Catcher in The Rye. My son has read that book many times. It's a classic! He also enjoyed The Power of One, The Basic Eight, and Night.
Also--Call of the Wild, if he hasn't already read it. Now is also a good to have him start reading the Classics.
Here are some others where the main character is a teen age boy:
Apprenticeship of Lucas Whittaker by DeFelice, Cynthia : After his family dies of consumption in 1849, twelve-year-old Lucas becomes a doctor's apprentice.
Arly Peck by Robert Newton
Although Arly Poole seems bound to follow in his father's footsteps as a field worker in Jailtown, Florida, where his family lives in 1927 in the shadow of a cruel boss, his world suddenly seems larger when a schoolteacher comes to town. (Sequel: Arly's Run)
Baboon King by Quintana, Anton
Son of a Kikuyu mother and a Masai herdsman father, Moreng aru the hunter lives on the edges of tribal society until an actual banishment forces him to make a life for himself among a troop of baboons.
Between a Rock and a Hard Place by Carter, Alden R.
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.
Body of Christopher Creed by Plum-Ucci, Carol
Torey Adams, a high school junior with a seemingly perfect life, struggles with doubts and questions surrounding the mysterious disappearance of the class outcast.
Breathing Under Water by Flinn, Alexandra
Sent to counseling for hitting his girlfriend, Caitlin, and ordered to keep a journal, sixteen-year-old Nick recounts his relationship with Caitlin, examines his controlling behavior and anger, and describes living with his abusive father.
Chocolate War by Cormier, Robert
A high school freshman discovers the devastating consequences of refusing to join in the school's annual fund raising drive and arousing the wrath of the school bullies.
Counterfeit Son by Alphin, Elaine Marie
When serial killer Hank Miller is killed in a shoot-out with police, his abused son Cameron adopts the identity of one of his father's victims in order to find a better life.
Crooked by McNeal, Laura
Two ninth graders, Clara and Amos, suddenly find their lives turned upside down by their families, by each other, and by the two meanest brothers in town.
Dark Side of Nowhere: a novel by Shusterman, Neal
Fourteen-year-old Jason faces an identity crisis after discovering that he is the son of aliens who stayed on earth following a botched invasion mission.
Devil's Race
Sixteen-year-old John Proud is tormented by the ghost of an evil ancester, with his own name and his own face, who was hanged in 1854 for being a demon.
Doom Stone by Zindel, Paul
When fifteen-year-old Jackson visits his aunt in England, he becomes caught up in a chase to capture an unknown creature who is stalking and killing people on the plains surrounding ancient Stonehenge.
Dragonwings by Yep, Laurence
In the early twentieth century a young Chinese boy joins his father in San Francisco and helps him realize his dream of making a flying machine.
Gathering by Carmody, Isobelle
When fifteen-year-old Nathanial moves to a sinister town that has been bruised by an ancient evil, he finds himself one of those Chosen to fight the cycle of darkness.
Giver by Lowry, Lois
Given his lifetime assignment at the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas becomes the receiver of memories shared by only one other in his community and discovers the terrible truth about the society in which he lives.
Graveyard Girl by Myers, Anna
During the yellow fever epidemic in Memphis in 1878, twelve-year-old Eli and Addie, a young child he befriends, struggle to survive with the help of Addie's ghost-mother and a girl who works at the busy graveyard.
Great Brain by Fitzgerald, John Dennis
The exploits of the Great Brain of Adenville, Utah are described by his younger brother, frequently the victim of the Great Brain's schemes for gaining prestige or money.
Harris and Me: a Summer Remembered by Paulsen, Gary
Sent to live with relatives on their farm because of his unhappy home life, an eleven-year-old city boy meets his distant cousin Harris and is given an introduction to a whole new world.
Holes by Sachar, Louis
As further evidence of his family's bad fortune which they attribute to a curse on a distant relative, Stanley Yelnats is sent to a hellish correctional camp in the Texas desert where he finds his first real friend, a treasure, and a new sense of himself.
I Am Mordred: a Tale from Camelot by Springer, Nancy
When Mordred learns the identity of his father, he struggles with feelings of hatred, but also fights the fate which determines that he kill the good and gracious king.
Jungle Dogs by Salisbury, Graham
While worrying about the wild dogs that supposedly lurk in the jungle along his paper route, Hawaiian sixth grader Boy Regis also seeks to stop his older brother Damon from fighting all his battles for him.
Miracle's Boys by Woodson, Jacqueline
Twelve-year-old Lafayette's close relationship with his older brother Charlie changes after Charlie is released from a detention home and blames Lafayette for the death of their mother.
Monster by Myers, Walter Dean
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.
Moves Make the Man by Brooks, Bruce
A Black boy and an emotionally troubled white boy in North Carolina form a precarious friendship.
