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.

Thicker Than Water

In this high-interest novel for teens, Zack has to decide between betraying a family member or losing a friend when an eighteen-year-old girl goes missing.

Shark

In this high-interest novel for teen readers, Mark "Shark" Hewitt is forced to play pool for profit.

Kryptonite

In this high-interest novel for teen readers, Jackson gets in over his head when he tries to save a girl from her drug-dealer boyfriend.

Infiltrate

In this next installment of the high-interest Retribution series, Raven goes undercover to find the link between a pharmaceutical company and a wave of teen suicides.

Firewall

In this high-interest novel for teen readers, Josh discovers a virtual town that is eerily similar to his own.

Up North

In this high-interest novel for teen readers, Rob is involved in a violent incident in a northern community.

Terminate

In this next installment of the high-interest Retribution series, Josie and her friends team up again to figure out why so many homeless teens are ending up in the city morgue.

Pinch Me

In this high-interest novel for teen readers, pop sensation Darius Zaire wakes up to discover he has somehow been transported back to his old, completely ordinary life.

In Plain Sight

In this high-interest novel for teen readers, Megan learns that her father is a convicted terrorist and that her mother has been living under an assumed name for fifteen years.

Enough

In this high-interest novel for teens, Lizzie has to protect herself from her mother's boyfriend while looking out for her brother.

Under Threat

In this high-interest novel for teen readers, a girl struggles with the threats that her abortion-providing parents are receiving and the reactions of her girlfriend's family.

Exposed

Stealing cars to get by and pay her debts, Raven excels at urban climbing and takes pride in her job—until she is forced to take sides and bring down a car-theft ring in this fast-paced entry in the Retribution trilogy.

Unleashed

Jace has taken up boxing on the wrong side of the tracks as he prepares to seek vengeance on his abusive father with two other teen vigilantes in this fast-paced entry in the Retribution trilogy.