Adolescence & Coming Of Age

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From the Series Lorimer Sports Stories

Growing up above his parents' Chinese family restaurant in Sexsmith, Alberta, Warren Chen has always dreamed of being a football star. At 90 pounds and five feet tall, he's not exactly built… Read More →

  • Lexile: 690
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2013

Sammy Spider's First Bar Mitzvah

Josh's cousin Ben is having his bar mitzvah, and Sammy accidentally ends up coming along! He gets an up-close view of the Torah readings, the blessings . . . and one tradition that gets this… Read More →

  • Lexile: 680
  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2016

Scrubs Forever!

In this fourth and final book in the Scrubs series, Dan, the quotable man, struggles with his own "scrub-ness" as he questions the basics of his beliefs about what it takes to be a winner. Read More →

  • Lexile: 600
  • ATOS: 3.3
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2008

Slam Dunk

From the Series Lorimer Sports Stories

Mason's basketball team, the Cabbagetown Raptors, is going co-ed after seven successful seasons. He's pretty open-minded about the change, especially after he meets Cindy, a really top-notch… Read More →

  • Lexile: 720
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2011

Sometimes Love Isn't Enough

From the Series Lurlene McDaniel Books

"Junior high will be a blast," promises Andrea Manetti's best friend. But while exciting things are happening at school—new friends, boys, and a chance to star in the musical—Andrea's home… Read More →

  • Lexile: 570
  • ATOS: 4.2
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2007

Strikers: A Graphic Novel

Evan just wants to win a game. Bobby would rather fight than win. Hockey—and life—keep handing them both losses. Their team, the Strikers, has a roster of rejects in hand-me-down coats but… Read More →

  • Dewey: 741.5/973
  • Copyright: 2023
Cover: The Color of Sound
Starred Review & Award Count 2

The Color of Sound

"[A] salient celebration of family, music, and neurodiversity." —starred, Publishers Weekly "A top pick for any middle school collection; a perfect book club pick and a reminder to all that… Read More →

  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2024

The Secrets of Cricket Karlsson

Winner of the prestigious Swedish August Prize 2020. A bright, contemporary and fearless novel about an ordinary extraordinary eleven-year-old trying to win back her best friend and get her… Read More →

  • Lexile: 790
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2022

The Unbreakable Thread

A bittersweet celebration of the everlasting bond between a mother and child through the changing phases of their lives. The thread between a mother and child starts to unwind when the child Read More →

  • Lexile: 570
  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2022
Cover: Top Prospect
Starred Review & Award Count 1

Top Prospect

Travis Gardner lives to play quarterback. He's a standout QB by middle school, and he's prepared to put everything he has into the game. Then Gainesville University's head coach makes Travis… Read More →

  • Lexile: 760
  • ATOS: 5.2
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2016

Vampires on the Run: A Quinnie Boyd Mystery

From the Series Quinnie Boyd Mysteries

In the months after Quinnie Boyd cracked the mystery of her missing teacher, she expected life in her small Maine town to snap back to normal. But two writers from New York City have arrived… Read More →

  • Lexile: 690
  • ATOS: 4.4
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2017

Which Nose for Witch?

A fun rhyming book from award-winning author, David Crosby. The story has an important message about being happy with your own image and not giving into peer pressure. When a young witch… Read More →

  • Lexile: 560
  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2021