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Heists

From the Series Origins: Whodunnit

The Mona Lisa is stolen from the Louvre, but people still line up to see the spot where it used to hang. Diamond thieves steal millions of dollars' worth of jewels, but how do they sell them… Read More →

  • Lexile: 830
  • ATOS: 5.3
  • Copyright: 2018

Liftoff!: Space Exploration

From the Series Flash Points

In 1957, the USSR sent its first man-made satellite into space. This began the Space Race between the USSR and the United States. The US quickly became the world leader in space exploration… Read More →

  • Lexile: 660
  • ATOS: 4.6
  • Dewey: 919.904
  • Copyright: 2018

Organized Crime

From the Series Origins: Whodunnit

The crime organizations most often portrayed in movies and on television are interesting, but they've got nothing on the real world of organized crime. Who really controls certain parts of… Read More →

  • Lexile: 800
  • ATOS: 5.4
  • Copyright: 2018

Power On!: Life-Changing Technology

From the Series Flash Points

Phones have come a long way since Alexander Graham Bell's first telephone call in 1876, a moment that changed the course of technology's history. President Franklin D. Roosevelt's series of… Read More →

  • Lexile: 720
  • ATOS: 4.9
  • Dewey: 621
  • Copyright: 2018

Stand Up!: Fighting for Civil Rights

From the Series Flash Points

Jackie Robinson plays his first game for the Dodgers in 1947. Hundreds of people boycott buses in Montgomery, Alabama. Seventeen people are killed in a march for voting equality. Two athletes Read More →

  • Lexile: 780
  • ATOS: 5.4
  • Dewey: 323
  • Copyright: 2018

Superhero Ninja Wrestling Star

From the Series Lorimer Illustrated Humor

Archie comes back from his summer away to find that he is the only kid in Grade 6 who has not grown bigger. Even his best friends Alfie and Shamini have gotten taller, and Shamini has… Read More →

  • Lexile: 460
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2018

Aftershock

From the Series Day of Disaster

Ray, Sasha, Liam, and Harper have been friends since they were young. They've gotten through the worst together, but it seems like a recent argument might be just enough to break the ties of… Read More →

  • Lexile: 680
  • ATOS: 4.8
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2017

Backfire

From the Series Day of Disaster

After losing his job and getting grounded, Elijah is sure this will be the worst summer ever. Little does he know, it's about to get worse. News breaks that a wildfire is burning out of… Read More →

  • Lexile: 640
  • ATOS: 4.5
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2017

Black Blizzard

From the Series Day of Disaster

Just when Tyler thought his day couldn't get any worse, his speech team's bus gets stuck in the middle of the desert. After an embarrassing screw-up that caused the team to lose, all Tyler… Read More →

  • Lexile: 660
  • ATOS: 4.4
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2017

Blood Moon

From the Series Midnight

Mateo has waited all year for this weekend: a road trip with his best friends to view the fabled blood moon eclipse. Even better, they're riding in the jeep he rebuilt himself. But when a… Read More →

  • Lexile: 620
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2017

Dark Star

From the Series Midnight

What happens when the seemingly perfect new girl isn't so perfect after all? A group of high school students take an extra-credit field trip to the bluffs to watch a midnight meteor shower.… Read More →

  • Lexile: 630
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2017

Deep Freeze

From the Series Day of Disaster

When the heat goes out in Zach's family cabin during a massive blizzard, isolation sets in. Suddenly, what had been quiet woods seem deadly. Zach and his dog are forced out of their cabin… Read More →

  • Lexile: 690
  • ATOS: 4.5
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2017

Graffiti

From the Series Midnight

Legend has it that couples who paint their names on the bridge at midnight will stay together forever, but those who break their promises will be cursed. Lucia doesn't believe in curses, but… Read More →

  • Lexile: 680
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2017

S.O.S.

From the Series Midnight

After a kayaking accident nearly kills Tyrell, he is glad to be home and recovering. However, one night at midnight, he sees a strange light flashing in the window of the abandoned factory… Read More →

  • Lexile: 640
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2017

The Witching Hour

From the Series Midnight

What do you do when you're new to a town where unexplainable things keep happening? Rosie moves to Middleton right after Mackie, a star on the high school football team, has died—and Mackie's Read More →

  • Lexile: 610
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2017

Truth or Dare

From the Series Midnight

The town of Middleton is on edge after three kids go missing from their campground. Did they simply run away? Or did something more menacing happen? Nevertheless, Trey and his friends plan a… Read More →

  • Lexile: 720
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2017

Vortex

From the Series Day of Disaster

Blair and her brothers are driving home from a disastrous road trip when their day suddenly gets a whole lot worse. After facing down a tornado, their car is barely functioning, and the same… Read More →

  • Lexile: 530
  • ATOS: 4.1
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2017

Wall of Water

From the Series Day of Disaster

When Alexandra's dad gets a new job in Hawaii, her parents promise that life there will be paradise. But what they couldn't predict is a natural disaster of epic proportions. A tsunami slams… Read More →

  • Lexile: 570
  • ATOS: 4.0
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2017

My Best Friend Is a Viral Dancing Zombie

From the Series Lorimer Illustrated Humor

Riley and his best friend Finn know their zombie movie has what it takes to win the class film competition. But Riley's plan to get their video some attention at a hockey game is ruined when… Read More →

  • Lexile: 650
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2017

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

The Beautiful Game

From the Series Cody Trilogy

Cody and the Lions are playing great soccer, but the arrival of an international company to build a factory on a nearby lake splits the team in two: Cody and his teammates who worry the… Read More →

  • Lexile: 570
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2017

The Starting Eleven

From the Series Cody Trilogy

Cody is no longer the kid with cancer, or the soccer player always sitting on the bench as a substitute. Then everything changes when a skilled younger player is added to the team, bringing… Read More →

  • Lexile: 500
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2017

Bench Brawl

From the Series Lorimer Sports Stories

The "Helmets" and the "Gloves" have been cross-river rink rivals forever, so when the league decides to merge the two teams to represent their small B.C. town at a big invitational hockey… Read More →

  • Lexile: 670
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2014

Beyond Crazy

From the Series Lorimer SideStreets

Being in a band is Stelle's salvation. It is her escape from the chaotic clutter at home and her mother's depression. Even though she is able to lose herself for a few hours, pounding away on Read More →

  • Lexile: 650
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2014