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What is the best fiction book on the current New York Times Bestseller List for a teenage male?

I need a fiction novel on the current (or past 12 months) New York Times Bestseller List for a 15 year old boy. It's for his summer reading list for school. Which one (s) do you recommend for him?

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1. THE DANGEROUS DAYS OF DANIEL X, by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge. (Vision/Grand Central, $7.99.) An alien hunter seeks the Prayer, a killer mantis. (Ages 12 and up) 2 THE BOOK THIEF, by Markus Zusak. (Knopf, $11.99.) A girl saves books from Nazi THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN By Sherman Alexie. Illustrated by Ellen Forney. 230 pp. Little, Brown & Company. $16.99. (Ages 12 and up)
2. percy jackson and the olympians series the first book is called the lightning thief they are making a movie about it if you want to see it click here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGITXIELXXE&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Ethemovieinsider%2Ecom%2Fm2153%2F5%2Fpercy%2Djackson%2Dand%2Dthe%2Dlightning%2Dthief%2F&feature=player_embedded they are about the greek gods it has action humor and is my favorite book.
3. From the current list, they might be what you are looking for: Doomsday Key - James Rollins. Sigma Force operatives attempt to solve an ancient mystery that has deadly consequences. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies - Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith. The classic story, retold with “ultraviolent zombie mayhem.” These are quite popular with teens in B&A: The Alchemist, by Paulo Coelho. A Spanish shepherd boy travels to Egypt in search of treasure. The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini. An Afghan-American returns to Kabul to learn how a childhood friend has fared.