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Bullet train : a novel / by Isaka, Kōtarō,1971-author.; Malissa, Sam,translator.; translation of:Isaka, Kōtarō,1971-Maria Bītoru.English.;
Nanao, nicknamed Lady Bird--the self-proclaimed "unluckiest assassin in the world"--boards a bullet train from Tokyo to Morioka with one simple task: grab a suitcase and get off at the next stop. Unbeknownst to him, the deadly duo Tangerine and Lemon are also after the very same suitcase--and they are not the only dangerous passengers onboard. Satoshi, "the Prince," with the looks of an innocent schoolboy and the mind of a viciously cunning psychopath, is also in the mix and has history with some of the others. Risk fuels him as does a good philosophical debate ... like, is killing really wrong? Chasing the Prince is another assassin with a score to settle for the time the Prince casually pushed a young boy off of a roof, leaving him comatose. When the five assassins discover they are all on the same train, they realize their missions are not as unrelated as they first appear. A massive bestseller in Japan, Bullet Train is an original and propulsive thriller that fizzes with an incredible energy and surprising humor as its complex net of double-crosses and twists unwind. Award-winning author Kotaro Isaka takes readers on a tension packed journey as the bullet train hurtles toward its final destination. Who will make it off the train alive--and what awaits them at the last stop?
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Assassins; Coma; High speed trains; Psychopaths; Revenge; Teenage boys;

The hill / by Bass, Karen,1962-;
Following a plane crash, two teens spend the night on a forbidden hill and in the morning find the forest around them subtly changed. The plane is missing, and they must work together to outwit a creature from the spirit world that should only exist in legend.LSC
Subjects: Horror fiction.; Teenage boys; Cree Indians; Airplane crash survival; Space and time; Cree mythology; Animals, Mythical;

The abduction / by Grisham, John.;
When his best friend disappears from her bedroom in the middle of the night, thirteen-year-old Theo uses his legal knowledge and investigative skills to chase down the truth and save April."Ages 8 up"--P. [4] of cover.LSC
Subjects: Legal stories.; Suspense fiction.; Boone, Theodore (Fictitious character); Teenage boys; Missing children; Kidnapping; Courts;
© 2012, c2011., Puffin Books,

Storm the fortress : the Siege of Quebec / by Trottier, Maxine.;
Fourteen-year-old William Jenkins leaves his job as an inker in Halifax to join the crew of the Royal Navy warship Pembroke as it prepares to take part in the siege of the French stronghold of Quebec.LSC
Subjects: Historical fiction.; War stories.; Sea stories.; Teenage boys; Orphans; Sailors; Québec Campaign, 1759; Seven Years' War, 1756-1763;
© c2013., Scholastic Canada,

Diet soda club / by Hayden, Chaz,author.;
"Reed Beckett's little sister, Beatrice, has never been awakened by the smell of breakfast or a school-day alarm clock. Instead, she wakes to hospital beeps and poking doctors. Seventeen-year-old Reed has been there for Bea all along, especially since their dad died. But when their burned-out mom goes on an extended vacation with her new boyfriend, the siblings are left with only an empty pantry and each other. With no job prospects on the horizon, Reed begins making and selling fake IDs so he and Bea can survive. But the problems keep piling up, from an angry landlord demanding rent to looming medical bills. As Reed expands his business, taking increasingly bigger risks, the potential consequences for Reed's future, Bea's health, and Reed's budding friendship with his classmate Helena become graver. But what choice does he have? The joy and complexity of both caregiving and sibling relationships are at the heart of this authentic and moving novel"--
Subjects: Young adult fiction.; Novels.; Fatherless families; Identification cards; Siblings; Spinal muscular atrophy; Teenage boys; Fatherless families; Identification cards; Siblings; Spinal muscular atrophy; Teenage boys;

