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Losing Hit Points
After Rumour came out as trans, Journey—her best friend—dropped her. When a D&D game brings them face-to-face, Journey must confront their shame and their suppressed romantic feelings
$16.99, PaperbackInterest ages: 13-18Reading level: Grade 3Lexile Reading Level: HL670L
Luscious Love
The classic summer love story of a girl meeting a girl, and the lingerie store they both work at that threatens to ruin it all.
$14.99, PaperbackInterest ages: 13-18Reading level: Grade 4Lexile Reading Level: HL730L
Ableism: Deal With It
Deal With It: Ableism offers self quizzes, real life scenarios, myths and Q&As which identify ableism and ableist behaviour and provides strategies to deal with it.
$24.95, HardcoverInterest ages: 10-13Lexile Reading Level: 820L
Outta Here
A story about choice, and the overwhelming feeling that happens when a teen is faced with making major life choices alone. This novel is a hard-hitting portrayal of a reality faced by many teens in families touched by the epidemic of opioid addiction.
$14.99, PaperbackReading level: Grade 5Lexile Reading Level: HL470L
Poison Town
Everything seems sick in Addie’s town; even the crows have trouble flying. Now she's out to prove the local plant is covering up its polluting ways.
$14.99, PaperbackInterest ages: 12-18Reading level: Grade 6Lexile Reading Level: HL670L
School Statue Showdown
When an Indigenous group demands the local schools name be changed, rifts are formed within the community and the legacies of who we honour from history are challenged.
$14.99, PaperbackInterest ages: 12-16Reading level: Grade 5Lexile Reading Level: 870L
Biphobia: Deal With It
A reader-directed exploration of biphobia and bi-erasure within society.
$24.95, HardcoverInterest ages: 9-14Reading level: Grade 9Lexile Reading Level: 850L
No Limit on Love
A nonbinary romance set amidst a storm, and its character’s struggle with climate anxiety.
$14.99, PaperbackInterest ages: 13-18Reading level: Grade 4Lexile Reading Level: HL640L
One Summer in Vancouver
Tom has run away from his non-affirming parents, and landed in Vancouver during the Gay Games! Is it time to come out?
$16.99, PaperbackInterest ages: 13-18Reading level: Grade 4Lexile Reading Level: HL620L
Secret Me
Secret Me is a coming-out story that reflects the lives of teens today. It’s a moving romance of authenticity and heart.
$14.99, PaperbackInterest ages: 13+Reading level: Grade 5Lexile Reading Level: HL850L
Shades of Black
How big a price should a Black teen have to pay to feel safe in a dangerous new environment?
$14.99, PaperbackInterest ages: 13-18Lexile Reading Level: HL700L
Stuck with You
Two frenemies become lovers in this story of Queer joy and playful romance.
$14.99, PaperbackInterest ages: 13-18Reading level: Grade 3Lexile Reading Level: HL550L
The Hoop and the Harm
Author Jawara Pedican brings the vivid authenticity of lived experience in the basketball hotbed of West Indian Toronto to The Hoop and the Harm.
$14.99, PaperbackInterest ages: 13-18Reading level: Grade 4Lexile Reading Level: 810L
The Hoop and the Harm
Author Jawara Pedican brings the vivid authenticity of lived experience in the basketball hotbed of West Indian Toronto to The Hoop and the Harm.
Interest ages: 13-18
Escape from the Wildfire
Jack loves mountain biking, and when his dad forbids him to ride in the forest surrounding Lytton because of the risk of wildfire, the reality of BC's heat dome sets in. Days later, the village of Lytton burns down, forcing Jack to evacuate to Merritt.
$9.99, PaperbackInterest ages: 11-18Reading level: Grade 4Lexile Reading Level: HL670L
Not Talking About You
Not Talking About You portrays racism as it occurs amongst young Canadians today. It explores the impact on the target and on bystanders who have to decide how to react when they find a racist youth in their midst.
$9.99, PaperbackInterest ages: 12-16Reading level: Grade 5Lexile Reading Level: HL730L
Creeboy
In the literary tradition of The Outsiders comes a coming-of-age novel about teen boys and Indigenous gangs.
$14.99, PaperbackInterest ages: 13-18Reading level: Grade 2Lexile Reading Level: HL590L
Denial
A teen novel about pregnancy denial.
$9.99, PaperbackInterest ages: 13-18Reading level: Grade 2Lexile Reading Level: HL490L
Bank Shot
The story of how a young teen girl tries to balance responsibilities at home with a chance to play basketball.
$8.99, PaperbackInterest ages: 10-13Reading level: Grade 2Lexile Reading Level: HL570L