It's a Guy Thing

Growing pains aren't always painful...or at least not when you're reading about someone else's! These novels will have you laughing as guys navigate through high school with all of the headaches that hormones, relationships, school, family, and growing up have to offer.

• 24 Girls in 7 Days ~ Alex Bradley (FIC BRA)
  Jack Grammar, average American senior, has no date for the prom until his so-called best friends post an ad in the school newspaper and assemble a list of eager girls, giving him just seven days to meet and date them all before asking one special girl to the prom.
  
• An Abundance of Katherines ~ John Green (FIC GRE)
  Having been recently dumped for the nineteenth time by a girl named Katherine, recent high school graduate and former child prodigy Colin sets off on a road trip with his best friend to try to find some new direction in life while also trying to create a mathematical formula to explain his relationships.
  
• Burger Wuss ~ M.T. Anderson (FIC AND)
  Hoping to lose his loser image, Anthony plans revenge on a bully which results in a war between two competing fast food restaurants, Burger Queen and O'Dermott's.
  
• Cheeseburger Subversive ~ Richard Scarsbrook (FIC SCA)
  Dak Sifter recounts with sardonic humour some of the sublime, but ordinary incidents in his adolescence; ones that create the evolution of change, or as he puts it, "a shifting of gears"
  
• The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, aged 13 3/4 ~ Sue Townsend (FIC TOW)
  Follows the ups and downs of one British teenager's life in diary form.
  
• Son of the Mob ~ Gordon Korman (FIC KOR)
  Seventeen-year-old Vince's life is constantly complicated by the fact that he is the son of a powerful Mafia boss, a relationship that threatens to destroy his romance with the daughter of an FBI agent.
  
• Three Clams and an Oyster ~ Randy Powell (FIC POW)
  During their humorous search to find a fourth player for their flag football team, three high school juniors are forced to examine their long friendship, their individual flaws, and their inability to try new experiences.