Spy smuggler : Paul Lelaud, France, 1942-1944 / by Eldridge, Jim,1944-;
A story about the French Resistance during the Second World War, viewed through the eyes of thirteen year old Paul Lelaud.LSC
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Teenage boys; World War, 1939-1945;
© 2007, c2004., Scholastic Canada,

Wilderness reform : a novel / by Query, Matt,1989-author.; Query, Harrison,1991-author.;
Thirteen-year-old Ben is sent to a remote reform program for troubled teens by a juvenile court judge. But when he arrives at the camp, located on the edge of the vast wilderness of northwestern Montana, he immediately recognizes that there is something off about the counselors. They're too friendly and upbeat ... yet Ben can tell there's an undercurrent of menace. As he gets to know the boys in his cabin, he soon discovers that they each have far more going for them than whatever crime landed them there. And each has a different critical skill, one that could help them unearth what is really going on in this place--and how to make it out alive. They are inching ever closer to the truth, and the hidden evil beneath the camp's surface will make itself known in order to deter them.
Subjects: Horror fiction.; Novels.; Camps; Good and evil; Juvenile corrections; Reformatories; Survival; Teenage boys; Wilderness areas;

Life of Pi : a novel / by Martel, Yann.;
After the tragic sinking of a cargo ship, one solitary lifeboat remains bobbing on the wild, blue Pacific. The crew of the surviving vessel consists of a hyena, a zebra (with a broken leg), a female orang-utan, a 450-pound Royal Bengal tiger and Pi - a 16-year-old Indian boy. The scene is set for one of the most extraordinary pieces of literary fiction of recent years.
Subjects: Fiction.; Shipwreck survival; Human-animal relationships; Storytelling; Teenage boys; Ocean travel; Zoo animals; Orphans; Tiger; Human-animal relationships.; Ocean travel.; Orphans.; Shipwreck survival.; Storytelling.; Teenage boys.; Tiger.; Zoo animals.;
© 2011, ©2001., Vintage Canada,

The kite runner / by Hosseini, Khaled,author.;
This book is part of our Book Sanctuary collection. A Book Sanctuary is a physical or digital space that actively protects the freedom to read. It provides shelter and access to endangered books. Launched by Chicago Public Library in 2022, The Book Sanctuary initiative brings attention to challenged titles, and commits to making these books accessible. Innisfil ideaLAB & Library's Book Sanctuary Collection represents books that have been challenged, censored or removed from a public library or school in North America. More than 50 adult, teen, and children's books are in our collection and are available for browsing and borrowing in our branches and online. Explore the collection to learn more about why these books were challenged.
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Banned book sanctuary.; Kites; Teenage boys;

Punching the air / by Zoboi, Ibi Aanu.; Salaam, Yusef; Pasha, Omar T.;
From award-winning, bestselling author Ibi Zoboi and prison reform activist Yusef Salaam of the Exonerated Five comes a powerful YA novel in verse about a boy who is wrongfully incarcerated. The story that I thought was my life didn't start on the day I was born. Amal Shahid has always been an artist and a poet. But even in a diverse art school, he's seen as disruptive and unmotivated by a biased system. Then one fateful night, an altercation in a gentrifying neighborhood escalates into tragedy. "Boys just being boys" turns out to be true only when those boys are white. The story that I think will be my life starts today. Suddenly, at just sixteen years old, Amal's bright future is upended: he is convicted of a crime he didn't commit and sent to prison. Despair and rage almost sink him until he turns to the refuge of his words, his art. This never should have been his story. But can he change it' With spellbinding lyricism, award-winning author Ibi Zoboi and prison reform activist Yusef Salaam tell a moving and deeply profound story about how one boy is able to maintain his humanity and fight for the truth, in a system designed to strip him of both.LSC
Subjects: Novels in verse.; False imprisonment; African American teenage boys; Teenage artists; Judicial error; Prisoners; Discrimination in criminal justice administration; Criminal justice, Administration of; Justice;

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