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Hacking Heartbreak
After hacking the social media accounts of his crush, Baron is in a race against the clock to fix the mess he made and save her from serious consequences.
$14.99, PaperbackInterest ages: 14-18Reading level: Grade 3
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
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
Denial
A teen novel about pregnancy denial.
$9.99, PaperbackInterest ages: 13-18Reading level: Grade 2Lexile Reading Level: HL490L
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
Jamilah at the End of the World
A Palestinian-Canadian teen girl’s anxiety about climate change causes conflict with her family and makes it seem futile to plan for her future.
$9.99, PaperbackInterest ages: 13-18Lexile Reading Level: HL710L
No Known Address
A teen in conflict with his parents searches for a place to live and a way to keep his life together.
$8.99, PaperbackInterest ages: 13-18Reading level: Grade 2Lexile Reading Level: HL530L
Open Secrets
A teen girl faces sexual harassment and misogyny when she tries to succeed in the local music scene.
$8.99, PaperbackInterest ages: 13-18Reading level: Grade 2Lexile Reading Level: HL550L
Confessions of a Teenage Drag King
A teen living a double life discovers that the girl they have a crush on appreciates both aspects of their identity.
$8.99, PaperbackInterest ages: 13-18Reading level: Grade 3Lexile Reading Level: HL600L
Love, IRL
A same-sex romance that explores what happens when love online and in the real world collide.
$8.99, PaperbackInterest ages: 13-18Reading level: Grade 3
The Courage of Elfina
Realistically presented and powerfully illustrated, this teen graphic novel reveals the untold story of child exploitation and one girl's courage to escape.$24.99, HardcoverInterest ages: 12-18Reading level: Grade 4Lexile Reading Level: 760L
Rez Runaway
Raised on an Indian reserve, seventeen-year-old Joe Littlechief runs away when his devout Christian community discovers he is gay.$27.99, HardcoverInterest ages: 14-18Reading level: Grade 3Lexile Reading Level: 600L
Cold Grab
Recently arrived from the Philippines, Angelo needs friends to fit in, but he gets in with a group of teens involved in crime.$8.99, PaperbackInterest ages: 13-18Reading level: Grade 3Lexile Reading Level: HL560L
Gang Girl
As a newcomer from Russia, 16-year-old Sasha thinks she has found a new start in a girls' volunteerism group. But she quickly learns the group is really a front for a girl gang and has to find a way out.$8.99, PaperbackInterest ages: 13-18Reading level: Grade 3Lexile Reading Level: HL600L
Epic Fail
Three teenagers from a multiracial, mixed-income neighborhood face the consequences of a traumatic sexual assault when photos of the incident appear online. A tough but realistic story about teen relationships, rape culture and how social media can magnify its impact.$8.99, PaperbackInterest ages: 13-18Reading level: Grade 4
Ride or Die
Kanika, a 15-year-old Black girl from a small town, is lured into the sex trade when she falls for an older teenage boy. Based on true-events, this book recounts the physical and emotional abuse experienced by young victims of sex trafficking, and how one girl survives and escapes.$8.99, PaperbackInterest ages: 13-18Reading level: Grade 4Lexile Reading Level: HL610L
Saving Grad
Vienna, a mixed Native American teen, and her mother struggle to escape her step-father's constant violence by moving to a new city to start new lives.$8.99, PaperbackInterest ages: 13-18Reading level: Grade 5Lexile Reading Level: HL610L
Rez Rebel
A lack of educational and career opportunities, medical support and counselling on Native reserves leads to a rash of teen suicides. Can Floyd turn around his community's descent into crisis before it's too late?$27.99, HardcoverInterest ages: 13-18Reading level: Grade 5Lexile Reading Level: HL590L