Violence
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Blink
When Josh was four, a little girl named Rachel was kidnapped and never found. Twelve years later, Chatham Clairborne appears, apparently on the hunt for her runaway sister. But Josh suspects… Read More →
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 →
Creeboy
Sixteen-year-old Josh is no stranger to gang life. His dad, the leader of the Warriors, a gang on their reservation, is in jail, and Josh's older brother has taken charge. Josh's mom has… Read More →
Fight Back
From the Series Lorimer SideStreets
Tyler Josten has never caught a break. Abandoned by his mother, physically and emotionally abused by his father, he grows up with a wild temper, fighting anyone he sees as a bully—including… Read More →
Fight or Flee
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. When Hinton Helsinger leaves the Youth Correctional Center, he's set on reforming his impulsive… 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 →
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 →
Hunter's Heart
Simon, age 14, is obsessed with weaponry, survival tactics, and hunting. Against his mother's wishes, he secretly orders a BB gun over the Internet and begins to practice with it. During a… 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 →
Locked Up
From the Series Lorimer SideStreets
When he was fifteen, Kevin took a car for a joyride and got in an accident that seriously injured a pedestrian. Now known as "Strider" in juvie, he has spent more than two years incarcerated, 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 →
On Guard
From the Series Bounce
Point guard Mercedes Morgan is on track to set the all-state record for three-pointers. She's even caught the attention of a big-time college recruiter. But her sister has fallen in with a… Read More →
On the Run
From the Series Lorimer SideStreets
In and out of juvie since he was thirteen, Ryan is running out of chances. This time, Ryan is determined to stay out for good. Being just a few months shy of eighteen means that next time… Read More →
Open Fire
A dramatic page-turner that captures the devastating toll of war and the impact of women's struggles and solidarity, through the lens of a little-known slice of history. In 1917, Russia is… Read More →
Sex & Violence
Sex has always come without consequences for seventeen-year-old Evan. Until he hooks up with the wrong girl and finds himself in the wrong place at very much the wrong time. After an assault… Read More →
Shades of Black
Romero, a Guyanese Canadian, is a sensitive kid who is just starting to attend an inner-city-style school with a large racialized population. Romero falls in with a friendly crew but finds… Read More →
The Giant
From the Series Bareknuckle
Luc doesn't like to fight. He wins his matches anyway. Men always turn out to see the Boy Giant box—he's taller and stronger than anyone else at the Woodrat Club. Luc takes part to help Mr.… Read More →
The Missing
After a girl she knows from school goes missing and is found dead, Feather is shocked when the police write it off as a suicide. Then, it's Feather's best friend, Mia, who vanishes—but Mia's… 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 →