Awkward youngster guided to follow books found in garden and on ship (11)
I believe the answer is:
hobbledehoy
'awkward youngster' is the definition.
(term for an awkward youth)
'guided to follow books found in garden and on ship' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'guided' could be 'led' (similar in meaning) and 'led' is located in the answer.
'books' could be 'bb' and 'bb' is found within the answer.
'garden' could be 'hoe' (to garden could mean to hoe) and 'hoe' is present in the remaining letters.
'on' could be 'o' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'o' is located in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
(Other definitions for hobbledehoy that I've seen before include "Clumsy old youth" , "Awkward youth" .)