Peer Pressure
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Bounce — Audisee®—Fluent Set
From the Series Bounce
High-school basketball players at the top of their games grapple with challenges on and off the court. A school cheating scandal, inner-city life, and racial tensions push these athletes to… Read More →
Bounce — Paperback Set
From the Series Bounce
High-school basketball players at the top of their games grapple with challenges on and off the court. A school cheating scandal, inner-city life, and racial tensions push these athletes to… Read More →
Creep Con
Feeling like an outsider in a new city and at a new school, Mariam finds that her love of comic-book superheroes overlaps with the interests of a new friend who is crazy about manga and… Read More →
Dance Team
From the Series Surviving Southside
Izzy's the newest member of the Southside High dance team. And she may have picked a bad time to join up. The team's captain, Camilla, is determined to win regionals by any means necessary.… Read More →
Deadly Drive
From the Series Surviving Southside
When Rob and Gabi skip school with two friends, the group makes a terrible mistake. Rob and his friends end up in a deadly accident, and suddenly Rob's world has changed. The girl of his… Read More →
Final Takedown
From the Series Lorimer SideStreets
For as long as they've been friends, Elias has been relying on his buddy Jordan. It's Jordan's mom who takes him in when his own mother is on an alcoholic binge; it's Jordan who acts as the… Read More →
Friend or Foe
From the Series Unbarred
Do the crime, do the time behind bars. But once you've been in, it can be tough to stay out. Ian's band is finally taking off. But the band's front man and Ian's best friend, Orlando, can't… Read More →
Gang Girl
From the Series Lorimer SideStreets
When Sasha moves from Russia with her mother, she's eager to start a new life. At her new school she joins CREW (Confident, Remarkable, Excellent, Welcoming), a girls' volunteer group. But… Read More →
Gone Bad
From the Series Lorimer SideStreets
Cody and his friends call it street cleaning—four of them beating up on one guy they don't like the looks of. Cody partakes in the action, even though he'd rather be taking out his aggression Read More →
Knockout Games
For Kalvin Barnes, the only thing that comes close to the rush of playing the knockout game is watching videos of the knockout game. Kalvin's crew always takes videos of their KOs, but… Read More →
Last Cut
From the Series Lorimer SideStreets
Caitlin Myers's greatest ambition is to be a star, and she can outshine anyone at her school. But then Lianne comes to town and starts to give Caitlin a run for her money, even getting top… Read More →
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 →
Now You See Me
From the Series Superhuman
Tony has preferred to fly under the radar for most of his life. He doesn't even notice he's developed the ability to turn invisible until he walks into school the day after his sixteenth… Read More →
Open Secrets
From the Series Lorimer SideStreets
Seventeen-year-old Ana Santos has ambitions to make it big in music. When she signs a contract with the owner of a music café, she has no idea there are sexual strings attached. This book… Read More →
Pass It Forward
From the Series Bounce
Lucas has big dreams of getting a basketball scholarship and helping his mom out of poverty. When a growth spurt helps Lucas become a force on the court, his dreams finally seem within reach. Read More →
Recruited
From the Series Surviving Southside
He's destined for the NFL. Kadeem Jones is a star quarterback for Southside High. He is thrilled when college scouts seek him out. His visit to Teller College is amazing. College… Read More →
Superhuman — Audisee®—Fluent Set
From the Series Superhuman
Six teenagers develop superpowers on their sixteenth birthdays. Whether they can soar through the clouds or run faster than the speed of light, each teen must choose how to use this new power Read More →
Superhuman — Paperback Set
From the Series Superhuman
Six teenagers develop superpowers on their sixteenth birthdays. Whether they can soar through the clouds or run faster than the speed of light, each teen must choose how to use this new power Read More →
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 →
Target
From the Series The Alternative
Moving off the reservation and enrolling at Rondo Alternative High School is supposed to give Frankie a new start. But leaving gang life proves harder than Frankie ever imagined, as his… Read More →
The Hoop and the Harm
Udoka Clendon is a first-year university student and a product of basketball systems that have produced professional players. He's been pushed relentlessly by the obsessive mentorship of his… Read More →
Trap Jam
From the Series Lorimer SideStreets
Olivia spends her nights drumming in a band, hanging out in clubs and drinking, and her days hungover at school. When her bandmate Lucas catches Olivia talking to her friend Raymond in the… Read More →
Unbarred — Audisee®—Fluent Set
From the Series Unbarred
Once you've been in, it's tough to stay out of jail. That's the hard fact that characters face in these gritty modern-day Shakespeare adaptations, which reimagine the classics with… Read More →
Unbarred — Paperback Set
From the Series Unbarred
Once you've been in, it's tough to stay out of jail. That's the hard fact that characters face in these gritty modern-day Shakespeare adaptations, which reimagine the classics with… Read More →