I need a good book for a teenager

Question

for a boy who is incarcerated ,i want him to be a better teenager , stop being a follower, stop using drugs ,and realize that living a good life is better , is there a book or several books that he can read while he is locked up

Answer 1

Things Fall Apart, by Chinua Achebe.  ...excellent book!

Answer 2

Go Ask Alice might be for him

Answer 3

chicken soup for the teenage soul

Answer 4

THE OUTSIDERS BY S.E HINTON!!!!