Bluefish by Pat Schmatz
“Travis is missing his old home in the country, and he’s
missing his old hound, Rosco. Now there’s just the cramped place he shares with
his alcoholic grandpa, a new school, and the dreaded routine of school. But
that’s before Travis meets Mr. McQueen—a rare teacher whose savvy persistence
has Travis slowly unlocking a book on the natural world. And it’s before Travis
is noticed by Velveeta, a girl whose wry banter and colorful scarves belie some
hard secrets of her own.”—Goodreads
Blues for Zoey by Robert Paul Weston
“Kaz
Barrett is spending the summer before his last year of high school working at a
sketchy laundromat, saving every penny so that he can send his mother, who
suffers from an extremely rare sleep disorder, to an expensive sleep clinic in
New York. Then one day smart, mysterious, pink-haired Zoey walks past the
laundromat window and sends his ordered life spinning out of control.”—WorldCat
Catherine by April Lindner
“In
this retelling of Wuthering Heights, Catherine explains how she
fell in love with a brooding musician and left her family to return to him, and
her daughter describes searching for her mother many years later.”—WorldCat
The Hidden Summer by Gin Phillips
“When twelve-year-old Nell and her best friend, Lydia, are
forbidden to see each other, they hatch a plan to spend their summer days in an
abandoned miniature golf course, where they soon find others in search of a
home.”—WorldCat
Home Ice Advantage by Tom Earle
“Jake dreams of becoming a hockey star, but an abusive
father gets in the way of this dream. He leaves his suburban home and seeks
refuge in the bustling streets of downtown Toronto, where he hides out in the
long-empty building that was once Maple Leaf Gardens. But he discovers that he
is not alone, and his experiences while there will determine whether he will
realize his dream or throw it all away.”—WorldCat
Moon at Nine by Deborah Ellis
"The day Farrin meets Sadira, she no longer feels
alone. And when the two fifteen-year-old girls become close friends, they dream
of a future where they will live together, where they will make something of
their lives, and where no one will notice or care that they love each other.
But Farrin and Sadira live in Iran under a regime so repressive that it considers
homosexuals as deviants who must be eradicated. Unless they learn to hide
their relationship from their families and the overzealous school monitor who
watches their every move, Farrin and Sadira will never have a future together.
And if they are reported to the Revolutionary Guard, only a miracle will save
them."—WorldCat
Pinned by Sharon Flake
“Adonis is smart, intellectually gifted and born without
legs; Autumn is strong, a great wrestler, and barely able to read in ninth
grade--but Autumn is attracted to Adonis and determined to make him a part of
her life whatever he or her best friend thinks.”—WorldCat
The Reluctant Journal of Henry K. Larsen by Susin Nielsen
“When thirteen-year-old Henry and his family move to the
city to leave behind a secret tragedy, Henry finds a journal is his best friend.”—WorldCat
Ultra by David Carroll
“Quinn, at age 13, is an amazing distance runner. He enters
his first ultra-marathon that will push him to the limits of his endurance.
While Quinn struggles to go on, we learn why the ultra-marathon is only the
second hardest thing he has endured in his young life. And maybe a devastating
event from his past is exactly what Quinn has been running from.”—WorldCat
Zomboy by Richard Scrimger
“From the imagination of one of Canada’s funniest writers
comes the story of a young zombie who is integrated into a regular classroom in
southern Ontario. Clashes, heroics and hilarity ensue as the community’s
tolerance for difference—and narrator Bob's tolerance for an undead rival—are pushed
to the limit in this exciting and surprisingly touching novel.”—Goodreads