Battle Angel Alita. Rusty Angel  by Yukito Kishiro

Daisuke Ido discovers a damaged cyborg in a trash heap; rebuilds and names her Alita.

Between a Rock and a Hard Place by Alden Carter

Although neither fifteen-year-old Mark Severson nor his diabetic cousin Randy are looking forward to the canoe trip that is a family rite of passage, they begin to enjoy themselves as they make their way through Minnesota's lake country, until the trip becomes a fight for survival.

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card  

Andrew “Ender” Wiggin thinks he is playing computer-simulated war games at the Battle School; in fact, he is engaged in something far more desperate.

Far North by Will Hobbs 

After the destruction of their floatplane, sixteen-year-old Gabe and his Dene friend, Raymond, struggle to survive a winter in the wilderness of the Northwest Territories.

Fullmetal Alchemist by Hiromu Arakawa

When two brothers dabbled in alchemy to try to resurrect their dead mother, one of them lost an arm and a leg, while the other lost his whole body.  Now they’re searcing for the Philosopher’s Stone.

Full Tilt by Neal Shusterman

When sixteen-year-old Blake goes to a mysterious, by-invitation-only carnival he somehow knows that it could save his comatose brother, but soon learns that much more is at stake if he fails to meet the challenge presented there by the beautiful Cassandra.

Hidden Talents by David Lubar 

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.

The Hoopster by Alan Lawrence Sitomer

Andre Anderson is a black teenager who loves to play basketball, but when he is viciously attacked, it calls his whole world into question--even his deadly jumpshot.

How Angel Peterson Got His Name by Gary Paulsen           

Author Gary Paulsen relates tales from his youth in a small town in northwestern Minnesota in the late 1940s and early 1950s, such as skiing behind a souped-up car and imitating daredevil Evel Knievel.

The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

After learning that he is the son of a mortal woman and Poseidon, god of the sea, twelve-year-old Percy is sent to a summer camp for demigods like himself, and joins his new friends on a quest to prevent a war between the gods.

Monster by Walter Dean Myers 

While on trial as an accomplice to a murder, sixteen-year-old Steve Harmon records his experiences in prison and in the courtroom in the form of a film script as he tries to come to terms with the course his life has taken.

Nick of Time by Ted Bell 

With the help of Lord Hawke, whose children have been taken by the evil pirate Captain Billy Blood, young Nick McIver uses a time machine to rescue the two children as well as change the course of events in two time periods, the Napoleonic Wars and World War II.

Night Hoops by Carl Deuker  

While trying to prove that he is good enough to on his high school's varsity basketball team, Nick must also deal with his parents' divorce and erractic behavior of a troubled classmate who lives across the street.

No More Dead Dogs by Gordon Korman 

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.

Peak by Roland Smith 

A fourteen-year-old boy attempts to be the youngest person to reach the top of Mount Everest.

Phineas Gage: An Awesome but True Story About Brain Science by John Fleischman (Teen Non-Fiction 362.197 F)   

In 1848, Phineas Gage, a railroad construction foreman, survived when an iron rod blasted through his brain.  Subsequent studies of how he survived led to knowledge about the central nervous system.

Repossessed by A.M. Jenkins 

A fallen angel, tired of being unappreciated while doing his pointless, demeaning job, leaves Hell, enters the body of a seventeen-year-old boy, and tries to experience the full range of human feelings before being caught and punished, while the boy's family and friends puzzle over his changed behavior.

Revenge of the Witch by Joseph Delaney 

Young Tom, the seventh son of a seventh son, starts work as an apprentice for the village spook, whose job is to protect ordinary folk from "ghouls, boggarts, and all manner of wicked beasties." Book 1 of the Last Apprentice series.

Sebastian Darke: Prince of Fools by Philip Caveney.

Accompanied by his sardonic buffalope Max, seventeen-year-old Sebastian Darke meets a spoiled princess and a diminutive soldier who aid in his quest to become court jester to the evil King Septimus.

Silent to the Bone by E.L. Konigsburg  

When Bradley in wrongly accused of dropping and injuring his half sister, a baby, he loses his ability to speak.  His friend Connor is the only one who is able to reach him and find out what really happened. 

Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy 

When twelve-year-old Stephanie inherits her weird uncle's estate, she must join forces with Skulduggery Pleasant, a skeleton mage, to save the world from the Faceless Ones.

Slam! by Walter Dean Myers 

Sixteen-year-old “Slam” Harris is counting on his noteworthy basketball talents to get him out of the inner city and give him a chance to succeed in life, but his coach sees things differently.

Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie by David Lubar 

While navigating his first year of high school and awaiting the birth of his new baby brother, Scott loses old friends and gains some unlikely new ones as he hones his skills as a writer. 

Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz  

After the death of the uncle who had been his guardian, fourteen-year-old Alex Rider is coerced to continue his uncle's dangerous work for Britain's intelligence agency, MI6.  Books in the Alex Rider series include Point Blank, and Skeleton Key.

Stravaganza: City of Masks by Mary Hoffman 

While sick in bed with cancer, Lucien begins making journeys to a place in a parallel world that resembles Venice, Italy.  There he is known as Luciano and he becomes caught up in the political intrigues surrounding the Duchessa who rules the city.

Tangerine by Edward Bloor

Twelve-year-old Paul, who lives in the shadow of his football hero brother Erik, fights for the right to play soccer despite his near blindness and slowly begins to remember the incident that damaged his eyesight.

The Thief by Megan Turner 

Gen flaunts his ingenuity as a thief and relishes the adventure which takes him to a remote temple of the gods where he will attempt to steal a precious stone.

The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke  

Two brothers, having run away from the aunt who plans to adopt the younger one, are sought by a detective hired by their aunt, but they have found shelter with--and protection from--Venice's Thief Lord.

Traitor by Andy McNab,

A boy who believes his grandfather is a spy who turned against England and then disappeared, tracks down him down and finds out the truth.

Virtual War by Gloria Skurzynski  

In a future world where global contamination has necessitated limited human contact, three young people with unique genetically engineered abilities are teamed up to wage a war in virtual reality

Whale Talk by Chris Crutcher 

Intellectually and athletically gifted, TJ, a multiracial, adopted teenager, shuns organized sports and the gung-ho athletes at his high school until he agrees to form a swimming team and recruits some of the school's less popular students

The Wish List by Eoin Colfer  

Meg Finn is in trouble. She's dead, but not at peace--she's in limbo, her good deeds perfectly balanced against her bad deeds; Heaven or Hell wait, a tip of the scale away. So she's back on Earth trying to tip the scale to the good by helping her last victim, and her former "partner" is also back, trying to force her to tip the scale to the bad.

Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula LeGuin 

A boy grows to manhood while attempting to subdue the evil he unleashed on the world as an apprentice to the Master Wizard.