Hey Mr. DuBoff,
It's Ender Shan. I just thought i should list some books that I've enjoyed for you:
Sea of Trolls-Nancy Farmer
The House of the Scorpion-Nancy Farmer
The DaVinci Code-Dan Brown
Angels& Demons-Dan Brown
Cirque Du Freak Series-Darren Shan
Ender's Shadow series-Orson Scott Card (Also there is an Enders Game series but i haven't read them yet)
Thanks,
Ender Shan
P.S. You like the name? Ender Shan get it. Ender's Shadow and Cirque Du Freak...nevermind.