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Finding Family
Unwelcome at home, eighteen-year-old Trey starts a new life in Toronto’s Gay Village, navigating new feelings, a new environment, and new friendships.
$19.95, PaperbackInterest ages: 14-18
Love on Planet A
Audra navigates ableism, activism, and romance in a touching coming-of-age story.
$19.95, PaperbackInterest ages: 12-18
Not My Crew
A drama portraying the lives of two teens caught at different ends of gang life, and a brewing conflict that could end tragically for both.
$19.95, PaperbackInterest ages: 14-18
Ace and the Misfits vs. the Soccer Knights
Ace and his friends must prove their soccer talents in an exciting and fast-paced multicultural sports story.
$19.95, PaperbackInterest ages: 12-18
Carnival Curves
In a swirl of feathers, sequins, and self-discovery at Toronto’s Caribbean Carnival, Karla and Nneka embrace the power of cultural tradition, the importance of self-love, and what it truly means to celebrate who you are.
$19.95, PaperbackInterest ages: 14-18
Dogs Don’t Break Hearts
After being gaslit by his ex-boyfriend and losing his friends’ trust, Beck volunteers at a pet shelter, where he finds canine comfort and a new romance.
$16.95, PaperbackInterest ages: 13-18Reading level: Grade 3
Lonely in Happy Town
A romance set in the world of gaming, a lonely teen finds himself crushing on a girl — both in his favourite video game and in real life.
$16.95, PaperbackInterest ages: 13-18Reading level: Grade 3
My Green Style
A teen decides to create upcycled clothing for a fashion show and expose the costs of fast fashion – and learns about effective activism
$19.95, PaperbackInterest ages: 14-18Reading level: Grade 4
My True Colours
A compassionate book about a teen who rethinks his own bigoted perspective after learning that a valued friend is trans.
$19.95, PaperbackInterest ages: 14-18Reading level: Grade 3
Setter Up
A feel-good story about a volleyball-mad teen who sets up a queer-friendly league, becomes empowered, and finds romance along the way
$19.95, PaperbackInterest ages: 14-18Reading level: Grade 3
La purge LGBT et la lutte pour l’égalité des droits au Canada
The story of the LGBTQ2+ employees that faced discrimination at the hands of the Canadian government and their fight for justice that resulted in a formal apology, now translated for French immersion students.
$45.00, PaperbackInterest ages: 13-18
La rafle des années 1960
An examination of the Sixties Scoop—a child welfare policy in Canada that saw the removal of Indigenous children from their families, often by force.
$45.00, PaperbackInterest ages: 12-18
Réinstallation d’Inuit
A French translation for use in immersion classes of a ground-breaking account of multiple forced relocations by the Canadian government of Inuit communities and individuals. The subject of apologies, little known beyond the Arctic. The Inuit community has proven resilient to many attempts at assimilation, relocation and evacuation to the south.
$45.00, PaperbackInterest ages: 13-18
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.
$16.95, PaperbackInterest ages: 14-18Reading level: Grade 3
Internement d’Italo-Canadiens durant la Deuxième Guerre mondiale
A French translation for immersion students that explains how prejudice and racism led to the roundup and internment of hundreds of loyal Italian Canadians during the Second World War and includes the federal government’s 2021 apology for the internment.
$45.00, PaperbackInterest ages: 13-18
L’antisémitisme et le MS Saint Louis
A French translation for immersion students about the 1939 MS St. Louis incident, when a ship of Jewish refugees, including hundreds of children, was turned away by the Canadian government, in a move fuelled by anti-Semitic sentiments. In 2018, Canada apologized.
$45.00, PaperbackInterest ages: 13-18
L’internement des Canadiens japonais pendant la Deuxième Guerre mondiale
A French translation for immersion students. During the Second World War, over 20,000 Japanese Canadians had their civil rights, homes, possessions, and freedom taken away. This visual-packed book tells the story.
$45.00, PaperbackInterest ages: 13-18
Le Komagata Maru
A French translation for immersion students about the courageous Indians who sailed to Vancouver to start a new life -- only to be turned away by a racist immigration policy.
$45.00, PaperbackInterest ages: 13-18
La taxe d’entrée chinoise
A French translation for immersion students about the Chinese Head Tax after the CPR was built thanks to Chinese migrant labour, and the legacy of Canada's racist, anti-Chinese immigration policies.
$45.00, PaperbackInterest ages: 13-18