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"That's so gay!" is a phrase commonly heard in school halls and playgrounds. But when used as a put-down, it's also homophobic. With plenty of quizzes, Q+As, comics, and scenarios, this… Read More →

Rory is a talented and dedicated softball player. The only distraction in her life is her father’s decline due to ALS, but he remains her biggest supporter. But softball plans get a lot more Read More →

Max tries to get through a day at school with the help of a rhyming game. But, when pesky Mandy Beth figures out what he's up to, she becomes determined to trip him up. Full color… Read More →

Max Todd is not looking forward to his doctor's appointment, and he is even less happy to hear he will be getting a flu shot. Max's mom promised him that his best friend Shiv could come over Read More →

Max can't wait to go on a school trip to the art gallery—until he learns he is going to be stuck with Spencer, the class bully, for a partner all day. On top of that, Max comes down with a… Read More →

Max's soccer team is ready for the championship game against the school bully's team. As soon as the game starts, a case of the Super Fidgets threatens to break Max's focus and ruin the… Read More →

Max can't wait to take his best friend Shiv camping for the first time. But disaster strikes when a wasp sting causes a case of the Super Fidgets, and a rainstorm leaves Max and his friends… Read More →

Max is the only kid in class without a best friend. Lucky for him, there's a new kid in school, but after Max makes a bad first impression, he is going to need a second chance to befriend… Read More →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

Mina's summer is shaping up well: she's got her dream job and, with the way her new coworker is flirting, maybe a new girlfriend as well. The lingerie store where they both work might… Read More →

In his debut novel, Eddie Kawooya presents a fish-out-of-water story of immigration and the pains and joys of integration into a new and sometimes frightening environment. Loosely based on… Read More →

This reader-directed exploration of ableism is both informative and empowering. Self-assessment quizzes, real life scenarios, myths, and Q&As all contribute to understanding ableism and… Read More →

Outta Here is the story of a lively and imaginative small-town teen living with a mom whose pain medication has led to addiction, leaving little money for basics—like food. Elise's best… Read More →

Fourteen-year-old Addie's town is built around a lead and zinc smelter. The company has done an extensive cleanup of its operations, but everything in the town still seems sick; even the… Read More →

When an Indigenous group demands that the local school's name be changed, AJ delves into his family's history—and the town's. AJ's family has been in this town from the very beginning, they… Read More →

Prejudice and discrimination affect people with different sexual identities than the standard poles of "gay" and "straight." This reader-directed exploration of biphobia/bierasure helps… Read More →

In a nonbinary romance set amidst a storm, two teens struggle with climate anxiety. Dan has an increasingly common problem: climate anxiety. After a storm devastated parts of Ottawa, it's… Read More →

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 →

Tage seems to have it all: she hangs out with the school's most popular clique and has a handsome boyfriend. She's also living a lie about her sexuality. Wren, a nonbinary schoolmate, has… Read More →

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 →