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YA FICTION

Every Variable of Us ©22
by Charles A. Bush

After Philly teenager Alexis Duncan is injured in a gang shooting, her dreams of
a college scholarship and pro basketball career vanish in an instant. To avoid
becoming another Black teen trapped in her poverty-stricken neighbourhood,
she shifts her focus to the school’s STEM team, a group of self-professed nerds
seeking their own college scholarships. Academics have never been her thing,
but Alexis is freshly motivated by Aamani Chakrabarti, the new Indian student ISBN: 9781635830743 • LIST: $27.00/DISC: $21.60
who becomes her friend (and crush?). Alexis begins to see herself as so much Hardcover • 376 Pages • 51/2” x 81/2” • DEWEY: FIC
more than an athlete. But just as her future starts to reform, Alexis’s own doubts Reading Level: Grades 9-12
and old loyalties pull her back into harm’s way. Flux • Spring 2022

Girls on the Line ©22
by Jennie Liu

Sixteen-year-old Luli has just aged out of the orphanage where she grew up,
and her childhood friend Yun helps her get a job at the factory where Yun
works. Both girls enjoy the freedom of making their own decisions and earning
their own money-until Yun gets pregnant by her boyfriend, who’s rumored to
be a bride and child trafficker. China’s restrictive family planning laws put Yun
in a difficult position: she’ll either have to have an expensive abortion or face ISBN: 9781728445977 • LIST: $15.00/DISC: $12.00
crippling fines for having a child out of wedlock. When she disappears, it’s up to Paperback • 232 Pages • 51/2” x 81/4” • DEWEY: FIC
Luli to track her down and find a way to help her. Reading Level: Grade 6 • Interest Level: Grades 8-12
LernerClassroom • Spring 2022

Last of the Name ©22
by Rosanne Parry

Twelve-year-old Danny O’Carolan and his sister, Kathleen, arrive in New York
City in 1863. Kathleen refuses to be parted from her only remaining relative, so
she finds a job in domestic service for herself and her younger...sister. Danny
reluctantly pretends to be a girl to avoid being sent to the children’s workhouse
or recruited as a drummer boy for the Union army. When he occasionally sneaks
off to spend a few hours as a boy and share his rich talent for Irish dancing, he ISBN: 9781728467665 • LIST: $15.00/DISC: $12.00
discovers the vast variety of New York’s neighbourhoods. But the Civil War draft Paperback • 348 Pages • 7” x 10” • DEWEY: FIC
is stoking tensions between the Irish and free black populations. With dangers Reading Level: Grade 6 • Interest Level: Grades 5-8
escalating, how can Danny find a safe place to call home? LernerClassroom • Fall 2022

Lost Daughter, The ©22
by Haiko Hörnig

Henrietta Achilles is making her last stand. As mysterious stone warriors invade
Henrietta’s inherited home, she’ll use the last traces of the house’s magic to
protect the friends around her. But even if she survives the battle, nothing can
prepare her for the shocking returns of two figures from her past . . .

ISBN: 9781728448657 • LIST: $18.00/DISC: $14.40
Paperback • 140 Pages • 61/8” x 91/2” • DEWEY: FIC
Reading Level: Grade 6 • Interest Level: Grades 7-12
Colour Illustrations, Original Artwork
Lerner Classroom • Spring 2022

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