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Jump Ball
Two sisters face off on the basketball court . . . even though they're on the same team$9.95, PaperbackInterest ages: 10-13Reading level: Grade 3Lexile Reading Level: 730L
Last Cut
Caitlin's cast as the eye candy in a horror movie, but to keep the part she'll have to give more than her blood, sweat, and tears$9.95, PaperbackInterest ages: 13-18Reading level: Grade 3Lexile Reading Level: 820L
One Cycle
Nathan Moore: The lacrosse player who won't let the desire for bigger muscles turn him into a meathead$9.95, PaperbackInterest ages: 13-18Reading level: Grade 3Lexile Reading Level: HL580L
Real Justice: Guilty of Being Weird
The story of an unconventional 24-year-old who was sent to prison for a crime he didn't commit, and whose name was eventually cleared through the newly-developed science of DNA testing$12.95, PaperbackInterest ages: 13-17Reading level: Grade 5Lexile Reading Level: 900L
Gangs Deal With It
An accessible guide to a tough problem, written by a youth social worker with gang-exit-strategy experience$12.95, PaperbackInterest ages: 9+
Hook Up
A realistic, unflinching look at teen pregnancy - from the guy's perspective$16.95, HardcoverInterest ages: 14-18Reading level: Grade 3
Off Limits
A boy who wants more out of a relationship than just sex - and finds it in the wrong place$9.95, PaperbackInterest ages: 14-18Reading level: Grade 4
Real Justice: Fourteen and Sentenced to Death
How fourteen-year-old Steven Truscott was sentenced to hang, had his conviction upheld by the Supreme Court, and spent ten years in prison and 48 years trying to clear his name$12.95, PaperbackInterest ages: 13-17Reading level: Grade 4Lexile Reading Level: 780L
Real Justice: Young, Innocent and In Prison
A compelling look at a miscarriage of justice that led university student Rob Baltovich to spend ten years behind bars for a murder he didn't commit$12.95, PaperbackInterest ages: 13-17Reading level: Grade 5Lexile Reading Level: 810L
Rookie
Aaron Wong: the hockey player who won't take hazing lying down$9.95, PaperbackInterest ages: 13-18Reading level: Grade 3Lexile Reading Level: HL590L
Vegas Tryout
Carrie Munroe: the synchro swimmer who won't let her body shape weigh her down$9.95, PaperbackInterest ages: 13-18Reading level: Grade 3Lexile Reading Level: HL540L
Crush. Candy. Corpse.
Sunny's forced into doing 40 volunteer hours at a home for Alzheimer's patients to get her high school diploma. Now one of the residents is dead, and Sunny's future is distinctly cloudy.$12.95, PaperbackInterest ages: 12-18Lexile Reading Level: HL630L
Pretty Bones
There are no easy answers for girls growing up in a world where being pretty means being thin.$9.95, PaperbackInterest ages: 14-18Reading level: Grade 4
26 Tips for Surviving Grade 6
This hilarious, award-winning novel by author Catherine Austen is made up of five interconnected "lessons" and specially designed to appeal to girl reluctant readers$9.95, PaperbackInterest ages: 9-12Reading level: Grade 3Lexile Reading Level: 480L
Rescue Rider
Mystery and show jumping collide in the story of a girl's love for a difficult horse.$9.95, PaperbackInterest ages: 10-13Reading level: Grade 3
Girl Fight
Zadie tries to fight her way through life, only to find out that, for girls like her, life often fights back.
Chosen as one of Resource Links' Year's Best for 2011$9.95, PaperbackInterest ages: 14-18Reading level: Grade 4
Schizo
A teenage boy struggles to keep his family together, while his mother's schizophrenia tears them apart.$9.95, PaperbackInterest ages: 14-18Reading level: Grade 3
Trapped
There's a thief on Jane's soccer team which makes morale low and tensions run high.$9.95, PaperbackInterest ages: 10-13Reading level: Grade 3Lexile Reading Level: 600L
Queens of the Ice
During the 1930s, a team of hockey players ruled the ice: They were fast, they were fierce... and they were teenage girls.$9.95, PaperbackInterest ages: 12-18Reading level: Grade 4