Boys Wanted

It's all about supply and demand in Flynn Meaney's second novel about a Midwest high school that experiences a sudden decrease in male students. Hard hit by the recession, Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin's population is shrinking as families move to greener pastures, and the local high school is hurting: most of the school's most eligible guys have moved or transferred schools.

With little competition, the remaining boys find their stocks on the rise, and even the most unlikely candidates have a good chance of making the team and getting the girl. Guitar-strumming slacker Hunter Fahrenbach has made an art of blending into the background, but now desperate coaches are recruiting him and popular girls are noticing his scruffy good looks. With a little work, Hunter might even be boyfriend material...