Lesley Choyce

Sixteen-year-old Jeremy, caught up in the excitement of playing guitar for the hot band Thunderbowl, begins to lose control of the rest of his life.

Ben wants to learn to surf but he is terrified. When he meets an aging surfer, Ben learns the way of the wave warrior.

When Greg discovers a family of refugees in a lifeboat off the rugged coast of Newfoundland, he risks everything to help them.

Josh's mother always had issues-with drugs and just getting by. And Josh has always been the one who kept them together. But when his mom dies, he really is on his own and must find a way to look after himself. On his way to his mother's funeral he meets Lindsay, a cute girl who flirts with him but then steals his wallet. When he confronts her and tells her where he is going, she apologizes, returns his wallet and convinces Josh to let her accompany...

Sixteen-year-old Cody was born and raised "off the grid" deep in the wilderness by idealistic parents. When his father becomes seriously ill, the family is forced to move into the city so he can get treatment. Attending high school for the first time, Cody is an oddity and has a hard time adjusting. He finds unlikely allies in DeMarco, an inner-city kid, and Ernest, a philosophical homeless man, and he begins a tentative friendship with Alexis. When...

"In this novel for teens, Trevor, who has Huntington's disease, connects with an old man who helps him live his life more fully."--

"Sixteen-year-old Nick tries to adjust to his new reality after a surving accident leaves him paralyzed."--Provided by the publisher.

Dorf is all about skateboarding and so far that's worked out fine. But now that he's in a new city, the terrain has changed. He's no longer free to skateboard where he wishes, school is more difficult, and his passion for skateboarding garners him the nickname and reputation of a freak. With daring stunts he gains the grudging respect of local troublemakers, but he needs to tap into another kind of courage to effect real change.

Jeremy Stone, the new young adult novel from acclaimed author Lesley Choyce, is told in free verse format. After moving from a residential school to a new school in a new community, Jeremy, a First Nations teenage boy is trying to find out where he fits in the world. He soon meets Caitlan, an intense girl who tells him about another boy - a boyfriend of hers - who has committed suicide. Jeremy isn't sure whether he has much to offer Caitlan, given...

Commended for the 2006 Canadian Children's Book Centre Our Choice Selection. The year is 2014. Dylan Gibson is 16 and knows there is something unusual about him, but he doesn't know what - aside from his fascination for things like insects, opera, old Japanese sci-fi movies, playing the didgeridoo, and the Loch Ness monster. After being dumped by his girlfriend, Caroline, who thinks he's too strange; Dylan meets Robyn, who's something of an outcast...