Orca Sports stories engage middle-schoolers and teens with fast-paced plots and easy-to-read language. Topics include a variety of team and individual sports. Reading levels from grade 2.0 to 4.5. Interest level ages 10+.

Boarder Patrol

Ryan wants to be a professional snowboarder, but when he has to choose between promoting his own career and saving his cousin's life, he does the right thing, despite the loss of a great opportunity.

Razor's Edge

Travis and his friends train and race horses at a harness-racing track. When someone starts hacking off the horses' tails, Travis must solve the mystery before he loses everything he has worked for.

Oil King Courage

When a pond-hockey tournament takes Gear and his best friend Reuben to communities across the Arctic, Gear helps his friend solve a family mystery and connect to his Inuit heritage.

Venom

Spencer is sure someone is doping the racehorses at the stable where he works, but no one will listen to him until he gets some proof.

Paralyzed

A football tackle gone wrong puts a boy in hospital and leaves star linebacker Reggie Scott feeling confused, guilty and alone.

Crossover

Kyle is a rising basketball star, but his interest in theater causes huge problems both on and off the court.

Winter Hawk Star

When Tyler and his obnoxious teammate, Riley, are sent to volunteer at a youth program, Tyler finds the strength and passion that allows him to step up his game on the ice.

Two Foot Punch

Jesse blames her brother for their parents' death in a house fire, but when he gets involved with a gang, Jesse knows she is the only one who can save him.

Blazer Drive

When Josh, left-winger for the Kamloops Blazers, finds dead cattle on the family ranch, he might have more than a promising hockey career on the line.