Dude. I need book recommendations. Please. :)
"The Fiddler's Gun" by A. S. Peterson (awesome pirate book, like REALLY awesome, with a kickass female lead AND there's a sequel)
"The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Haddon (mystery novel told through the eyes of an autistic boy who find his neighbors dog dead one night)
"The Eagle of the Ninth" by Rosemary Sutcliff (about a roman soldier who goes on a quest to find the lost eagle of his father's legion and to find out how four thousand men just disappeared in mists of Northern Britain)
"How To Train Your Dragon" by Cressida Cowell (children book, yes. will it take you like less than a day to read? yes. But it's so freaking funny and the illustrations are hilarious PLUS there's a bunch more of them)
If you need any more, let me know!