Author: S.E. Hinton
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
Language: English

Ponyboy can count on his brothers and his friends, but not on much else, besides trouble with a vicious gang of rich kids who get away with everything. At least he knows what to expect – until the night someone takes things too far. 

Written forty-five years ago, this classic story of a boy who finds himself on the outskirts of regular society remains as powerful today, as it was the day it was written.

ISBN: 9780140385724
Price: 17.99$ (CAD)

Author: S.E. Hinton
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
Language: English

This is moving portrait of the bond between best friends Bryon and Mark and the tensions that develop between them as they begin to grow up and grow apart. 

"A mature, disciplined novel which excites a response in the reader... Hard to forget." — The New York Times.

ISBN: 9780140389661
Price: 14.99$ (CAD)

Author: John Steinbeck
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Language: English

A controversial tale of friendship and tragedy during the Great Depression. Labourers in California's dusty vegetable fields, George and Lenny hustle work when they can, for they have a plan: To own an acre of land and a shack they can call their own. When they land jobs on a ranch in the Salinas Valley, the fulfillment of their dream seems to be within their grasp, but even George cannot guard Lennie from the provocations of a flirtatious woman, nor predict the consequences of Lennie's unswerving obedience to the things George taught him.

ISBN: 9780140177398
Price: 18.00$ (CAD)

Author: Dominique Demers
Publisher: Québec Amérique
Language: French

Avec Maïna, la grande dame de la littérature jeunesse, Dominique Demers, nous sert cette fois un solide roman d'aventures sur une toile de fond peu banale : la préhistoire amérindienne et inuit. Tous les adolescents amateurs de sensations fortes seront séduits par cette œuvre puissante, traversée de passions et de remous plus grands que nature.

ISBN: 9782890378148
Price: 14.95$ (CAD)

Author: Dominique Demers
Publisher: Québec Amérique
Language: French

Maïna est une jeune fille passionnée ; elle n'a pas froid aux yeux et refuse que d'autres décident pour elle. Elle est aussi profondément amoureuse et ce qui lui arrive est exceptionnel. Comme tous les jeunes de son âge, elle cherche un sens à son existence. Ses grands idéaux l'amèneront à vivre des aventures fabuleuses : quête personnelle, philosophique et spirituelle, initiation à l'amour et à la sexualité. Son périple l'entraînera jusqu'à la terre des Inuits où elle fera une rencontre décisive avec Natak, le grand chasseur des espaces polaires.

ISBN: 9782890378155
Price: 14.95$ (CAD)

Author: Louisa May Alcott
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
Language: English

Grown-up Meg, tomboyish Jo, timid Beth, and precocious Amy. The four March sisters could not be more different, but with their father away at war, and their mother working to support the family, they have to rely on one another. Whether they are putting on a play, forming a secret society, or celebrating Christmas, there is one thing they cannot help wondering: Will Father return home safely?

ISBN: 9780147514011
Price: 23.00$ (CAD)

Author: George R. R. Martin
Publisher: Random House Publishing
Language: English

A Song of Ice and Fire has earned George R. R. Martin international acclaim and millions of loyal readers. “One of the best series in the history of fantasy.” — Los Angeles Times.

Now here is the entire monumental cycle:

• A Game of Thrones
• A Clash of Kings
• A Storm of Swords
• A Feast for Crows
• A Dance with Dragons

ISBN: 9780345535528
Price: 59.95$ (CAD)

Author: George R. R. Martin, Linda Antonsson, Elio M. García Jr.
Publisher: Random House Publishing
Language: English

New York Times best seller. This lavishly illustrated volume is a comprehensive history of the Seven Kingdoms, providing vividly constructed accounts of the epic battles, bitter rivalries, and daring rebellions that lead to the events of A Song of Ice and Fire and HBO’s Game of Thrones.

The definitive companion piece to George R. R. Martin’s dazzlingly conceived universe.

ISBN: 9780553805444
Price: 67.87$ (CAD)

Author: George R. R. Martin
Publisher: Random House Publishing
Language: English

#1 New York Times best seller. The thrilling history of the Targaryens comes to life in this masterly work. Centuries before the events of A Game of Thrones, House Targaryen — the only family of dragonlords to survive the Doom of Valyria — took up residence on Dragonstone. Fire & Blood begins their tale with the legendary Aegon the Conqueror, creator of the Iron Throne, and goes on to recount the generations of Targaryens who fought to hold that iconic seat, all the way up to the civil war that nearly tore their dynasty apart.

