What World is Left
In this novel for teen readers, a Dutch Jewish teenager is sent to a "model" concentration camp with her family.
A Light in the Clouds
Romanian soldiers force Margalith and her family from their home and send them on a devastating deportation march to Transnistria, a wretched land between borders, an expanse of thousands of kilometres containing more than a hundred ghettos and camps. How will Margalith find A Light in the Clouds?
Rachel Bird
A compelling mystery about teenage Rachel and her sister who move in with the grandparents they never knew. They soon learn their newfound family isn’t the only secret being kept on the ranch.
Wish Upon a Satellite
The glaciers are melting and the climate crisis is on everyone's mind, but nothing shakes the foundations of non-binary teen Ciel’s world more than sharing an unexpected kiss with their best friend, Stephie.
The Land Grab
Young Alfred Swallow uses his wits when he is intimidated at gun point by a bunch of hired thugs and when he lands in a rattle snake den. His determination to stop the corrupt land agent and help his family keep their land comes into focus when he involves people who know how to stop the land grab.
Boys and Girls Screaming
Boys and Girls Screaming tells the story of a young girl trying to deal with family tragedy by forming a support group of traumatized teenagers.
I'm Good and Other Lies
A pandemic lockdown has twelfth-grader Kelsey Kendler stuck at home with her unstable substance-using mom and distant dad.
Urchin
While questioning her gender identity, a young girl is pulled between the dark world of fairylore and the dynamic world of early 20th-century scientific experimentation as she struggles to save her missing mother.
The Degrees of Barley Lick
A young adult novel about two teenage geocachers who help unravel the mysterious disappearance of a young boy.
Under the Iron Bridge
Desperate to escape joining the Hitler Youth, Paul stumbles across the Edelweiss Pirates, a secret German organization of teenage rebels leading a dangerous campaign of sabotage against the Nazis.
Names in a Jar
Forced to flee her home and change her name to disguise her Jewish identity, Anna Krawitz becomes Maria Nowak, a Catholic farm girl, to hide from the Nazis. But when the war ends, how will her sister find her?
Content Advisory: rape, sexual assault
Sugar Falls
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Inspired by true events, this story shares the awe-inspiring resilience of Elder Betty Ross. At a residential school, Betsy is forced to endure abuse and indignity, but her father’s words give her the strength and determination to survive. This edition brings David A. Robertson’s national bestseller to life in full colour.
Road Allowance Era
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Echo travels back to 1885, where her family's plight is apparent. Burnt out of their home, they make their way to Rooster Town, a shanty community on the edge of Winnipeg. In this final volume, Echo is reminded of her people's strength and resilience, forged through the pain of the past, as she faces a triumphant future.
From the Roots Up
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In this sequel to Surviving the City, Dez is grieving her grandmother's death, living in a group home, and navigating her identity as a Two-Spirit person. Will Miikwan learn how to be a supportive ally to her best friend? Will Dez be comfortable expressing her full identity? And will her community be able to celebrate her for who she is?
Heart Sister
After his twin sister's death, a teenage filmmaker tries to track down the recipients of her organs in hopes that it will help his parents move on from the loss of their daughter.
The Year Shakespeare Ruined My Life
Alison, desperate to be high school Valedictorian, agrees to produce her school play and must navigate the drama that ensues including her crush on Charlotte, the star of the play.
Finding Grace
After leaving his family when experiencing marital problems, Autumn Dawn’s father is back living at home, taking care of Autumn's mother, who was in a horrible accident. Can Autumn find the grace within herself to forgive her father and trust him once again?
90 Days of Different
In this novel for teens, Sophie graduates from high school, her boyfriend breaks up with her because she's boring, and her best friend challenges her to try 90 different things.
I Will See You Again
When the author learns of the death of her brother overseas, she embarks on a journey to bring him home. Through memories and dreams of all they shared together and through her Dene traditions, she finds comfort and strength.
The lyrical art and story leave readers with a universal message of hope and love.
Northwest Resistance
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Echo travels to 1885, a period of turmoil. The bison are gone, settlers from the East arrive daily, and the Métis and First Nations of the Northwest face hunger and uncertainty as their way of life is threatened. The Canadian government has ignored their petitions, but hope rises when Louis Riel returns to help.
The Justice Project
In this mystery for teens, high-school student Matt Barnes, whose life has been upended by a serious injury, lands a summer job defending the wrongly convicted.
Things That Fall
A group of cousins reunites at a family cottage to help one of them deal with his father's death. They soon stumble on the family secret that caused their parents to keep them apart for years.
Ghosts
Cole Harper is dead. Mihko Laboratories has reopened the research facility and works to manufacture and weaponize the illness that previously plagued Wounded Sky. People are missing, and the community has been quarantined. What deal did Eva strike with Choch? Who will defeat Reynold and Mihko? Time is running out.
Amber Fang: Betrayal
In the second novel of this series for teen readers, a vampire librarian learns a secret organization is behind her mother's disappearance.
