, and chaos ensues. First they put Megan, their kid sister, on a plane bound for Los Angeles instead of Denver. Then, when they go looking for her, they end up mixed up in a counterfeiting scheme, stealing Tony Hawk's car, guesting on MTV's TRL, and, of course, flirting with cute girls. The only question is: how to get it all straightened out and still get home before their parents!"--P. [4] of cover.

All the students in the gifted class at Meadowbrook Middle School have secrets, but Carter Street is the biggest mystery of them all and all the students are curious about his blank stare and why he never speaks.

Fourteen-year-old city boy Max, along with a Mayan girl named Lola, searches the tropical rain forest for the ancient Jaguar Stones and clues about the disappearance of his parents, who were last seen working at an archaeological dig in San Xavier.