Lorimer Children & Teens

This reader-directed exploration of ableism is both informative and empowering. Self-assessment quizzes, real life scenarios, myths, and Q&As all contribute to understanding ableism and ableist...

Nisha has always been a good Tamil daughter. She tries to keep her grades up so she can meet her parents' high expectations of her. They want her to become a doctor or an engineer, and of course she...

Rory is a talented and dedicated softball player. The only distraction in her life is her father's decline due to ALS, but he remains her biggest supporter. But softball plans get a lot more...

Overweight and unhappy at home, Emmy gets sexually involved with a popular classmate so that people will think that she is worth liking. When she realizes that he is just using her, she decides to...

Jordan and Nathan couldn't be more different, but when order and chaos collide, opposites attract. Jordan is a bit of an oddball at school. He likes rules, routine, old sci-fi novels, and is often...

Outta Here is the story of a lively and imaginative small-town teen living with a mom whose pain medication has led to addiction, leaving little money for basics--like food. Elise's best friend...

Outta Here is the story of a lively and imaginative small-town teen living with a mom whose pain medication has led to addiction, leaving little money for basics--like food. Elise's best friend...

Fourteen-year-old Addie's town is built around a lead and zinc smelter. The company has done an extensive cleanup of its operations, but everything in the town still seems sick; even the crows are...

Fourteen-year-old Addie's town is built around a lead and zinc smelter. The company has done an extensive cleanup of its operations, but everything in the town still seems sick; even the crows are...

When an Indigenous group demands that the local school's name be changed, AJ delves into his family's history--and the town's. AJ's family has been in this town from the very beginning, they...

When an Indigenous group demands that the local school's name be changed, AJ delves into his family's history--and the town's. AJ's family has been in this town from the very beginning, they...

Eighth-grader Emma is the tallest person in her class. While she used to be into sports in a big way, now that she's hanging out with her new best friend, other things have become more...

Ben is on a train back to Ottawa after a visit with his dad in Toronto when he runs into the last person he wants to see: Caleb, the handsome, confident boy who recently and accidentally broke Ben's...

Sometimes love can be found in the most surprising places . . . In Alison Lister's second Lorimer Real Love novel, two kids on holiday, both sure they must be the only queer people for miles, find...

Sometimes love can be found in the most surprising places . . . In Alison Lister's second Lorimer Real Love novel, two kids on holiday, both sure they must be the only queer people for miles, find...