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Matt has struck gold! Matt is counting down the days until he turns sixteen. He's been living with foster parents in the Yukon River valley in their isolated cabin. Matt is done with helping his abusive foster dad run the traplines so he can make money selling animal furs. He can't wait to start a new life on his own in the city. Then Matt discovers a large gold nugget and everything changes. But what seems like a dream come true and an easy way out quickly turns into a nightmare that will put Matt's wilderness survival skills to the test.

Orca Currents are short, high-interest novels with contemporary themes written specifically for middle-school students reading below grade level. Reading levels from grade 2.0 to 5.0.

ice hockey, team sports, physical literacy, children's recreation, winter sport

In this high-interest novel for teen readers, Josh discovers a virtual town that is eerily similar to his own.

private eye, twins, siblings, dyslexia, magic, mystery

In this high-interest accessible novel for teen readers, sixteen-year-old Blake Pendleton is surprised to learn, after three years abroad, that things are very different at his school now.

strong female lead, family, mid-life crisis, hostage-taking, romance

In this mystery for teens, high-school student Matt Barnes, whose life has been upended by a serious injury, lands a summer job defending the wrongly convicted.

locavore, organic, green living, eat local, food deserts, monoculture, urban farms, bees, groceries, diversity, hydroponics, permaculture

This illustrated book of nonfiction for middle-graders shows how people all over the world are working to keep our planet from drowning in a sea of garbage.

In this novel for teen readers, a Dutch Jewish teenager is sent to a "model" concentration camp with her family.

In this high-interest accessible novel for middle-grade readers, teen sleuths Sam and Annabel solve a mystery in the Arctic that has ties to the Franklin Expedition.

This picture book about a young boy on the autism spectrum highlights the way he functions differently from his classmates. His way of being in the world has both its challenges and its strengths.

In this amusing wordless picture book, a young toddler uses her stuffed bunny to perform a number of daring acts.

In this high-interest accessible novel for middle-grade readers, 14-year-old Blue Jasper has to face an old foe from Faerieland who has made her way into his world.

In this high-interest accessible novel for teen readers, Michael convinces his grandfather, a retired cat burglar, to help him steal back a valuable necklace.

A nonfiction picture book that introduces very young children to the concept of diversity in a way that is uplifting and approachable.

In this delightful picture book an elephant takes up roost in a tree, upsetting the other animals living there. But the elephant helps save the day when a bulldozer comes along to chop the tree down.

This dual-language beautiful picture book looks at how the simple act of being kind, to others and oneself, affects all aspects of a child's life. In English and Diné.

Thirteen-year-old Robbie never knows from one day to the next if there is going to be enough to eat or if his father will even come home.

In this high-interest novel for middle readers, a twelve-year-old boy is frustrated that he's not able to do the things he loves because they're too "girly."

This brilliantly illustrated picture book tells the story of the Aajibaichi Shala, the Grandmother School, that was opened in Phangane, India, in 2016 to teach local grandmothers how to read and write.