I remember reading a horrible book when I was about fourteen, they made us read it for my english class: "Lockie Leonard" by Tim Winton. It's was horrible and left me with the strong impression of an older man trying to write about teenagers without really having any prior knowledge to them. I have never really read any of his other books because this one turned me right off him. Sadly, he is an Australian author (I'm from Australia) so it was a very big disappointment.