Lorimer - Childrens & Teens - Books for reluctant readers

Josh is off to an elite hockey camp for the summer, where he shares a room with Peter, a talented player from the Northwest Territories. Peter is skilled enough to give Kevin, the star junior player, some serious competition, which creates trouble on and off the ice.

Roddy Smith and his brother Lenny are tough. They run things on the Metro Cats, a hockey team in Toronto's East End.

Twelve-year-old Leigh is one of the top players - and the only girl on the Falcons hockey team.

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.

The Brunswick Valley kids 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.

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.