YA Action Fantasy

Try these books if you're interested in:

• YA action fantasy
• male hero
• good vs. evil

Hero 
By Mike Lupica
YA F LUPICA
Fourteen-year-old Zach learns he has the same special abilities as his father, who was the President's globe-trotting troubleshooter until "the Bads" killed him, and now Zach must decide whether to use his powers in the same way at the risk of his own life. 

Mister Monday 
By Garth Nix
YA F NIX Keys #1
Although Arthur Penhaligon is supposed to die, he is saved by a key shaped like the minute hand of a clock, and now some bizarre creatures--including Mister Monday, his avenging messengers, and an army of Fetchers--will stop at nothing to get the key. First book in the Keys to the Kingdom series. 

The Amulet of Samarkand 
By Jonathan Stroud
YA F STROUD Bartiame #1
Nathaniel, a magician's apprentice, summons up the djinni Bartimaeus and instructs him to steal the Amulet of Samarkand from the powerful magician Simon Lovelace. First book in the Bartiameus Trilogy. 

The Hunchback Assignments 
By Arthur G. Slade
YA F SLADE Hunchbac #1
In Victorian London, fourteen-year-old Modo, a shape-changing hunchback, becomes a secret agent for the Permanent Association, which strives to protect the world from the evil machinations of the Clockwork Guild. First book in the Hunchback Assignments series. 




You might also like to try these titles of heroes that fight against evil without powers:

• The False Prince by Jennifer A. Nielsen 
• Dark Life by Kat Falls
• Foundling by D. M. Cornish 
• Keeper of the Grail by Michael P. Spradlin.