Children's Books Too Cool for School

Hidden Talents by David Lubar (A "Top 50 Post")

 This is one of the more modern titles on my list, but I think it's a great story with potential for staying power.

At its core, Hidden Talents is a classic misfit tale told from the point of view of a misfit among misfits. Martin has been expelled from so many schools, he's been placed in a super-weird alternative school. Slowly (a little too slowly for an adult reader, I'm afraid) Martin realizes that his core group of friends aren't really bad kids, they actually have... ahem... hidden talents! However, Martin just feels like more of a misfit than ever, after he realizes he doesn't have a super-power of his own. Or does he?

This book is just a lot of fun, and an easy one to sell to the guys. There's not a yucky girl in the book!