Lorimer - Childrens & Teens - Books for reluctant readers

Competition for a place on a select soccer team bound for England turns a team of multicultural grade 9 girls from Vancouver into rivals.

The Brunswick Valley kids are on the road. In order to secure the top spot in the league, the gang is playing a series of away-games at schools around the province.

Jordy Lee and his friends are thrilled when a new skateboarding park offers a youth competition. But what will Jordy's friends thinks when he gets coaching advice from a cute girl?

It's awkward enough for any kid going to a new school, but Rose, whose family belongs to a Mennonite community, feels even more out of place. Then, one day, she picks up a baseball.

Jay is determined to make his name by climbing a tough rock face known as "The Wall" -- solo. No partner, no ropes, no equipment. Little does Jay suspect that it's his own life that will one day hang in the balance.

Caitlynn makes a deal with her grandfather to join a swim team if he'll stay and watch all of her practices. But after Grandpa has a stroke, Caitlynn doesn't want to keep up her end of the deal.

Peter has made it onto an AAA Bantam team and is now playing hockey in Edmonton. But this shy boy from the Northwest Territories is having a hard time adjusting to his new life.

Caitlynn makes a deal with her grandfather to join a swim team if he'll stay and watch all of her practices. But after Grandpa has a stroke, Caitlynn doesn't want to keep up her end of the deal.

Alecias soccer team has made it to the top of the league, and things finally seem to be looking up. But then a vicious piece of gossip and old rivalries threaten to tear her team in half. Can they get it together in time for the finals?

Twelve-year-old Maya is a talented figure skater, just as her mother was before she died four years ago. Despite pressure from her family to keep skating, Maya tries to pursue her passion for goaltending.