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Combat Zone

From the Series Support and Defend

Having a parent return from military duty is a dream come true. But sometimes, coming home comes with problems. Justin's got it all planned out. He's going to graduate high school, enroll at Read More →

  • Lexile: 670
  • ATOS: 4.3
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2015
Fall 2024

Dancehall Rebel

What do you do when the musical culture you love comes with a legacy of intolerance? Denise is a teen who was raised on Jamaican dancehall music; her dad is a leading local DJ who has imbued… Read More →

  • Lexile: 820
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2024
Spring 2025

Either Way: The Story of a Gay Kid

2017 National Indie Excellence Award Winner for LGBTQ Fiction for Children and Young Adults From day one I knew there was something different about me. Cael sets out to find out who he… Read More →

  • Copyright: 2016

Femme

From the Series Lorimer SideStreets

Academics have never been Sofie's strong point; she’s too busy spending all of her free time with her boyfriend, Paul, the captain of her Surrey high school's soccer team. When her English… Read More →

  • Lexile: 580
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2015

Forward Pass

From the Series Lorimer Podium Sports Academy

Podium Sports Academy's star goalkeeper wants nothing more than to play on Canada's National Team. Parmita works hard at school and on the pitch, so if it seems like she's avoiding boys, she… Read More →

  • Lexile: 590
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2013
Fall 2024

Here Goes Nothing

A fun yet thought-provoking modern reimagining of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing. Eighteen-year-old Beatrice has never been a fan of her neighbor Bennie, but when Beatrice's beloved… Read More →

  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2024

High Drama

From the Series Suspended

Dessa's life is changing...mostly because the life of her best friend, Kat, is changing. Kat has started dating a girl, Arwen, and she's trying to keep it on the down-low. Dessa is happy to… Read More →

  • Lexile: 710
  • ATOS: 4.7
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2015

In a Heartbeat

From the Series Lorimer Real Love

Seventeen-year-old Lucien has a supportive family in Toronto but wants to make a new start somewhere nobody knows him. Going to stay with his aunt in Vernon presents challenges to fitting… Read More →

  • Lexile: 530
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2021
Cover: Just Ash
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Just Ash

Ashley "Ash" Bishop has always known who he is: a guy who loves soccer, has a crush on his friend Michelle, and is fascinated by the gruesome history of his hometown—Salem, Massachusetts.… Read More →

  • Lexile: 730
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2021
16 titles

Lorimer Real Love — Hardcover Set

From the Series Lorimer Real Love

Real Love is a new collection of high/low YA novels that focus on realistic teen relationships. The novels feature diverse teen characters in contemporary settings as they experience love,… Read More →

  • Copyright: 2025
  • Hardcover
  • List Price: $447.84
  • Your Price: $335.88
  • 16 titles
18 titles

Lorimer Real Love — Paperback Set

From the Series Lorimer Real Love

Real Love is a new collection of high/low YA novels that focus on realistic teen relationships. The novels feature diverse teen characters in contemporary settings as they experience love,… Read More →

  • Copyright: 2021
  • Paperback
  • List Price: $161.82
  • Your Price: $153.73
  • 18 titles
7 titles

Lorimer SideStreets — Hardcover Set

From the Series Lorimer SideStreets

Edgy high/low fiction for teen reluctant readers. Each SideStreets novel deals with real-world issues and features contemporary teen characters, many from diverse backgrounds. Male and female Read More →

  • Copyright: 2021
  • Hardcover
  • List Price: $195.93
  • Your Price: $146.95
  • 7 titles
Fall 2024

Losing Hit Points

From the Series Lorimer Real Love

Trans teen Journey has the chance to play an epic game of Dungeons & Dragons. Surprise encounters are common in D&D, but what Journey doesn't expect is to reconnect with an ex-friend… Read More →

  • Lexile: 670
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2024
Cover: Notes from the Blender
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Notes from the Blender

Declan loves death metal—particularly from Finland. And video games—violent ones. And internet porn—any kind, really. He goes to school with Neilly Foster and spends most of his classroom… Read More →

  • Lexile: 900
  • ATOS: 5.5
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2011
Spring 2025

Not Not Normal

From the Series Lorimer Real Love

Jordan and Nathan couldn't be more different, but when order and chaos collide, opposites attract. Jordan is a bit of an oddball at school. He likes rules, routine, old sci-fi novels, and is Read More →

  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2025
Cover: One Summer in Vancouver
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One Summer in Vancouver

Tom, a teen struggling to understand his sexual identity, flees Toronto for a summer of freedom in Vancouver, where something exciting is about to happen: the Gay Games. Living with his "out" Read More →

  • Lexile: 620
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2023

Quicksilver

Back home Tori was the girl who had everything a sixteen-year-old could want—popularity, money, beauty. Everything. Including a secret. That secret made her very valuable. Now she's left… Read More →

  • Lexile: 850
  • ATOS: 5.7
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2013

Rez Runaway

From the Series Lorimer SideStreets

Raised on an Indian reserve, seventeen-year-old Joe Littlechief tries to be like the other guys. But Joe knows he's different—he's more interested in guys than girls. One night Joe makes a… Read More →

  • Lexile: 600
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2017

Romeo for Real

From the Series Lorimer Real Love

On the surface, Romeo has it all: success on the basketball court, a group of friends, and the beautiful Rosie. Deep down he knows something is missing: all he feels for Rosie is friendship.… Read More →

  • Lexile: 600
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2019

Same Love

From the Series Lorimer Real Love

When Adam reveals to his devout parents that he's gay, they send him to a Christian camp. But when he meets Paul, Adam realizes it's impossible to bury his attraction and "straighten out."… Read More →

  • Lexile: 570
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2018

Somebody Told Me

"A compelling narrative layered with intersections of gender, sexuality, and spirituality."—Booklist After an assault, bigender seventeen-year-old Aleks/Alexis is looking for a fresh… Read More →

  • Lexile: 600
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2020
Cover: Sometimes the Girl
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Spring 2025

Sometimes the Girl

Eighteen-year-old Holiday needs to sort her life out. She's still shaken from her brother's recent suicide attempt; still pining over her ex, Maya; and still struggling to write again after… Read More →

  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2025
Spring 2025

Summer with Sunil

From the Series Lorimer Real Love

Sometimes love can be found in the most surprising places . . . In Alison Lister's second Lorimer Real Love novel, two kids on holiday, both sure they must be the only queer people for miles, Read More →

  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2025
12 titles

Surviving Southside — Audisee®—Fluent Set

From the Series Surviving Southside

This innovative YA series is a set of high-interest urban fiction novels that's written at a fourth-grade reading level, specifically designed for reluctant and striving readers, including… Read More →

  • Copyright: 2013
  • Audisee®—Fluent
  • List Price: $639.84
  • Your Price: $479.88
  • 12 titles