Guy Stuff :::
Short Stories
Paulsen, Gary. Guts: the true stories behind Hatchet and the Brian stories. The author relates the true stories that inspired him to write the novel Hatchet.
Paulsen, Gary. How Angel Petersen got his name 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.
Schwartz, Alvin. Scary stories to tell in the dark. Stories of ghosts and witches, "jump" stories, scary songs, and modern-day scary stories.
Scieszka, Jon. ed. Guys Write for Guys Read. Contains a collection of short stories, drawings, poems, and memoirs from well-known writers of "guy" fiction, written by boys, for boys. Includes pieces by Daniel Pinkwater, Neil Gaiman, Will Hobbs, Stephen King, Gary Paulsen, among other.
Thomas, Rob. Doing Time. Contains ten stories about the experiences of students at the fictional Robert E. Lee High School as they set out to fulfill the graduation requirement to perform two hundred hours of community service.
Fiction
Deuker, Carl. High heat. When sophomore Shane Hunter’s father is arrested for money laundering at his Lexus dealership, the star pitcher’s life of affluence and private schools begins to fall apart.
Horowitz, Anthony. Alex Rider series: Point Blank, Scorpia, Eagle Strike. After the death of the uncle who had been his guardian, 14-year-old Alex Rider is coerced to continue his uncle’s dangerous work for Britain’s intelligence agency, M16.
Hughes, Pat. Open Ice. Hockey has been Nick Taglio's life since he was five years old, so when a massive concussion benches him--possibly for good--everything seems to fall apart, including his schoolwork, his family relationships, his friendships, and his love life.
Keizer, Garret. God of Beer. To complete a class assignment at his high school in rural Vermont, Kyle and his friends Quake and Diana do a social protest project involving alcohol.
Krovatin, Christopher. Heavy Metal and You. High schooler Sam begins losing himself when he falls for a preppy girl who wants him to give up getting wasted with his best friends and even his passion for heavy metal music in order to become a better person.
McKernan, Victoria. Shackleton’s Stowaway. A fictionalized account of the adventures of eighteen-year-old Perce Blackborow, who stowed away for the 1914 Shackleton Antarctic expedition and, after their ship Endurance was crushed by ice, endured many hardships, including the loss of the toes of his left foot to frostbite, during the nearly two-year return journey across sea and ice.
Martinez, A. Lee. Gil’s All Fright Diner. Something Evil is stalking Gil's All Night Diner and eccentric buddies Earl (aka the Earl of Vampires) and Duke (aka the Duke of Werewolves) are determined to help Loretta, the formidable owner-operator, fend off a zombie attack.
Myers, Walter Dean. Handbook for life. Sixteen-year-old Jimmy, on probation for assault, talks about life with three old men in a Harlem barbershop and hears about the tools he can use to get what he wants.
Neenan, Colin. Thick. Nick, 17, is in a holding cell awaiting trial and telling his lawyer what happened. He begins with his admission of guilt: he killed someone.
Shan, Darren. Cirque du Freak series: Vampire Mountain. In book four of this popular series, Darren and his vampire mentor, Mr. Crepsley, decide to journey to the vampire territory. Along the way, the duo are attacked by a grizzly bear and encounter a crazed vampiress.
Vizzini, Ned. Be more chill. Badly in need of self-confidence and a change of image, high school nerd Jeremy Heere swallows a pill-sized super computer that is supposed to help him get whatever he wants.
Biography
Crawford, John. The last true story I’ll ever tell: an accidental soldier’s account of the war in Iraq. Having joined the National Guard for the tuition benefits, Crawford, like many of his contemporaries, never expected to do any heavy lifting. Early on, he admits his is "the story of a group of college students... who wanted nothing to do with someone else's war." But when his Florida National Guard unit was activated, he was shipped to Kuwait shortly before the invasion of Iraq.
Gantos, Jack. Hole in my life. The author relates how, as a young adult, he became a drug user and smuggler, was arrested, did time in prison, and eventually got out and went to college, all the while hoping to become a writer.
Holtz, Lou. Wins, losses and lessons. Leading college football coach Lou Holtz reflects on the experiences and people that have shaped his life, his successful coaching career, and the wisdom that has helped him succeed.
Montville, Leigh. The big bam: the life and times of Babe Ruth. A biography of Babe Ruth, based on newly discovered documents and interviews, providing information on his childhood in Baltimore, his discovery of baseball, and his record breaking career as an explosive slugger and cultural icon.
Moore, Kenny. Bowerman and the men of Oregon. A biography of Bill Bowerman, discussing his family and youth, World War II service, and marriage and children, with a focus on his tenure as the running coach at the University of Oregon from the 1950s to the early 1970s, a position that led him to invent the waffle-soled running shoe later produced by Nike, and to develop other innovations in running.
Myers, Walter Dean. Bad boy: a memoir. Author Walter Dean Myers describes his childhood in Harlem in the 1940s and 1950s, discussing his loving stepmother, his problems in school, his reasons for leaving home, and his beginnings as a writer.