ISBN: 9780593357538
Price: 12.99$ (CAD)

Author: Lois Lowry
Publisher: HarperCollins
Language: English

This is a modern classic and one of the most influential books of our time.

In this new graphic novel edition, readers experience the haunting story of twelve-year-old Jonas and his seemingly ideal, if colourless, world of conformity and contentment through the brilliant art of P. Craig Russell that truly brings The Giver to life. Witness Jonas’s assignment as the Receiver of Memory, watch as he begins to understand the dark secrets behind his fragile community, and follow the explosion of colour into his world like never before.

ISBN: 9781328575487
Price: 15.99$ (CAD)

Author: Ray Bradbury
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Language: English

This internationally acclaimed novel, stands as a classic of world literature, set in a bleak, dystopian future. Guy Montag is a fireman. His job is to destroy the most illegal of commodities, the printed book, along with the houses in which they are hidden. Montag never questions the destruction and ruin his actions produce, returning each day to his bland life and wife, Mildred, who spends all day with her television “family.” But when he meets an eccentric young neighbour, Clarisse, who introduces him to a past where people did not live in fear, and to a present where one sees the world through the ideas in books, instead of the mindless chatter of television, Montag begins to question everything he has ever known.

ISBN: 9781451673319
Price: 18.65$ (CAD)

Author: George Orwell
Publisher: Penguin Canada
Language: English

This is perhaps the most pervasively influential book of the twentieth century.

Hidden away in the Record Department of the sprawling Ministry of Truth, Winston Smith skilfully rewrites the past to suit the needs of the Party. Yet, he inwardly rebels against the totalitarian world he lives in, which demands absolute obedience and controls him through the all-seeing telescreens and the watchful eye of Big Brother, the symbolic head of the Party. In his longing for truth and liberty, Smith begins a secret love affair with a fellow-worker Julia, but soon discovers the true price of freedom is betrayal.

ISBN: 9780735234611
Price: 16.95$ (CAD)

Author: Margaret Atwood
Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
Language: English

In this multi-award-winning, best-selling novel, Margaret Atwood has created a stunning Orwellian vision of the near future. This is the story of Offred, one of the unfortunate “Handmaids” under the new social order who have only one purpose: To breed. In Gilead, where women are prohibited from holding jobs, reading, and forming friendships, Offred’s persistent memories of life in the “time before” and her will to survive are acts of rebellion.

ISBN: 9780771008795
Price: 19.95$ (CAD)

Author: Suzanne Collins
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Language: English

In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. The Capitol keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV.

Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen regards it as a death sentence when she steps forward to take her sister's place in the Games. Without really meaning to, she becomes a contender. But if she is to win, she will have to start making choices that weigh survival against humanity and life against love.

ISBN: 9780545670319
Price: 49.99$ (CAD)

Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald
Publisher: Penguin UK
Language: English

Everybody who is anybody is seen at the glittering parties held in millionaire Jay Gatsby's mansion in West Egg, east of New York. The riotous throng congregates in his sumptuous garden, coolly debating Gatsby's origins and mysterious past. None of the frivolous socialites understands him and among various rumours is the conviction that "he killed a man". A detached onlooker, Gatsby is oblivious to the speculation he creates, but always seems to be watching and waiting, though no one knows what for. As writer Nick Carraway is drawn into this decadent orbit, Gatsby's destructive dreams and passions are revealed, leading to disturbing and tragic consequences.

ISBN: 9780241965672
Price: 11.99$ (CAD)

Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
Publisher: Penguin UK
Language: English

This dark psychological fantasy gave birth to the idea of the split personality. The story of respectable Dr. Jekyll's strange association with "damnable young man" Edward Hyde; the hunt through fog-bound London for a killer; and the final revelation of Hyde's true identity is a chilling exploration of humanity's basest capacity for evil.

This edition also includes Stevenson's chilling story: The Bottle Imp.

ISBN: 9780141389509
Price: 14.99$ (CAD)