My Side of the Mountain by George, Jean Craighead
A young boy relates his adventures during the year he spends living alone in the Catskill Mountains including his struggle for survival, his dependence on nature, his animal friends, and his ultimate realization that he needs human companionship.
Necessary Roughness by Lee, Marie G.
Sixteen-year-old Korean American Chan moves from Los Angeles to a small town in Minnesota, where he must cope not only with racism on the football team but also with the tensions in his relationship with his strict father.
One Who Came Back by Mazzio, Joann
When his best friend Eddie Chavez disappears after they have spent the day together in the mountains of New Mexico, fifteen-year-old Alex cannot get anyone to believe his story and is even suspected of murdering the missing boy.
Over the Wall by Ritter, John H.
Thirteen-year-old Tyler, who has trouble controlling his anger, spends an important summer with his cousins in New York City, playing baseball and sorting out how he feels about violence, war, and in particular the Vietnamese conflict that took his grandfather's life.
Perks of being a wallflower by Chbosky, Stephen
Charlie is a freshman. And while's he's not the biggest geek in the school, he is by no means popular. He's a wallflower--shy and introspective, and intelligent beyond his years, if not very savvy in the social arts. Charlie encounters the same struggles that many kids face in high school--how to make friends, the intensity of a crush, family tensions, a first relationship, exploring sexuality, experimenting with drugs--but he must also deal with his best friend's recent suicide.
Pirate's Son by McCaughrean, Geraldine
Left penniless in eighteenth century England, fourteen-year-old Nathan Gull and his mousy sister Maud accompany Tamo, the son of a notorious pirate, to his homeland of Madagascar where they are all changed by their encounter with Tamo's dangerous past.
Probably Still Nick Swansen by Wolff, Virginia Euwer
Sixteen-year-old learning-disabled Nick struggles to endure a life in which the other kids make fun of him, he has to take special classes, his date for the prom makes an excuse not to go with him, and he is haunted by the memory of his older sister who drowned while he was watching.
Raven of the Waves by Cadnum, Michael
On his first Viking raid, seventeen-year-old Lidsmod sails on the ship Raven, joining his comrades as they destroy and plunder villages in medieval England and take an Anglo-Saxon boy as captive.
Sang Spell by Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds
When his mother is killed in an automobile accident, high-schooler Josh decides to hitchhike across country, and finds himself trapped in a mysterious village somewhere in the Appalachian Mountains, among a group of people who call themselves Melungeons.
Secret Sacrament by Jordan, Sherryl
A disturbing incident when he is only seven years old foreshadows the role Gabriel will play in the relations between his Navorran people and the Shinali, a role which is solidified when he becomes an Elected One and trains to be a Healer.
Shadow of the Dragon by Garland, Sherry
High school sophomore Danny Vo tries to resolve the conflict between the values of his Vietnamese refugee family and his new American way of life.
Shakespeare Stealer by Blackwood, Gary
A young orphan boy is ordered by his master to infiltrate Shakespeare's acting troupe in order to steal the script of "Hamlet," but he discovers instead the meaning of friendship and loyalty.
Slam! by Myers, Walter Dean
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.
Slot Machine by Lynch, Chris
When overweight thirteen-year-old Elvin Bishop is sent to camp at St. Paul's Seminary Retreat Center, he and his two best friends are forced to try out various sports in order to find out where they belong.
Someone Was Watching by Patneaude, Dave
When his baby sister disappears from the river near their summer home, eighth grader Chris fights the assumption that she has drowned and uncovers evidence that something entirely different has happened to her.
Soup by Peck, Robert Newton
The adventures and misadventures of two boys growing up in a small Vermont town.
Spider's Voice by Skurzynski, Gloria
Because he is a young mute person who can hear, Aran becomes involved in the adventures of Eloise and Abelard, France's most famous lovers, who lived during the twelfth century.
Split Image by French, Michael
At his mother's death, seventeen-year-old Garrett is invited to live with his father in Los Angeles, where a lifestyle that at first seems simply mysterious turns into a nightmare.
Stuck in Neutral by Trueman, Terry
Fourteen-year-old Shawn McDaniel, who suffers from severe cerebral palsy and cannot function, relates his perceptions of his life, his family, and his condition, especially as he believes his father is planning to kill him.
Tangerine by Bloor, Edward
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.
Tusk and Stone by Bosse, Malcolm J.
After dacoits attack his caravan and he loses his identity as a Brahmin, Arjun resigns himself to his new life, becomes an elephant driver, and searches for his kidnapped sister.
Wayfinder by Pattison, Darcy
Eleven-year-old Win, an apprentice Finder, must go into the mysterious Great Rift to find the Well of Life, the only hope of healing the Heartland of plague.
Zero at the Bone by Cadnum, Michael
When eighteen-year-old Anita fails to return home from work, her parents and younger brother try to understand and cope with her disappearance.
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