The Issues books are in-depth examinations of subjects that are often difficult to talk about, such as abortion rights, feminism, assisted dying and mental health. They are written by authors who have a personal involvement and commitment to the subject they are writing about.

Masked

Rosie walks in on an armed robbery in her father's convenience store. Who is the masked man? And why does she think she knows him?

Fly Away

Marnie is forced into a leadership role on her competitive cheerleading team, but it's harder than she imagined to keep the Soar Starlings-and herself-aloft.

Squeeze

On a caving trip with his older brother, Byron discovers a new cave but has to make some life-or-death decisions when his brother is seriously injured.

Roxy

Trying to get to grips with her own terrible secret, Roxy sets about unraveling the mysteries that enshroud her family history.

Flying Feet

Jinho wants respect for his skill at tae kwon do, but when he meets an unscrupulous mixed martial arts trainer, he turns his back on his sport's code of honor.

The Barrio Kings

Rosario Gomez struggles to stay out of the gang life that killed his brother while finishing his high school diploma and preparing for the birth of his first son. But when his old friend Juan gets out of jail, his past returns to haunt him.

Plastic

Trying to save his best friend from the horrors of plastic surgery, Jack ends up on the front line of a protest about unscrupulous surgeons.

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.

Rough Magic

A magical island fights back against the humans who exploit it in this fantasy novel inspired by Shakespeare's The Tempest. "Enthralling" - Booklist.

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.